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Meet
Major General Jerry R. Curry
US Army, Retired
Jerry R. Curry is a statesman, a courageous soldier, a diplomat, and a
government leader. Curry is a man of great intelligence, integrity,
honesty, and proven character. He is a person who has taken a
stand for his country and devoted his life in its service. He is a
person who has lived out in practice what others just seem to talk
about.
Jerry R. Curry was born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, to father Jesse Aaron
Curry, a steel worker and part-time farmer, and to mother Reverend
Marion Mercer Shiflet Curry. As a young boy, Curry joined the Boy
Scouts. He took on the Boy Scout oath as his own personal credo,
“On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and to my country,
to obey the Scout law. To help other people at all times, to keep
myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight…to be
trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.”
These character qualities represent not only what Curry sought to
emulate as a young boy, but what he has become as a man. In high
school, Curry had the opportunity to attend an American Legion program
called “Boys’ State.” This was a program that gave him one of his first
experiences in leadership. It was here he learned that, “America’s
republican form of government requires leadership, integrity, and a
willingness to consider the other person’s point of view.”
In 1950, Curry graduated from high school and nine months later he
enlisted in the armed services. Along with a half-dozen other
volunteers, he raised his right hand and repeated the oath of service:
“I,
Jerry R. Curry, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and
that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and
the orders of the Officers appointed over me, according to regulations
and the uniform code of military justice. So help me God!”
Curry wore the army uniform for nearly 34 years of active military
service. During that time he rose from Private to General. He was
described as “The ablest tactical commander in the entire American
army.”
Curry attended Ranger, Airborne, and Army Aviation training. He
served and trained at Camp Roberts, California; Fort Benning, Georgia;
Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Gary Air Force Base near San Marcos, Texas;
Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Devens, Massachusetts;
Fort Drum, New York; Presidio of Monterey, California; Fort Lewis in
Washington State; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Carlisle Barracks in
Pennsylvania. During the balance of Curry’s career he served throughout
the United States and the world.
General Curry fought in the War in Vietnam. He has seen first hand
what happens when an enemy is given a safe haven to grow, train and
export terrorism. He knows from years of experience what happens on the
battlefield and he is prepared to be our commander in chief.
General Curry has not only served on the battlefield, but he has also
served this country by assisting in the government in three federal
administrations. He served as: Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense in the Carter administration; Acting Press Secretary to the Secretary
of Defense in the Reagan administration; and Administrator of the
National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration in the Bush Sr.
administration.
Curry knows how to make decisions, he knows how to work both nationally
and internationally, and he is a person of principle. Curry has a
deep faith in God that has guided him throughout his entire life.
It is not a faith conjured up for the favor of religious people, but a
faith that plays an integral role in his everyday life.
Curry also has a broad educational background. He completed his
B.A. from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, his M. A. in International
Relations from Boston University, and his Doctorate from Luther Rice
University.
Curry is passionate in his patriotism, his love of family, and his love of history and music. He is an accomplished opera singer. In all, Jerry R. Curry is:
Jerry Curry and his wife, Charlene, have four children, seven
grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Their mixed racial and
cultural ancestry represents a rich cross section of many backgrounds—as
colorful as America itself—having descended from African American slaves
and freemen, Native Americans, French, Irish and Scottish. Jerry Curry
is an American for America.
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