CW4 Thomas W. Jackson, Jr., PMP

Chief Warrant Officer Thomas “TJ” Jackson comes to the West Point Band and West Point Music Research Center at the United States Military Academy from the U.S. Army School of Music in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he served as an officer courses instructor. Before coming to West Point, he completed a one-year Training with Industry assignment at Disney Parks Live Entertainment in Anaheim, California, after having commanded the 282nd Army Band at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. 

CW4 Jackson attended basic training at Fort Jackson in 2002. Upon accelerated graduation from Advanced Individual Training at the U.S. Army School of Music, he was assigned to the U.S. Army Europe Band in Heidelberg, Germany, and subsequently served at the U.S. Continental Army Band on Fort Monroe, Virginia. He was then selected to serve as the saxophone instructor at the Armed Forces School of Music in Virginia Beach, Virginia, before assignment to the 4th Infantry Division Band on Fort Carson, Colorado, which included a deployment to Iraq during Operation New Dawn. CW4 Jackson then attended the Warrant Officer Career College in 2013 and was immediately afforded a command on Fort Jackson. 

CW4 Jackson is a native of West Virginia, but hails from Frederick, Maryland. He holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Regent University, a graduate certificate in project management from Columbia Southern University, and an undergraduate degree in saxophone performance from Elon University. He is a credentialed Project Management Professional (PMP). 

He is married to Vicki Lynn Harting, formerly of Troy, Missouri, and has one son, Caleb.