Jacqueline Gordon - U.S. Army/Reserves 1984-2014

Jackie Gordon was born in Jamaica, West Indies, and grew up in Queens, N.Y. While in college she enlisted in the United States Army Reserve. Over her 29-year career in the Armed Forces, Gordon served our country overseas as a platoon leader in Germany during Operation Desert Storm, as an operations officer at Guantanamo Bay, as a Captain in Baghdad, Iraq and as Commander of the 310th Military Police Battalion in Afghanistan in 2012.

Like many Army Reservists, Jackie's life at home was much different than her time being deployed. Jackie worked as an educator and a public servant all while raising her children as a single parent.

She retired from the Army Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2014.