Lieutenant General John Randolph Vines is the former commander of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and Multi-National Corps –Iraq.
United States Army Rangers are U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". The term is commonly used to include graduates of the Ranger School,even if they have never served in a "Ranger" unit;the vast majority of Ranger school graduates never serve in Ranger units and are considered "Ranger qualified".
The 75th Ranger Regiment,also known as Army Rangers,is the premier light infantry unit and special operations force within the United States Army Special Operations Command. 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 counter-terrorism 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.
Major General Eldon Arthur Bargewell was a United States Army General officer. He served as commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force unit.
Dr. Kalev I. Sepp is senior lecturer in defense analyst at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,California.
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.
Patrick M. Hughes is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 12th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Previously,he was Director of Intelligence for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1994 to 1996 and the Director of Intelligence at United States Central Command from 1992–1994. He was the Commanding General,United States Army Intelligence Agency,and the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence,U.S. Army from 1990 until 1992. He joined the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2003 as the Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis (Intelligence),and departed from DHS and Government service in March 2005.
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 is 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.
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 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.
Christopher Todd Donahue is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served 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 April 1,2022. He previously served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps and before that as the chief of staff of United States Central Command.
