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1975-2010 usa dayton , ohio united states of america joint force headquarters & nbsp ; -- ohio 16 march 1953 major general gregory l wayt.jpg gregory l. wayt
 gregory l. wayt
gregory l. wayt

major general gregory l. wayt -lrb- born march 16 , 1953 -rrb- served as adjutant general under governors bob taft and ted strickland .
major general wayt retired from the military on december 31 , 2010 after 35 years of service .
he directed the largest global and domestic operations in over 60 years and successfully accomplished all federal , international , and homeland defense and domestic missions while establishing benchmark programs recognized by the department of defense .
in addition , he led the transformation of the ohio national guard from a cold war strategic reserve to an operational force trained and equipped to meet joint and expeditionary global operations .
he led deployment operations in the wake of hurricane katrina/rita , southern border security operations , operations iraqi freedom , operation enduring freedom and operation noble eagle , in addition to numerous natural disasters within the state of ohio .
he is responsible for the establishment of state partnership program with serbia in 2006 and strengthening the existing partnership with hungary .
during his tenure over 100 exchanges occurred with serbia to include humanitarian assistance operations in serbia and joint deployments with the hungarian defense forces to afghanistan .
his vision developed one of the leading family readiness programs in the nation .
major general wayt served as the president and vice president -- army of the adjutants general association of the united states and a secretary of the army appointment as a member of the army reserve forces policy committee
