Assistant Division Commander- Support, 29th Infantry Division
Brigadier General Jared D. Lake currently serves as the Assistant Division Commander for Support in the 29 th Infantry Division. In this role, he serves as the principal deputy to the commanding general, focusing on the sustainment aspects of the unit, including
logistics, maintenance, and administration, to ensure the overall command’s mission success and continuity of operations. The ADC-S responsibilities include oversight and synchronization of daily operations of the protection, sustainment and command and
control warfighting functions, monitoring unit effectiveness, and ensuring the welfare and readiness of personnel and equipment.
BG Lake received his commission as a Field Artillery Officer from Marion Military Institute. Throughout his career, BG Lake commanded at battery, battalion and brigade levels. His command assignments include A Battery, 2d Battalion, 110 th Field Artillery; 1 st Battalion, 111 th Field Artillery; and 116 th Mobile Brigade Comat Team, 29 th Infantry Division. He has served in various staff positions at battalion, brigade, division, corps and joint commands.
BG Lake has three overseas deployments; to Baghdad, Iraq, with the 58 th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007-2008; to Kabul, Afghanistan with the 29 th Infantry Division under ISAF Joint Command in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2011-2012; and to Arifjan, Kuwait with the 29 th Infantry Division in support of Operation Spartan Shield in 2021-2022.
BG Lake is a Distinguished Graduate from the United States Army War College. He is also a graduate of the Joint Task Force Commander Course, Joint Combined Warfighting School, the Command and General Staff College, and the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. BG Lake holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Maryland at College Park and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College.
BG Lake’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the Operation Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star, the Operation Enduring Freedom Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star, the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, the NATO ISAF Ribbon and the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara award.
