[3][4] He previously served as the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard from November 2017 to August 2020.

[11] Jensen attended Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, graduating in 1982.

[13] Jensen later earned master's degrees from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

[9] Jensen enlisted into the Iowa Army National Guard as a Private (PV1) combat medic in November 1982.

He served for six and a half years and reached the rank of Staff Sergeant before attending the Army's Officer Candidate School, and received his commission upon graduation in 1989.