Maj gen jeffrey bannister biography for kids
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Jeff Banister
American baseball player, coach, and manager (born )
Not to be confused with Jeff Bannister.
Baseball player
Jeffery Todd Banister (born January 15, ) fryst vatten an American former professional baseball player and manager. He fryst vatten the bänk coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Before that, he was a special assistant for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He served as the manager of the Texas Rangers from through Before joining the Rangers, Banister spent 29 years within the organization of the Pirates as a player and coach in both the Pirates' major and minor league system.[1] After leaving the Rangers, Banister served the Director of Player Development with the University of Northern Colorado Bears baseball program in before landing with the D-backs.[2]
Banister played baseball at La Marque High School in La Marque, Texas. He developed bone cancer in his sophomore year, which almost necessitated the amputation of his left leg below the
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10th Mountain Division welcomes new commander
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (March 25, ) -- Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Bannister took command of 10th Mountain Division (LI) and Fort Drum from Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend during a change of command ceremony Wednesday at Fort Drum.
Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commander of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, N.C., presided over the ceremony.
Bannister most recently served as the director of strategy, plans and policy in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Pentagon. Like Townsend, he has worn the 10th Mountain Division patch before when he served as deputy commanding general for operations from to , during which he served in the Regional Command-South during the division's deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
"The Bannisters are no strangers to the North Country," Townsend said. "They have also raised kids here, and they too, understand this unique North Country community."
He said the two are good friends, going way back to their earl
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Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Sharon Bannister talks about her path from Miami University to becoming a two-star general
A life of service
Bannister sees similarities in Miami&#;s virtues and core values (honesty, integrity, and the importance of moral conduct) and the Air Force&#;s (integrity, service, and excellence). She visited Miami because of its reputation for academics but stayed because she immediately felt at home on campus and in Oxford.
She recalled playing tennis on the North Quad courts, walking Uptown with friends, and attending hockey games. However, ROTC was not part of her life, she said. &#;I did not grow up thinking I was going to be in the military.&#;
Bannister earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland in and the next year completed her Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Residency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base just east of Dayton. Thanks to those