President's wife, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, and served as commander of the Joint Task Force-Armed Forces Inaugural Committee for President George W. Bush's 2005 Presidential Inauguration. Jackman was assigned as the Army's Chief of Legislative Liaison on July 21, 2005. He retired from that position, and the U.S. Army after 35 years of service, in July 2008. Personal life In 1982 Jackman married Cathy (née Dowd), herself the daughter of a retired Army officer. Cathy Jackman is originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina and is a 1970 graduate of Terry Sanford High School. The Jackmans have two sons, David and Patrick. David Jackman is a graduate of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Qualifications and decorations Education and training Jackman graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. After entering the U.S. Army in June, he completed the three-month Infantry Officer Basic Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, towards the end of 1973. He later completed the six-month Infantry Officer Advanced Course, also at the United States Army Infantry School, in 1978. In 1983, Jackman graduated after attending the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas after nearly a year of study. That same year, he earned a Masters of Science degree in Acquisition/Procurement and Contract Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. Finally, Jackman attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, (Ft. Lesley J. McNair in SW Washington, D.C.), completing his year-long studies in 1992. Dates of rank Second Lieutenant: 19 May 1973 First Lieutenant: 6 June 1975 Captain: 6 June 1977 Major: 1 March 1984 Lieutenant Colonel: 1 June 1989 Colonel: 1 September 1993 Brigadier General: 1 August 2000 Major General: 1 October 2003 Decorations, awards and badges Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Army Achievement Medal Joint Meritorious Unit Award National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with bronze star Humanitarian Service Medal Army Service Ribbon Overseas Service Ribbon with Arabic numeral 3 NATO Medal Expert Infantryman Badge Master Parachutist Badge Air Assault Badge Ranger Tab Army Staff Identification Badge See also Notes References Jackman's Career Biography current up through July 2005 via