Lieutenant General
Arthur Gregg

In early 2024, former Quartermaster General and CASCOM Commanding General, Major General (R) Rodney Fogg sat down with Lieutenant General (R) Arthur Gregg, to capture, for posterity, his life story. This interview covered his challenges, experiences and insights that offer invaluable wisdom to the Army Sustainment community and Army leaders as a whole.
Segmented Interview
A 23-part breakdown of the full interview between Major General (R) Rodney Fogg interviews Lieutenant General (R) Arthur Gregg. This series overviews Lt. Gen. Gregg's extraordinary life and career, from humble beginnings as the son of farmers in the segregated south, to becoming the first ever African-American Lt. Gen. in the U.S. Army, and finally being the only current living namesake of a U.S. Army installation.

Part 1: Introduction and growing up in the segregated south.

Part 2: The importance of education. Enlisting in the Army and becoming a Supply Clerk.

Part 3: Becoming an officer and attending Officer's Candidate School (OCS).

Part 4: First assignment at Fort Lee, VA, and experience with the Quartermaster Leadership School.

Part 5: Deploying to Korea with the 443rd Quartermaster Depot. Learning leadership qualities. Offering higher education opportunities.

Part 6: Transfer to Japan as the Post Quartermaster and first command experience as Commander of HQ and HQ Detachment. Assignment to Army Reserve.

Part 7: Returning to Fort Lee and attending the Advanced Officer's Course. Developing important relationships.

Part 8: Deploying to Germany for a company command role. Attending the Command and General Staff College. Completing a college degree.

Part 9: Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. Commanding a Supply and Service Battalion and deploying to Vietnam. Overcoming deployment readiness challenges and doing the right thing.

Part 10: Support of soldier families - then vs. now.

Part 11: Attending Army War College. Breaking barriers as the only African-American in the class.

Part 12: Deployment to the European Command HQ to coordinate petroleum logistics. Commanding Nahbollenbach Army Depot. Becoming Community Commander.

Part 13: Working in the G-4 at the Pentagon. Promotion to Brigadier General. Streamlining and improving the Army and Air Force Exchange System in Europe.

Part 14: Promotion to Major General. Becoming the first ever African-American Lieutenant General in the Army. Improving the Army's deployment process as the J-4.

Part 15: The important and difficult process of building relationships as a General Officer.

Part 16: Becoming the G-4 of the Army. Continued work improving the deployment process.

Part 17: Improving the relationship between the G-4 and Army Materiel Command, which has endured and flourished today.

Part 18: Retiring after 35 years of service. The importance of integration in the Army. Keeping the core values of hard work and respect.

Part 19: Overcoming the racial barriers of segregation. Enduring change.

Part 20: Advice for today's soldiers, and the importance of hard work and respect for an Army career.

Part 21: Remaining active in support of the Army during retriement.

Part 22: Becoming the namesake for the redesignation of Fort Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams.

Part 23: Closing remarks.
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