LTG MARY LEGEREARMY’S SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

LTG MARY LEGERE IS THE U.S. ARMY’S SENIOR

INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, AND THE PRINCIPAL ADVISOR

ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY POLICY, PROGRAM

AND OPERATIONS FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

AND ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF.

SHE IS THE FOURTH FEMALE THREE STAR GENERAL IN

THE ARMY’S 240-YEAR HISTORY, AND WAS PROMOTED

TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL IN APRIL 2012.

FOUR YEARS LATER, SHE OVERSEES THE GLOBAL

OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY’S 58,000 PERSON

INTELLIGENCE CORPS. THE PRIMARY MISSION OF

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CORPS, OFTEN REFERRED TO

AS MI, IS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND SYNCHRONIZED

INTELLIGENCE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE SUPPORT TO

MILITARY COMMANDERS. MI PERSONNEL PRODUCE

INTELLIGENCE FOR BOTH THE ARMY, AND FOR SHARING

ACROSS THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS BORN IN NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, AND

RAISED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHERE SHE MOVED TO AT

THE AGE OF FIVE.

A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,

SHE RECEIVED HER MILITARY COMMISSION AS A SECOND

LIEUTENANT THROUGH THE RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING

CORPS IN MAY OF 1982 AND PROCEEDED TO THE ARMY’S

INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND SCHOOL AT FORT HUACHUCA,

ARIZONA FOR TRAINING.

HER MILITARY EDUCATION INCLUDES THE MILITARY

INTELLIGENCE OFFICER BASIC AND ADVANCED

COURSES, AND MASTERS DEGREES FROM THE U.S.

ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE,

MASTERS IN MILITARY SCIENCE, AND THE U.S. ARMY

WAR COLLEGE, MASTERS IN STRATEGY.

IN 2013, SHE RECEIVED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, IN

RECOGNITION OF HER OVER THIRTY YEARS OF

SERVICE AND SELECTION AS THE ARMY’S SENIOR

INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.

LTG MARY LEGERE IS MARRIED TO COLONEL PAUL

LEGERE (RETIRED), WHO IS A FORMER ARMY OFFICER

AND LIKE HIS WIFE, A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY

OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THE COUPLE RESIDES IN VIRGINIA WHERE THEY ENJOY

SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,

TRAVELING, PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR SPORTS,

AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR DOGS.