Officer Jeremy Nicholas Henwood, Captain (Major Select) USMC was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on September 14, 1974 to Dr. Robbie Wayne and Dr. Beverley Lou Henwood. He lived in Kanata, Ottawa, and in 1976 moved to Saskatoon.
In 1978, the family moved to Texas while Jeremy's father pursued his career in drug research and earned his Ph.D. The family grew with the birth of his siblings Robbie Douglas and Emily Dawn. Jeremy's father eventually chose dental school in San Antonio instead of returning to Canada.
The Henwood family remained in Texas and Jeremy grew up in San Antonio which he considered home. Jeremy attended Marshall High School in San Antonio and then at 15 years old entered the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, where he played football and basketball.
In 1995 after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Jeremy completed basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and returned to San Antonio to attend the University of Texas where he received his Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Criminal Justice.
Jeremy became a United States Citizen so as to become an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. After college, Jeremy pursued his Marine Corps career.
Upon completion of Officer Candidate School Jeremy was commissioned on December 15, 2000. He then attended The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia. He proudly served his country which included three overseas deployments. His first, for 1½ years with the 7th Engineer Support Battalion Camp Pendleton 1st Force Service Group, was to Iraq for Operation Enduring Freedom which evolved into Operation Iraqi Freedom.
His second deployment to Iraq followed shortly thereafter, where he served for another year. Jeremy left active duty, re-entered the Reserves and joined the San Diego Police Department July 20, 2007.
After graduating from the 73rd San Diego Regional Academy and completing phase training, Jeremy was assigned to Mid City Division. Jeremy had a deep sense of honor, integrity and commitment to both his duties as a Police Officer and a Marine and proudly lived by the U.S. Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis - "Always Faithful."
In August 2010, Marine duty called again and Jeremy was deployed to Afghanistan with the Combat Logistics Regiment 2 as a Bravo Company Commander for Combat Logistics Battalion 2. He fulfilled his tour in Afghanistan and returned to the 4th Marine Logistics Group Forward West Camp Pendleton where he continued to serve active duty including service in Costa Rica, until the conclusion of his orders.
Jeremy returned to San Diego and his police department career in February 2011.