Korean War, 1950-1953]]> United States--Armed Forces--Veterans]]> Air pilots, Military -- United States. Navy]]> United States. Navy]]> Air combat]]> Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975]]> Elmer Royce Williams]]> Jason Beyer]]> Adel Bautista]]> Marilyn Huerta]]> Justin Gans]]> In copyright]]> English]]> Wilmot (S.D)]]> Korea]]> Vietnam]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Africa, North]]> Little Falls (Minn.)]]> Ortonville (Minn.)]]> Panama]]> Soviet Union]]> Escondido (Calif.)]]> Hawaii]]> San Diego (Calif.)]]> Songwriters -- United States]]> Folk music]]> Counterculture -- United States]]> Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967]]> Joel Rafael]]> Jennifer Fabbi]]> In copyright]]> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/]]> English]]> Escondido (Calif.)]]> Chicago (Ill.)]]> Covina (Calif.)]]> West Covina (Calif.)]]> Portland (Oregon)]]> Seattle (Wash.)]]> Fallbrook (Calif.)]]> California State University San Marcos]]> Camp Pendleton (Calif.)]]> Civil rights demonstrations]]> Iraq War, 2003-2011]]> Military families]]> Mormon Church]]> Piracy -- Indian Ocean]]> Racism]]> United States. Africa Command]]> United States. Marine Corps]]>
In his interview, Jackson discusses his upbringing in a military family, including participating in a sit-in in a local drug store, and offers a comparison between his military service and that of his father, who served in the United States Army. Jackson discusses life on military bases and support systems for deployed soldiers. Jackson recounts the courtship of his future wife, Sue, their early relationship, and the experience of being in an interracial relationship in the 1970s. Jackson discusses his later career with the Marines, including serving as Deputy Commanding General for MARCENT, where he helped make the case for the military to purchase Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) during the second Iraq war, and working as Director of Military Operations and Logistics, AFRICOM. Jackson also discusses finishing his military career by returning to Camp Pendleton and other western U.S. bases as Commanding General for Marine Corps Installation West (MCI West).

Jackson also discusses his time working for California State Parks, his relationship with Cal State San Marcos, and his family lineage, which includes the enslaved wagon driver Green Flash, who drove Brigham Young's wagon on the Mormon exodus to Salt Lake City.]]> Anthony L. Jackson]]> Sean Visintainer]]> English]]> Houston (Tex.)]]> Indian Ocean]]> Oakland (Calif.)]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Stuttgart (Germany);]]> California State University San Marcos. Project Rebound]]> Formerly incarcerated individuals]]> Imprisonment]]> MiraCosta College. Transitions Program]]> Palomar College. Transitions program]]> Prison-industrial complex]]> Santa Barbara City College. Transitions Program]]> Transitions (Program)]]>
Leyva also discusses his experience with incarceration and post-incarceration life, especially in regards to prison employment and the prison-industrial complex, barriers experienced by prisoners upon release, and the mentorship that Leyva received from members of his fellow incarcerated community.]]> Martin Leyva]]> Sean Visintainer]]> In copyright]]> English]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Santa Barbara (Calif.)]]> Songwriters -- United States]]> Folk music]]> Counterculture -- United States]]> Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 ]]> Joel Rafael]]> Jennifer Fabbi]]> In copyright]]> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/]]> English]]> Escondido (Calif.)
]]> Chicago (Ill.)]]> Covina (Calif.) ]]> West Covina (Calif.)]]> Portland (Oregon)]]> Seattle (Wash.)
]]> Fallbrook (Calif.)]]> Afghan War, 2001-2021]]> Gay military personnel--United States]]> Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.)]]> Iraq War, 2003-2011]]> LGBTQ+ life]]> United States. Navy]]> United States. Navy -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.]]>
This interview was conducted as part of the War At Home and Abroad (WAHA) project, now called the CSUSM Veterans Voices project. WAHA was conducted by the California State University San Marcos History Department in collaboration with the CSUSM Student Veterans Center (now the Epstein Family Veterans Center) from 2012-2013. The project aimed to document, preserve, and make accessible the experiences of CSUSM's student veterans. Portions of this interview were edited, including the removal of the interviewer from the recording.]]> Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning)]]> Anthony Mino]]> California State University San Marcos. History Department]]> In copyright]]> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/]]> CSUSM Veterans Voices oral histories (external link)]]> English]]> Afghanistan]]> Dubai]]> Iraq]]> San Diego (Calif.)]]> Higher education]]> Dance Study and teaching]]> Improvisation in dance]]> Movement education]]> California State University San Marcos -- Faculty]]> Karen Schaffman]]> Jennifer Fabbi]]> In copyright]]> English]]> Connecticut]]> Amherst (Mass.)]]> Riverside (Calif.)]]> San Francisco (Calif.)]]> Holland]]> Germany]]> Black experience in America]]> California State University San Marcos, Associated Students Incorporated]]> California State University San Marcos, Black Student Center]]> California State University San Marcos--Students]]> Tiffaney Boyd]]> Sierra Jenkins]]> In copyright]]> English]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Higher education]]> Dance Study and teaching]]> Improvisation in dance]]> Movement education]]> California State University San Marcos -- Faculty]]>
]]> Karen Schaffman]]> Jennifer Fabbi]]> In copyright]]> ]]> English]]> Connecticut]]> Amherst (Mass.)]]> Riverside (Calif.)]]> San Francisco (Calif.)]]> Holland]]> Germany]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]>