caption serviceyears laterwork branch birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank image article_title name
u.s. commander army major general galen b. jackman as mdw 1973-2008 raytheon development co. v.p. , army programs , u.s. business united states scottsbluff , nebraska united states place of burial operation joint forge , bosnia-herzegovina 1951 major general mggalenbjackman.jpg galen b. jackman
 galen b. jackman
galen b. jackman

galen bruce jackman -lrb- born in 1951 -rrb- is a retired united states army major general .
his last assignment in the army was serving in the pentagon as the army 's chief legislative liaison .
the office of the chief legislative liaison -lrb- united states army -rrb- -lrb- ocll -rrb- operates directly under the office of the secretary of the army .
its mission is to coordinate efforts between the us army and congress .
prior to his assignment with the ocll , he was the first commanding general of the joint force headquarters national capital region -lrb- jfhq-ncr -rrb- , a dual-hatted role combined with commanding the military district of washington -lrb- mdw -rrb- .
after his retirement from the u.s. army , jackman was hired in october 2008 by raytheon company , a massachusetts-based defense contractor , as the vice-president over u.s. army programs , u.s. business development .
-lsb- http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?acct=742575&tick=rtnb&story=/www/story/10-24-2008/0004910940&edate=oct+24,+2008] jackman may be best known for his role during the seven days in june 2004 that marked the death and state funeral of ronald reagan .
as the then-commanding general of the mdw -lrb- cg mdw -rrb- , he became a known figure when he escorted former first lady nancy reagan , the former president 's wife .
