Jeffrey J. Schloesser

Jeffrey J. Schloesser is a retired major general and the former President of Aviation Worldwide Services (AAR CORP).

Schloesser led the 101st/Combined Joint Task Force-101 in Afghanistan from April 2008 to June 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Schloesser served in Germany, South Korea, Jordan, and Kuwait, as well as commanding deployed task forces in Haiti, Albania, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

In August 2000 Schloesser was assigned as Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, Kuwait, United States Central Command.

Schloesser most recently served as Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center, from July 2005 to November 2006, when he took command of the 101st Airborne Division.

He was a Senior Service College Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Ryan Schloesser (left) with his father, Major General Jeffrey Schloesser (center; then a Brigadier General ), and his grandfather, retired Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Schloesser (right), at his Officer Candidate School graduation in 2004