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The Adjutant General's Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       Oct. 29, 2004

No. 04-123

JACOBS TO BE GUEST SPEAKER FOR SENIOR CITIZEN MEETING NOV. 1

Lt. Col. Doug Jacobs will be the guest speaker for the Monday, Nov. 1 meeting of the senior citizens of Soldier, Kan. The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the senior citizen community building in Soldier.

Jacobs’ presentation will give an overview of the Kansas National Guard, including its history, missions and role within the community, state and nation. He will also touch on the Guard’s current activities overseas.

Jacobs is an Administrative Officer with Joint Forces Headquarters Kansas – Land Component, Kansas Army National Guard, in Topeka. He also serves as Chief of Workforce Support with The Adjutant General’s Department.

Jacobs has 32 years of commissioned service with active duty, Army Reserve and National Guard and has served in a variety of positions in the U.S. and abroad. From December 2002 to November 2003, he served as the Division Civil Military Affairs Officer on the General Staff with the 35th Infantry Division as part of the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

He and his wife, Paula, live in Topeka. He has one daughter, Wendy, and one grandson, Douglas, who also live in Topeka.

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