ALARACT 045/2025
DTG: R 291305Z APR 25
SUBJ/ALARACT 045/2025 – CSA SENDS - DEATH OF A RETIRED GENERAL OFFICER
UNCLAS
THIS ALARACT MESSAGE HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED BY JSP ON BEHALF OF HQDA CSA//DACS-GOM//
1. (U) IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AND I INFORM YOU OF THE DEATH OF GENERAL CHARLES H. JACOBY, JR., UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED. HE PASSED AWAY ON 1 APRIL 2025 AT THE AGE OF 70 IN WAXHAW, NORTH CAROLINA.
2. (U) GENERAL JACOBY WAS BORN IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN ON 19 JUNE 1954. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE AND LATER EARNED A MASTERS IN HISTORY FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. HIS MILITARY EDUCATION INCLUDES THE UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY SCHOOL BASIC AND ADVANCED COURSES, COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE, THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES, AND NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE.
3. (U) GENERAL JACOBY’S CAREER INCLUDED MULTIPLE COMMAND AND STAFF ASSIGNMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN. IN JULY 2002, GENERAL JACOBY WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL WHILE ASSIGNED AS ASSISTANT DIVISION COMMANDER (OPERATIONS), LATER ASSISTANT DIVISION COMMANDER (SUPPORT), 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION (LIGHT), SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII. IN NOVEMBER 2005, HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR GENERAL WHILE ASSIGNED AS COMMANDING GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY ALASKA/DEPUTY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES ALASKAN COMMAND, FORT RICHARDSON, ALASKA.
4. (U) IN MAY 2007, GENERAL JACOBY WAS APPOINTED TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND ASSIGNED AS COMMANDING GENERAL, I CORPS AND FORT LEWIS, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON AND DEPLOYED TO IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. IN JUNE 2010, HE WAS ASSIGNED AS DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY, J-5, THE JOINT STAFF/SENIOR MEMBER, UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON, DC.
5. (U) IN AUGUST 2011, GENERAL JACOBY WAS APPOINTED TO THE RANK OF GENERAL AND ASSIGNED AS COMMANDER, UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND/COMMANDER, NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND, PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, COLORADO, WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL DECEMBER 2014 AND CONCLUDED HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER ON 1 FEBRUARY 2015.
6. (U) GENERAL JACOBY IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, GRACE A. DORTA-JACOBY AND HIS SONS CHARLES H. JACOBY III, VICTOR D. JACOBY AND MICHAEL C. JACOBY.
7. (U) A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025 AT 0930 HRS (EST) AT UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT, CHAPEL OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, 699 WASHINGTON ROAD, WEST POINT, NEW YORK.
8. (U) AS A SIGN OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL JACOBY THE NATIONAL FLAG WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF AT ALL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND NAVAL VESSELS WORLDWIDE FROM REVEILLE TO RETREAT ON 5 MAY 2025.
9. (U) THIS ALARACT MESSAGE EXPIRES ON 6 MAY 2025.
RANDY A. GEORGE
GENERAL, 41ST CHIEF OF STAFF
UNITED STATES ARMY
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