Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen is director of the Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia. Previously, he served as the 31st adjutant general of Minnesota and earlier, as commanding general of the Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division. He also was dual-hatted as deputy commander and Army Reserve component integration adviser, U.S. Army Africa and Southern European Task Force, U.S. Africa Command. He has commanded at the company, battalion, brigade and division levels. His operational assignments include operations Desert Spring, Joint Forge and Iraqi Freedom.