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Jack G. Downing, the Glossary

Jack Gregory Downing (October 21, 1940June 27, 2021) was an American field officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).^[1]

35 relations: Asian studies, Beijing, Capital city, Central Intelligence Agency, Chinese language, Chinese poetry, Colorectal cancer, David Cohen (intelligence), Deputy Director of CIA for Operations, Director of Central Intelligence, Directorate of Operations (CIA), Distinguished Intelligence Medal, George Tenet, Harvard University, Honolulu, James Pavitt, KGB, Kuala Lumpur, Line of duty death, Moscow, Pacific War, Polymath, Porter Goss, Portland, Oregon, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Presidency of Jimmy Carter, Richard Helms, Russian language, Stansfield Turner, Territory of Hawaii, The Hill School, Tony Mendez, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, World War II.
Recipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal

Asian studies

Asian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe is known as Oriental studies.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Capital city

A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Chinese poetry

Chinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language, and a part of the Chinese literature.

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Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).

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David Cohen (intelligence)

David Cohen is an American intelligence and law enforcement official. Jack G. Downing and David Cohen (intelligence) are People of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Deputy Director of CIA for Operations

The deputy director of the CIA for operations is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who serves as head of the Directorate of Operations.

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Director of Central Intelligence

The director of central intelligence (DCI) was the head of the American Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2004, acting as the principal intelligence advisor to the president of the United States and the United States National Security Council, as well as the coordinator of intelligence activities among and between the various US intelligence agencies (collectively known as the Intelligence Community from 1981 onwards).

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Directorate of Operations (CIA)

The Directorate of Operations (DO), less formally called the Clandestine Service,Central Intelligence Agency,, Retrieved: July 9, 2015.

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Distinguished Intelligence Medal

The Distinguished Intelligence Medal is awarded by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency for performance of outstanding services or for achievement of a distinctly exceptional nature in a duty or responsibility. Jack G. Downing and Distinguished Intelligence Medal are Recipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.

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George Tenet

George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.

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James Pavitt

James L. Pavitt (born February 19, 1946 - died December 22, 2022) was Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) for the CIA from 23 June 1999 until July 12, 2004, when he resigned a day after George Tenet. Jack G. Downing and James Pavitt are People of the Central Intelligence Agency and Recipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.

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KGB

The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.

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Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur; 吉隆坡联邦直辖区; கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்) and colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.

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Line of duty death

A line of duty death (LODD) is a death in the fire service or the police service while on duty.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Pacific War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

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Polymath

A polymath (lit; lit) or polyhistor (lit) is an individual whose knowledge spans many different subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems.

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Porter Goss

Porter Johnston Goss (born November 26, 1938) is an American politician and government official who served as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006. Jack G. Downing and Porter Goss are People of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter's tenure as the 39th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981.

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Richard Helms

Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was an American government official and diplomat who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973. Jack G. Downing and Richard Helms are Recipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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Stansfield Turner

Stansfield Turner (December 1, 1923 January 18, 2018) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College (1972–1974), commander of the United States Second Fleet (1974–1975), Supreme Allied Commander NATO Southern Europe (1975–1977), and was Director of Central Intelligence (1977–1981) under the Carter administration.

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Territory of Hawaii

The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian: Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island, was admitted to the United States as the 50th U.S.

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The Hill School

The Hill School is a coeducational preparatory boarding school located on a campus in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about northwest of Philadelphia.

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Tony Mendez

Antonio Joseph Mendez (November 15, 1940 – January 19, 2019) was an American technical operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who specialized in support of clandestine and covert CIA operations. Jack G. Downing and Tony Mendez are People of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_G._Downing

Also known as Jack Gregory Downing.