Lieutenant General John Randolph Vines is the former commander of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and Multi-National Corps –Iraq.
The United States Central Command is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983,taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF).
The 75th Ranger Regiment,also known as the Army Rangers,is the premier light infantry and direct-action raid force of the United States Army Special Operations Command. The 75th Ranger Regiment is also part of Joint Special Operations Command via the Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC). The regiment is headquartered at Fort Moore,Georgia and is composed of a regimental headquarters company,a military intelligence battalion,a special troops battalion,and three Ranger battalions.
The Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism (CT) is a bureau of the United States Department of State. It coordinates all U.S. Government efforts to improve counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments and participates in the development,coordination,and implementation of American counterterrorism policy.
Harry Edward Soyster is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General.
The 2nd Ranger Battalion,currently based at Joint Base Lewis–McChord south of Seattle,Washington,United States,is the second of three ranger battalions belonging to the United States Army's 75th Ranger Regiment.
The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (10th SFG (A),or 10th Group) is an active duty United States Army Special Forces (SF) Group. 10th Group is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions:unconventional warfare (UW),foreign internal defense (FID),direct action (DA),counterinsurgency,special reconnaissance,counterterrorism,information operations,counter-proliferation of weapon of mass destruction,and security force assistance. 10th Group is responsible for operations within the EUCOM area of responsibility,as part of Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR).
David A. Morris is an American major general (retired) who is the founder and owner of Decisive Edge,LLC,a consulting firm focused on the development of business strategies for the Special Operations and intelligence communities.
Joseph Leonard Votel is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who was commander of United States Central Command from March 2016 to March 2019. Before that,he served as commander of the United States Special Operations Command.
Robert Bruce Abrams is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who last served as the commander of United States Forces Korea. He concurrently served as the commander of United Nations Command and commander of R.O.K.-U.S. Combined Forces Command. He previously served as the 22nd commanding general of United States Army Forces Command from August 10,2015 to October 17,2018. He was a 1982 graduate of the United States Military Academy where he was commissioned as an armor officer. During his years of active service,he has held command and staff positions across the Army and joint community in Germany,the United States,Southwest Asia and South Korea. Abrams comes from a family of career military officers. His father was former Army Chief of Staff General Creighton W. Abrams Jr.,and both of his elder brothers,Creighton and John,were Army general officers.
Benjamin C. Freakley is a retired United States Army lieutenant general. From Woodstock,Virginia,Freakley was commissioned as an infantry officer in 1975,and served in Operation Desert Storm,Operation Iraqi Freedom,and Operation Enduring Freedom –Afghanistan before retiring in 2012. After leaving active duty military service,he joined the McCain Institute and Arizona State University.
The United States Special Operations Command is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army,Marine Corps,Navy,and Air Force of the United States Armed Forces. The command is part of the Department of Defense and is the only unified combatant command created by an Act of Congress. USSOCOM is headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa,Florida.
Stephen Lanza is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as commanding general,I Corps at Joint Base Lewis–McChord from February 6,2014 to April 3,2017,when he transferred authority to Lieutenant General Gary J. Volesky. He retired from active service on June 2,2017.
Gustave F. Perna is a retired United States Army four-star general who last served as the chief operating officer of the federal COVID-19 response for vaccine and therapeutics. He previously served as the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed from July 2020 until the operation's duties and responsibilities were transferred to the White House COVID-19 Response Team in February 2021. As chief operating officer of COVID-19 response,he oversaw the logistics in the United States federal government's distribution of the vaccine to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate confirmed his nomination as chief operating officer on July 2,2020,and he assumed the office shortly after.
Thomas David "Tom" Waldhauser is a retired United States Marine Corps general who was the Commander of United States Africa Command. He previously served as Director for Joint Force Development,J7 on the Joint Chiefs of Staff,Commanding General,I Marine Expeditionary Force,and Commanding General,United States Marine Forces Central Command. Waldhauser is an alumnus of Bemidji State University.
Stephen J. Townsend is a retired United States Army four-star general who served as Commander United States Africa Command from 26 July 2019 to 8 August 2022. He previously commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from March 2018 until June 2019 and XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018.
Lieutenant General Bennet S. Sacolick,is a retired general officer in the United States Army,former commander of Delta Force and John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. He has participated in numerous combat operations,such as;Operation Just Cause in 1989,Operation Desert Storm in 1991,Operation Gothic Serpent in 1993 and since 2001 the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Richard D. Clarke Jr. is a retired United States Army four-star general who last served as the 12th commander of United States Special Operations Command from 29 March 2019 to 30 August 2022. Prior to assuming command of USSOCOM,Clarke served as Director for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5),Joint Staff,the Pentagon,Arlington,Virginia.
Christopher Todd Donahue is a United States Army lieutenant general who serves as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps since March 11,2022. He most recently served as commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Liberty,North Carolina. Throughout his career,Donahue served in staff and command positions for both United States Army and Special Operations units.
Michael Erik Kurilla is a United States Army general who serves as the 15th commander of United States Central Command since 1 April 2022. He previously served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps and before that as the chief of staff of United States Central Command.
