General spencer air force biographies
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Larry Spencer is a retired Air Force 4-star General who began his military service in as an eighteen-year-old private. Spencer was born on August 1, , in Washington, D.C., to Alfonzo Spencer, a disabled career Army mechanic, and Selma Gaines Spencer. After graduating from Central High School in Prince Georges County, Maryland, Spencer voluntarily enlisted in the United States Air Force in As a clerk at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, he did a tour of duty in Taiwan, followed bygd an assignment to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Instead of taking advantage of a college football scholarship, he re-enlisted, and the government subsidized his education at Southern Illinois University. In , he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering technology. A year later, he received his officer’s commission as a second lieutenant at the Officer Training School and was assigned as a cost analyst to Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.
Between and , Spencer worked in the
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List of United States Air Force four-star generals
- Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean/Commanding General, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (DSACMED/CG MTOUSA), –[7]
- Commanding General, U.S. Forces European Theater/Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany (CG USFET/USMILGOV), –[7]
- Senior Member, United Nations Military Staff Committee, [7]
- Commanding General, Air Materiel Command (CG AMC), –
- Chairman, Department of Defense Management Committee, –
- Commanding General, Allied Air Forces, South West Pacific Area (CG AAFSWPA), –[7]
- Member, Military Staff C
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Larry O. Spencer
US Air Force general
Larry Oneil Spencer[1] (born 1 August ) is a retired United States Air Forcegeneral who served in many command, comptroller, and leadership roles during the course of his career. Some of his leadership roles included being the Vice Chief of personal of the United States Air Force, commander of the 75th Air Base Wing at Hill AFB, commander of the 72nd Support Group at Tinker AFB, and the commander of the 4th Comptroller Squadron at Seymour Johnson AFB. He retired 1 October after more than 44 years of service. He received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
Personal life
[edit]Spencer was born in Washington, D.C., on 1 August [2] He later moved with his family to Seat Pleasant in Prince George's County, Maryland, a suburb just outside Washington. Spencer attended Central High School in Prince George's County, whe