Merdith W.B. Temple

Merdith W.B. (Bo) Temple
Major General Merdith W.B. (Bo) Temple
Born	Virginia
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1975-present
Rank	Major General
Unit	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Commands held	Chief of Engineers
Battles/wars	Gulf War

Merdith W.B. Temple, sometimes called "Bo" Temple, is an American military officer who as Major general was the Acting Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers ^[1] from June 17, 2011 to May 22, 2012. Temple is a career military engineer, and previously served as Deputy Commanding General of Civil and Emergency Operations under his predecessor, Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr..^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Early life

Merdeth Temple was born in Virginia, and graduated Virginia Military Institute as a civil engineer. Temple attended Texas A&M University, receiving his masters in civil engineering.

Military career

Commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1975, Temple served in operational engineering commands in Korea, the United States, and Germany, before commanding the 307th Engineer Battalion (Airborne) in the Gulf War.

Selected works

• Temple, Merdith W.B. (1998). The Southeast Anatolian Project and Middle East water: implications for NATO. USAWC strategy research project. U.S. Army War College. 
• Temple, Merdith W.B.; Stukhart, George (January 1987). "Cost Effectiveness of Geotechnical Investigations". Military Engineer (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). 

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