Background: Lieutenant General Earl B. Hailston
Upon completing The Basic School, he was assigned to the Fifth Marine
Division at Camp Pendleton, California, where he served as a rifle
platoon commander with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines. In
July 1969, he was transferred to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, in the Republic of Vietnam.
In January 1971, he reported to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing where he
served as the aide-de-camp to the Assistant Wing Commander. In
January 1972, he reported to Pensacola, Florida, for flight training.
Captain Hailston received his wings in June 1973 and returned to Cherry
Point for training in the F-4. He then reported to VMFA-312, MAG-14
as the squadron S-1. The squadron relocated to MAG-31, Marine Corps
Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, in July 1974.
In 1976, Captain Hailston attended the Amphibious Warfare School,
followed by an assignment to MAG-15 in Iwakuni, Japan. Returning to
MCAS Yuma, Arizona in 1978, he was assigned to VMFAT-101 as the
training officer and operations officer until his transfer to Air Command
and Staff College in 1981. While at Maxwell Air Force Base he
completed his undergraduate degree at Troy State University.
In August 1982, Major Hailston reported to Headquarters, Marine Corps
where he served in the Aviation Training Branch and as administrative
assistant to the Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Upon
promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, he was reassigned as Assistant
Secretary to the General Staff.
In 1985, Lieutenant Colonel Hailston reported to MAG-31 as the group
executive officer and later as Commanding Officer, VFMA-312. In
1988, he attended the U.S. Army War College followed by an
assignment to Korea as the Combined Forces Command/U.S. Eighth
Army Operations Plans Officer and later Executive Assistant to the C/J/
G-3.
Colonel Hailston returned from Korea in 1991 and reported to the 2nd
Marine Aircraft Wing where he served as the Wing G-3. He assumed
command of Marine Aircraft Group 31 on May 29, 1992. He was
promoted to Brigadier General in May of 1994 and was assigned as the
Commanding General, 3rd Force Service Support Group, FMF, Pacific,
Okinawa, Japan. He was reassigned in July 1996 as the Assistant Deputy
Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics (Facilities), Headquarters, U.S.
Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. In March 1997 Major General Hailston
assumed the duties of U.S. Pacific Command Director of Strategic Plans
and Policy (J-5), where he served until June 1999. Assuming command
of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Bases Japan in
June 1999, he was promoted to Lieutenant General in August 1999. He
relinquished command of III MEF in July 2001.
General Hailston's personal decorations include the Defense
Distinguished Service Medal (DDSM), the Silver Star, the Legion of
Merit, the Bronze Star with Combat "V", the Defense Meritorious
Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, the Navy
and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and the Combat Action
Ribbon.
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