Inspector General of the United States Army | |
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Department of the Army | |
Type | Inspector general |
Abbreviation | IG |
Member of | Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense |
Reports to | Secretary of the Army Chief of Staff of the Army |
Seat | The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | 4 years |
Constituting instrument | 10 U.S.C. § 7020 |
Precursor | Inspector-General of the Cavalry of the United States of America |
Inaugural holder | Thomas Conway |
Formation | December 13, 1777 |
Deputy | Deputy Inspector General of the United States Army |
Website | http://www.daig.pentagon.mil |
The Inspector General of the United States Army serves to "provide impartial, objective and unbiased advice and oversight to the Army through relevant, timely and thorough inspection, assistance, investigations, and training." [1] The Inspector General has historically been a high-ranking Army official before their appointment to the position. Since 1973, the position has been a lieutenant general billet.
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No. | Image | Rank | Name | Begin date | End date | ref(s) |
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1 | Colonel | Augustin de La Balme | July 8, 1777 | February 13, 1778 | [upper-alpha 1] [2] | |
2 | Major General | Philippe Charles Tronson de Coudray | August 11, 1777 | September 15, 1777 | [upper-alpha 2] [3] | |
3 | ![]() | Major General | Thomas Conway | December 13, 1777 | April 28, 1778 | [3] |
4 | ![]() | Major General | Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben | March 28, 1778 | April 15, 1784 | [4] |
5 | ![]() | Major | William North | April 17, 1784 | October 28, 1787 | [3] |
– | Lieutenant | Henry De Butts Acting | March 10, 1792 | February 23, 1793 | [3] | |
– | Major | Michael Rudolph Acting | February 23, 1793 | July 17, 1793 | [3] | |
– | ![]() | Captain | Edward Butler Acting | July 18, 1793 | May 13, 1794 | [3] |
– | Major | John Mills Acting | May 13, 1794 | February 27, 1796 | [3] | |
– | Major | Jonathan Haskell Acting | February 27, 1796 | August 1, 1796 | [3] | |
– | ![]() | Captain | Edward Butler Acting | August 1, 1796 | February 27, 1797 | [3] |
– | ![]() | Major | Thomas H. Cushing Acting | February 27, 1797 | July 18, 1798 | [3] |
6 | ![]() | Major General | Alexander Hamilton | July 18, 1798 | June 15, 1800 | [3] |
– | ![]() | Major | Thomas H. Cushing Acting | June 15, 1800 | April 2, 1807 | [3] |
– | Major | Abimael Y. Nicoll Acting | April 2, 1807 | April 28, 1812 | [3] | |
7 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Alexander Smyth | July 6, 1812 | March 3, 1813 | [3] |
8 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Zebulon Pike | March 12, 1813 | April 27, 1813 | [upper-alpha 3] [3] |
Vacant | April 27, 1813 | May 9, 1814 | [3] | |||
9 | ![]() | Brigadier General | William H. Winder | May 9, 1814 | July 2, 1814 | [3] |
Vacant | July 2, 1814 | November 22, 1814 | ||||
10 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Daniel Parker | November 22, 1814 | June 1, 1821 | [3] |
Vacant | June 2, 1821 | September 25, 1861 | [5] | |||
11 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Randolph B. Marcy | September 25, 1861 | January 2, 1881 | [3] [5] |
12 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Delos B. Sackett | January 2, 1881 | March 8, 1885 | [3] |
13 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Nelson H. Davis | March 11, 1885 | September 20, 1885 | [3] |
14 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Absalom Baird | September 20, 1885 | August 20, 1888 | [3] |
15 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Roger Jones | August 20, 1888 | January 26, 1889 | [3] [5] |
16 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Joseph C. Breckinridge | January 30, 1889 | April 11, 1903 | [3] [6] |
17 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Peter D. Vroom | April 12, 1903 | April 12, 1903 | [3] [6] |
18 | ![]() | Brigadier General | George H. Burton | April 12, 1903 | September 30, 1906 | [3] [6] |
19 | ![]() | Brigadier General | Ernest Albert Garlington | October 1, 1906 | February 20, 1917 | [6] |
20 | ![]() | Major General | John L. Chamberlain | February 21, 1917 | November 6, 1921 | [6] |
21 | ![]() | Major General | Eli A. Helmick | November 7, 1921 | September 27, 1927 | [6] |
22 | ![]() | Major General | William C. Rivers | September 28, 1927 | January 11, 1930 | [6] |
23 | ![]() | Major General | Hugh A. Drum | January 12, 1930 | November 30, 1931 | [6] |
24 | ![]() | Major General | John F. Preston | December 1, 1931 | November 30, 1935 | [6] |
25 | ![]() | Major General | Walter L. Reed | December 1, 1935 | December 23, 1939 | [6] |
26 | ![]() | Major General | Virgil L. Peterson | December 24, 1939 | June 5, 1945 | [6] |
27 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Daniel I. Sultan | July 14, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | [6] |
28 | ![]() | Major General | Ira T. Wyche | January 30, 1947 | June 30, 1948 | [6] |
29 | ![]() | Major General | Louis A. Craig | July 1, 1948 | May 31, 1952 | [6] |
30 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Daniel Noce | June 1, 1952 | October 31, 1954 | [6] |
31 | Major General | Wayne C. Zimmerman | November 1, 1954 | January 31, 1956 | [6] | |
32 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | David Ayres Depue Ogden | February 1, 1956 | October 31, 1957 | [6] |
33 | Major General | Albert Pierson | November 1, 1957 | July 31, 1959 | [6] | |
34 | Major General | Edward H. McDaniel | August 1, 1959 | November 30, 1963 | [6] | |
35 | Hiram D. Ives | December 1, 1963 | September 30, 1965 | |||
36 | James A. Richardson III | December 1, 1965 | October 31, 1966 | |||
37 | William C. Garrison | November 1, 1966 | July 31, 1968 | |||
38 | Major General | William A. Enemark | August 1, 1968 | 1972 | ||
39 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Gilbert H. Woodward | June 1973 | October 17, 1973 | |
40 | Lieutenant General | Herron N. Maples | March 4, 1974 | October 31, 1976 | [7] | |
41 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Marvin D. Fuller | November 1, 1976 | 1977 | [7] |
42 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Richard G. Trefry | 1977 | 1983 | |
43 | Lieutenant General | Nathaniel R. Thompson Jr. | 1983 | June 1986 | ||
44 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Henry Doctor Jr. | June 1986 | 1989 | |
45 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Johnnie H. Corns | December 1989 | July 1991 | |
46 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Ronald H. Griffith | 1991 | 1995 | |
47 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Jared L. Bates | 1995 | 1997 | |
48 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Larry R. Jordan | 1997 | 1999 | |
49 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Michael W. Ackerman | 1999 | 2002 | |
50 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Paul T. Mikolashek | 2002 | 2005 | |
51 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Stanley E. Green | March 2005 | February 2008 | |
52 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | R. Steven Whitcomb | February 14, 2008 | August 13, 2010 | |
53 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Peter M. Vangjel | November 14, 2011 | December 2014 | |
54 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | David E. Quantock | December 2014 | December 2017 | [1] |
55 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Leslie C. Smith | February 7, 2018 | September 1, 2021 | [1] |
56 | ![]() | Lieutenant General | Donna W. Martin | September 2, 2021 | present | [8] |
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