By Capt. Peter Drasutis, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office
Maj. Gen. Michael M. Greer, a north Louisiana native and Louisiana Tech alum, was promoted to the rank of major general during an official ceremony presided over by Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Friloux, adjutant general of Louisiana, at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Feb. 21.
Greer currently serves as the assistant adjutant general of Louisiana, where he assists in the deployment and coordination of programs, policies and plans for the Louisiana Army and Air National Guard.
He graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1992 and received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers with the 528th Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), Louisiana Army National Guard.
Throughout his military career, Greer has served in a variety of leadership positions within the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, including director of civil affairs and civil-military operations for U.S. Forces Korea and Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne).
Greer has completed four overseas tours, including combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2004, he deployed with the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) in support of a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In 2010, he deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, with the 17th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne), where he served as the deputy commanding officer of Psychological Operations Task Force-17. In 2015, he mobilized to the Kingdom of Bahrain as the psychological operations officer at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and in 2022, he served as director of civil affairs and civil-military operations for U.S. Forces Korea in the Republic of Korea.
“This is a particularly meaningful moment for me,” said Greer. “This is my first promotion ceremony with family and friends since I was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Every promotion since then has occurred either during or after a deployment, during COVID or while transitioning between units.”
His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Louisiana Tech University and Master of Science degrees in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and the U.S. Army War College.
Greer is a retired federal agent and currently resides in New Orleans with his wife, Meredith. They have three sons currently serving as officers in the US Army.
