Tommy Ray Franks is a retired United States Army general. His last army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command,overseeing United States military operations in a 25-country region,including the Middle East. Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on 6 July 2000 and served until his retirement on 7 July 2003. Franks was the United States general leading the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in 2001. He also oversaw the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
Lieutenant General John Randolph Vines is the former commander of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and Multi-National Corps –Iraq.
Eric Ken Shinseki is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014) and the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War,in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was the first Asian-American four-star general,and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Albert Bryant Jr. is a retired United States Army brigadier general,best known for service as the Chief of Western Hemisphere Operations during and in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and for his tenure as the Assistant Division Commander of the 4th Infantry Division at the time of the division's detection and capture of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Bryant also served as the Deputy Commander of Fort Knox,Kentucky,and the United States Army's Armor School. As Chief of Staff of NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR),Bryant was the highest ranking American general on the KFOR leadership team in the lead up to Kosovo independence.
Lieutenant General Franklin Lee Hagenbeck is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 57th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy from June 2006 to July 2010. Previous to his assignment at West Point,he was the Deputy Chief of Staff,G-1 United States Army,Washington,D.C.
Lieutenant General Robert T. Clark is a retired United States Army officer. His last assignment was as the Commanding General,Fifth United States Army which he commanded from December 5,2003 to December 2006.
Major General Fred "Doug" Robinson Jr. a native of Bolivar,Tennessee,was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army from the University of Tennessee. As of 2007,he was commanding general of Army Research,Development and Engineering Command in the United States Army.
Brigadier General Michael A. Ryan was a General Officer in the United States Army.
William H. Brandenburg Jr. was a major general in the United States Army. He last served as deputy commanding general,U.S. Army,Pacific,August 8,2003. Prior to his last assignment,he was deputy commanding general for training and readiness,I Corps and Fort Lewis. From November 29,2004,until December 1,2005,he deployed to Iraq as deputy commanding general and commanding general,Task Force 134.
Lieutenant General Michael S. Tucker is a retired United States Army general who served Commanding General of the First United States Army from 2013 until 2016. He formerly served as the Commanding General of the 2nd Infantry Division.
Paul D. Eaton is a former United States Army officer who commanded the operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Eaton served in that capacity between 2003 and 2004,and then returned to the US to become Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Training,United States Army Training and Doctrine Command,Fort Monroe,Virginia. He previously served as Senior Adviser to the now-defunct National Security Network,a Washington,D.C.-based think tank focused on foreign policy and defense issues.
The assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan,known more informally as the war czar,was a position the George W. Bush administration created to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon,the State Department,and other agencies.
Stephen M. Twitty is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. Twitty assumed command of First United States Army on July 15,2016,relinquishing command to become deputy commander of United States European Command on 9 August 2018. Previously,he was commanding general of Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division. Twitty was awarded the Silver Star during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Noted for his relationship with journalist David Bloom,who was embedded with his battalion during the invasion of Iraq in 2003,Twitty has served in five combat deployments,including tours in the Gulf War,Afghanistan,Iraq,and Kuwait. He has commanded at the company,battalion,and brigade level during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Twitty is a graduate of South Carolina State University and a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He was inducted into the South Carolina State University ROTC Hall of Fame in 2009,and selected as one of the university's Distinguished Alumni in 2004.
James C. Yarbrough is a retired brigadier general in the United States Army.
Daniel P. Bolger is an American author,historian,and retired a lieutenant general of the United States Army. He held a special faculty appointment in the Department of History at North Carolina State University,where he taught military history until his retirement in 2023.
David William Barno is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army. He was commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005.
Michael Ferriter is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. He served as commanding general of the United States Army Installation Management Command/U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management from 2011 until 2014. During his career he has participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia,and served three tours of duty in Iraq. On June 19,2018,he was named president and CEO of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus,Ohio.
Việt Xuan Luong is a retired United States Army major general. He is the first American officer promoted to general officer rank who was born in Vietnam. He last served as the Commanding General of United States Army,Japan/I Corps Forward. He previously served as the Deputy Commanding General (Operations),Eighth Army. His prior assignments included chief of staff of United States Army Central;Director of Joint and Integration,Headquarters Department of the Army,G-8;assistant division commander–maneuver for the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood,concurrent with assignment as commander,Train Advise Assist Command –South,Resolute Support Mission Joint Command,North Atlantic Treaty Organization,Afghanistan.
Major General Thomas E. Ayres is a retired American military lawyer who served as the 20th Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
Curtis Alan Buzzard is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as the commander of Security Assistance Group - Ukraine since August 2024. He most recently served as the commanding general of the United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Moore from July 2022 to July 2024. Prior to that,he served as the deputy chief of staff for operations,plans and training of the United States Army Forces Command from January 2022 to June 2022,and as the 78th Commandant of Cadets of the United States Military Academy from June 2019 to May 2021.
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