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Jimmy Franklin Blackmon (/blækmən/; born November 4, 1968), is a retired Army Colonel, author, professional speaker, and Managing Partner at Exactus Advisors. Blackmon began his military career in 1986, when he enlisted in the United States Army. He attended the University of North Georgia (then North Georgia College),[1] one of the four senior military colleges in the US. During his senior year, Blackmon served as the Commander of the Corps of Cadets, and graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate.
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Blackmon was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Aviation in 1991. For the next three decades, he served in various command and staff positions throughout the Army, both in the United States and Europe. Blackmon served two tours of duty in the Balkans. In 1998 he was an operations officer for an Infantry Brigade in Tuzla, Bosnia. In 1999, Blackmon deployed as an operations officer in the Battlefield Coordination Element during Operation Allied Force.
After graduating the Command and General Staff College in 2003, Blackmon reported to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) where he was assigned as the Operations Officer (S3) for 2-17th Cavalry Regiment. Upon reporting, Blackmon immediately flew to Iraq where 2-17 Cavalry was already operating. While in Iraq, he served as the air mission commander on the operation that netted #2 and #3 in the famous Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards (Iraqi deck of cards), Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein.[2]
In 2016, Colonel Blackmon retired from the Army to pursue a career as an author, professional speaker, and consultant. Today, Blackmon is a managing partner at Exactus Advisors, a Chicago-based advisory firm, where he leads the Leadership & Strategy business.[3]