Glenn k rieth biography of michael

Major General Glenn K. His service began in March and ended with his resignation in December Rieth's military service began in He earned his pilot's wings at Fort Rucker, Alabama , in July Rieth was an Army helicopter pilot for four years before joining New Jersey's National Guard as an active duty officer. His father, Kenneth Rieth, was the state's deputy adjutant general in the Democratic administration of Jim Florio.

Rieth (born November 27, , in Livingston, New Jersey) served as Adjutant General of New Jersey and the commander of the New Jersey Army and Air National.

The elder Rieth retired in as a Brigadier General. The younger Rieth's father-in-law, G. Bruce Eveland, reportedly recommended that then- Governor McGreevey , hire Rieth, according to Jack McGreevey, father of the former governor and a longtime friend of Eveland. He held the post until resigning in December in a scandal over his relationship with a female subordinate.

Both had been raised in Livingston and their families knew each other.

General Rieth's military service began in He received his commission as a Second Lieutenant through the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps.

On December 1, , however, Reith resigned, effective December 15, , after having had an affair with a female co-worker, a government official said. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.