Athens State University will host its annual Veterans Day program on Friday, November 10 at 11:00 AM at the Alabama Veterans Museum in Athens, Alabama. This year’s program will feature veteran Brigadier General Jason B. Nicholson.

Brigadier General Jason B. Nicholson is the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command and leads the Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Enterprise. The command executes foreign military sales with more than 140 countries and a total value exceeding $215 billion in support of combatant commands and theater armies to strengthen the United States’ global partnerships and alliances.

Brigadier General Nicholson has served in a wide variety of tactical, operational, and strategic assignments in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. These include embassy postings to Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania.

He was commissioned into the Field Artillery in 1998 through the Reserve Officers Training Corps at North Carolina State University, where he studied history and English. Brigadier General Nicholson holds a Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University and is currently a Doctoral Candidate (ABD) in Political Science at the University of Utah. Brigadier General Nicholson is a foreign area officer for Sub-Saharan Africa and speaks both French and German.

His military education includes a Senior Service College Fellowship through the Advanced Strategic Planning and Policy Program at the School of Advanced Military Studies, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the Joint and Combined Warfighting School.

His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, the Army Staff and Joint Staff Identification Badges, and the Master Parachutist Badge.

The deadline to reserve seats is Monday, November 6 at 5:00 pm. Seating is limited to 200 people, so please register in advance. Reservations can be made at Eventbrite.