Oates Military Academy - He is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army, based in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1979, he was commissioned in the Infantry.

Oates was promoted to lieutenant general on December 30, 2009 and assumed the duties of director of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices Agency.

Oates Military Academy

Oates Military Academy

Oates' previous assignments were as the commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and Fort Drum and as the commander of the Multi-National Division (SOUTH) in Iraq.

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Oates was commissioned as an infantry officer after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1979. His initial assignments were with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas and the 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry (Airborne), Republic of Panama. Subsequent tactical assignments included assignments with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and as commander, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. Oates later commanded the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) from 1998 to 2000, and 10th Mountain Division (Light) from 2007 to 2009.

Oates' non-regular assignments include service as an Infantry Missions Officer. Currt Operations Officer J3n, Joint Staff; Tom White, Executive Officer of the Secretary of the Navy. and as Chief of Staff to Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Chief of Operations, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq.

Oates earned a master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the School of Army Administration and General Staff.

British General Andy Salmon (left), Commander, Multi-Nation Division Southeast, and Maj. Gen. Michael L. Oates (right), Commander, MND-South, shake hands during a transfer of responsibility ceremony in Basra, Iraq.

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