Arthur J. Gregg

Arthur James Gregg (11 ga Mayu, 1928 - 22 ga Agusta, 2024) ya kasance jami'in soja na kasar  Amurka wanda a ranar 1 ga watan  Yuli, 1977, ya zama Ba'amurke na farko a cikin Sojojin Amurka don isa matsayin janar janar. A baya, shi ne janar brigadier na farko na Afirka a cikin Sojojin Quartermaster Corps a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1972.  Ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Amurka sama da shekaru 30 tare da aikinsa na ƙarshe a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sojoji (Logistics) kuma ya yi ritaya a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 1981. 

A cikin 2022, Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka ta ba da sanarwar cewa Fort Lee a wajen Petersburg, Virginia, za a sake masa suna Fort Gregg-Adams don girmama duka Gregg da Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley .  Wani muhimmin ma'auni a cikin Tsarin sakewa shine zaɓar mutane waɗanda aikin su ke ƙaruwa kuma ya dace da shigarwar da ake sake suna. Gregg ya kasance mai kula da kayan aiki wanda aka sanya shi a Fort Lee sau da yawa yayin aikinsa. Adams ya goyi bayan Adjutant General Corps (a matsayin WAC). Fort Gregg-Adams ita ce cibiyar da kuma gida na kayan aiki da ci gaba ga Sojojin Amurka. Gregg ya halarci bikin sake suna a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 2023, kuma ya zama mutum na farko da ke raye a tarihin Amurka na zamani don samun ma'aikatar soja ta Amurka da aka sanya masa suna.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Arthur James Gregg kimanin kilomita 10 daga Florence, South Carolina, a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1928.  Ya tafi makarantar firamare kusa da Florence. Ya halarci makarantar sakandare a Newport News, Virginia, inda ya zauna tare da ɗan'uwansa na fari da iyalinsa.

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Huntington High School a Newport News, Virginia, Gregg ya yi aiki a takaice a cikin Amurka Merchant Marine (na makonni biyu kawai saboda rashin lafiya na teku) kuma ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Kiwon Lafiya ta Chicago don zama masanin dakin gwaje-gwaje tare da burin buɗe asibitin kansa. Ma'aikatan sun gaya masa cewa ba za a ba shi izinin kula da fararen marasa lafiya ba a kowane lokacin da yake makaranta. Da yake fahimtar cewa wannan zai lalata damar da yake da ita na cin nasara, sai ya yanke shawarar shiga Sojoji don samun ƙwarewar likita.

Ya kammala karatu a 1964 a Kwalejin Saint Benedict a Atchison, Kansas, inda ya kammala karatun Summa Cum Laude tare da digiri na farko na Kimiyya a Gudanar da Kasuwanci. Sojoji sun ba shi damar samun wannan digiri bayan halartar da ya yi a Kwalejin Sojoji da Janar a shekarar 1964. Ya kuma kammala karatu a Kwalejin Yakin Soja (1968) da kuma Shirin Zartarwa a Tsaron Kasa a Jami'ar Harvard . 

 Ayyukan soja 
Gregg ya shiga cikin Sojojin Amurka a watan Janairun 1946 kuma ya kammala horo na asali a Camp Crowder, Missouri . Bayan horo na asali, ya tashi zuwa Jamus don jiran aikinsa na gaba. Amma, ba a sanya shi a kowane sashi a cibiyar maye gurbin ba. Yayinda yake jiran aiki, an nemi ya shiga kamfanin Quartermaster Truck Company na 3511 a Staffelstein, Jamus. Nan da nan aka sanya shi sajan samar da kayayyaki na kamfanin kuma ya fara karamin asibiti ga sojojin baƙar fata. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1946, ya shiga rundunar 'yan sanda ta 510 a Mannheim, Jamus, kuma an sanya shi a matsayin sajan samar da kayan aiki. Ya kasance tare da ƙungiyar har zuwa Oktoba 1949. A wannan lokacin ya yanke shawarar yin aiki a cikin Sojoji kuma ya nemi Makarantar Jami'in Candidate . 

Ya kammala karatu daga Jami'in Candidate School a ranar 19 ga Mayu, 1950, a Fort Riley, Kansas . Ba da daɗewa ba bayan an ba shi izini, ya halarci Quartermaster Basic Officer Course a Fort Lee, Virginia, kuma ya kammala karatu daga gare ta a watan Nuwamba 1950. Bayan kammala karatunsa, an sanya shi a makarantar Quartermaster Leadership inda ya koyar da jagoranci da hanyoyin koyarwa. Ya zama jami'in gudanar da makarantar kuma ya taimaka wajen fadada tsarin karatun.

A shekara ta 1953, an sanya Gregg a cikin 403rd Quartermaster Depot a Koriya ta Kudu a matsayin Jami'in Bayanai da Ilimi na Sojoji. Ya kuma tsara shirin taimakon Sojojin Depot ga Koriya. Bayan wannan yawon shakatawa, ya ba da rahoto ga Camp Hakata, Japan, don zama Post Quartermaster. Daga baya aka nada shi Kwamandan Hedikwatar a sansanin Hakata . 

Da ya dawo daga Japan a 1956, Gregg ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga rundunonin ajiyar Sojoji da yawa a Pennsylvania, gami da Quartermaster Group, Armored Battalion, da kuma Sojojin Soja. Bayan wannan aikin, ya halarci Kwalejin Kwalejin Kasuwanci a Fort Lee kuma ya kammala a shekarar 1959. A cikin aji na dalibai 50, shida za su zama janar jami'ai yayin ayyukansu.

A watan Nuwamba 1959, an sanya Gregg a cikin 95th Quartermaster Battalion a Nuremberg, Jamus. Ya fara aiki a matsayin Kwamandan Kamfanin na 3764th Quartermaster Direct Support Company kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin Jami'in Ayyuka na Battalion. Bayan wannan aikin, ya halarci Kwalejin Kwamandan Sojoji da Janar Staff a Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ya kammala a shekarar 1964. Nan da nan bayan wannan, Sojoji sun ba shi damar kammala digiri na farko a Kwalejin Benedict . 
Ayyukan Gregg na gaba sun kasance tare da hedkwatar hedkwatar rundunar kayan aikin Sojojin Amurka a Washington DC. Ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in tsare-tsaren dabaru kuma ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Sakatare ga Janar Janar. A watan Janairun 1966, an ba shi umurni na 96th Quartermaster Direct Support Battalion a Fort Riley, Kansas. Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci na horo mai zurfi, an tura rukunin zuwa Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam. A shekara ta 1967, rundunar ta zama daya daga cikin mafi girma a cikin Sojoji tare da ƙarfin sama da jami'ai da maza 3,700. An ba wa rukunin lambar yabo ta Meritorious Unit Citation na lokacin Yuli 1966 - Yuni 1967. An ba Gregg lambar yabo ta Legion of Merit saboda aikinsa a matsayin kwamandan battalion.

Gregg ya koma Amurka a watan Mayu 1967 kuma ya halarci Kwalejin Yakin Soja a Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania . Bayan kammala karatunsa, an sanya shi a Ofishin Haɗin Kai na Man Fetur, Daraktan Gudanarwa J-4, Hedikwatar Kwamandan Turai na Amurka, inda yake da alhakin ma'aikata na farko don dubawa tsakanin Amurka da NATO.

A watan Fabrairun 1970, Gregg ya zama kwamandan rundunar sojin Nahbollenbach a Idar-Oberstein, Jamus. Daga baya, a cikin wannan shekarar, ya ba da umarnin karfafa wannan tashar sojoji da Giessen Army Depot a cikin wani tashar ajiya guda ɗaya. Dangane da tarihin baki, ya shafe karin lokaci yana magance matsalolin horo (wanda ya zama ruwan dare ga Sojoji a farkon shekarun 1970s) a wannan rukunin mutum 800 fiye da yadda ya yi da wannan rukunin mutum 3,700 a Vietnam.

A watan Yunin 1971, an sanya shi a Ofishin Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Logistics, Ma'aikatar Sojoji. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin darektan Daraktan Taimako na Sojoji, sannan daga baya a matsayin Daraktan. A wannan matsayi, ya kula da manufofin kasa da aiki na kwamishinonin Sojoji, ciyar da sojoji, wanka da wanka, da kuma tanadi don tufafi da kayan aiki. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1972, an kara shi zuwa Brigadier Janar. Bayan wannan, an nada shi mataimakin darektan Darakta na Sayarwa da Kulawa, Ofishin Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Logistics, Ma'aikatar Sojoji.

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1973, ya koma Turai a matsayin Kwamandan, Tsarin Musayar Turai wanda ke zaune a Munich, Jamus. Ya kasance a wannan mukamin har zuwa watan Disamba na shekara ta 1975, lokacin da aka nada shi Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Hedikwatar, Sojojin Amurka da Sojojin Turai da Sojoji na Bakwai. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1976, an kara shi zuwa Manjo Janar.

A shekara ta 1977, Shugaba Jimmy Carter ya zaɓi Gregg ya zama Darakta na Daidaitawa don Shugabannin Haɗin gwiwa kuma ya amince da ci gaban Gregg zuwa Lieutenant Janar, wanda ya sanya Gregg babban janar na farko na Afirka na Amurka mai taurari uku a cikin Sojojin Amurka. 

Ayyukansa na ƙarshe ya zo ne a shekara ta 1979 lokacin da aka zaba shi ya zama Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Logistics, Ma'aikatar Sojoji. Saboda haka, ya jagoranci ayyukan kayan aikin Sojoji a duk duniya. Ya mai da hankali a lokacin mulkinsa shine tallafawa sabbin tsarin makamai da ke zuwa kan layi da inganta aikin samarwa a cikin Sojoji. Ya yi ritaya a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 1981. 

 Kyaututtuka na Soja 
Kyaututtukan soja na Janar Gregg sun haɗa da lambar yabo ta Tsaro mai ban sha'awa, lambar yabo ta Sojoji mai ban sha-awa, Legion of Merit (tare da 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), lambar yabo ta hadin gwiwa, lambar yabo ce ta Sojojin (tare da 2 Oak Leaf Rukunin Oak Clusters), lambar yabo ta Haɗin gwiwar Shugabannin Ma'aikata da lambar yabo na Sojoji Janar.
Medal na Ayyuka na TsaroMedal na Ayyuka na Sojoji Legion of Merit tare da tarin ganye uku na itacen oakMedal na yabo na hadin gwiwaMedal na yabo na Sojoji tare da tarin ganye biyu na itacen oak Shugabannin hadin gwiwa Bayyanawa Alamar Janar Janar14x14px14x14px
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 Daraja 
Ma'aikatar Sojoji ta kafa a shekarar 2015 lambar yabo ta Arthur J. Gregg Sustainment Leadership Award wacce ake gabatar da ita a kowace shekara don sanin shugabannin Sojojin Amurka wadanda suka ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga ayyukan dabaru na Sojoji. Janar Gregg shine mai karɓar lambar yabo ta farko da aka bayar a shekarar 2016. 

Tun daga farkon karni na 21, Jami'ar Excelsior a kowace shekara tana ba da kyautar Arthur J. Gregg ga mai karatun soja wanda ke nuna gagarumin nasarorin ilimi da gagarumin aiki ko nasarorin sana'a a kowane bikin farawa.

A cikin 2022, Hukumar Sunayen ta ba da sanarwar cewa Fort Lee a Virginia za a sake masa suna Fort Gregg-Adams don girmama Janar Gregg da Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley .  An sake sanya shigarwar soja a hukumance a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 2023.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Gregg ta auri Charlene McDaniel a 1950, kuma sun kasance tare har zuwa mutuwarta a shekara ta 2006. Shi da matarsa suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu, kuma yana da wata 'yar daga wata dangantaka daban. Kodayake da farko ya girma a matsayin Methodist, mahaifinsa daga baya ya tuba zuwa addinin Katolika, kuma Gregg ya shiga tare da shi tun yana matashi.

Gregg ya mutu a wani asibiti a Richmond, Virginia, a ranar 22 ga watan Agusta, 2024, yana da shekaru 96. 

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