Montgomery Meigs (born 1945)

Bosnian War Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (11 January 1945 – 6 July 2021) was a United States Army general.

Meigs received his PhD in history from Wisconsin in 1982 before reporting to 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment as its executive officer.

Following a stint at the National War College as an Army Fellow, he worked as a strategic planner on the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. for three years.

[2][3] In December 2007, Meigs left his previous position as the director of the United States Department of Defense's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO).

[2] He was a visiting professor of Strategy and Military Operations at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and held positions at Mitre Corporation,[3] International Executive Service Corps, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.

Meigs visiting a coalition basecamp in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Meigs in 2010