- Colin Powell
General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) is a former American military leader and statesman. He became the first African-American to be confirmed as United States Secretary of State. As the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-05) under President George W. Bush, Powell became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States.
- Robert L. Howard
Robert L. Howard (b. July 11 1939 in Opelika, Alabama) is a highly decorated officer of the United States Army and Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam Conflict. He entered the Army at Montgomery, Alabama and retired as Colonel. As a Staff Sergeant of the highly-classified Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG), …
- David Petraeus
David Howell Petraeus (born November 7, 1952) is a general in the United States Army and commander of Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I), the four-star post that oversees all U.S. forces in the country. He was confirmed to that position by the Senate in a vote of 81-0 on January 26 2007. He replaced General George Casey who was subsequently confirmed as Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- William L. Nash
William L. Nash is a retired US Army Major General who commanded the 1st Armored Division of the United States Army when it went to Bosnia in 1995 for a year as a peacekeeping operation. A Russian brigade, initially under the command of Colonel Aleksandr Ivanovich Lentsov, was part of that effort. An account of the interactions of the Americans and Russians in Bosnia in 1996 may be found in James Nelson’s Bosnia Journal.
- David E. Grange Jr.
David E. Grange, Jr., grew up in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York. He joined the Army in June of 1943 and served as an enlisted parachute infantryman in Europe, taking part in the Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe Campaigns as a member of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In 1949, he departed the 82d Airborne Division to attend Officer Candidate School. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in 1950, …
- Vincent Keith Brooks
Vincent Keith Brooks is an American brigadier general, who was the United States Army's Deputy Director of Operations during the War in Iraq. This position again made him visible in the media. He also served as the Chief of Army Public Affairs in the Pentagon. As of June 8, 2006, BG Brooks is the 1st Cavalry Division Deputy Commanding General garrisoned at Fort Hood, Texas.
- David L. Grange
David L. Grange is a retired United States Army Major General, son of retired Lieutenant General David E. Grange Jr. After retiring in 1999, David L. Grange served as the executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation in Chicago. In September 2005, Grange became the foundation's President and Chief Executive Officer. Grange also serves as a CNN military analyst. Born on December 29, 1947 in Long Island, New York, …
- George Joulwan
George Alfred Joulwan (born November 16, 1939, Pottsville, Pennsylvania) was a United States Army general, and is now a businessman. Joulwan, of Lebanese origin, studied at the United States Military Academy and Loyola University. He served from June 1966 to November 1967 and from June 1971 to January 1972 in Vietnam. He attended the Army War College, and served on the Staff and Faculty until 1979. He commanded the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), …
- Pat Tillman
Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6 1976 - April 22 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002, along with his brother Kevin Tillman. Tillman was the first professional football player to be killed in combat since the death of Bob Kalsu of the Buffalo Bills, who died in the Vietnam War in 1970. Tillman was posthumously promoted from Specialist to Corporal.
- R. Steven Whitcomb
Lieutenant General R. Steven Whitcomb was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation from the University of Virginia in 1970.
- Eric Shinseki
Eric Ken Shinseki (born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army General and served as the 34th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1999 - 2003). He is the first Asian American in U.S. history to be a four-star general, and the first to lead one of the four U.S. military services.
- James C. Yarbrough
James C. Yarbrough is a General in the United States Army.
- Hugh Shelton
General Henry Hugh Shelton (born January 2, 1942) is a retired American career military officer. He served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001. Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, Shelton attended North Carolina State University and was a member of Pershing Rifles. He earned a degree in textiles while earning his Army commission through ROTC training.
- Walter Wojdakowski
Walter Wojdakowski is a Major General in the United States Army. He has held a number of high positions within the military, including his current post of Commanding General of Ft. Benning. The most controversial part of his career is his involvement with the Abu Ghraib Scandal.
- Leo A. Brooks Jr.
Major General Leo A. Brooks, Jr. served in the United States Army. His brother is fellow General Vincent K. Brooks and their father Leo A. Brooks, Sr. was a Major General in the United States Army.
- Robert B. Flowers
Lieutenant General Robert B. Flowers was born in Pennsylvania and resided in several areas of the world as his family moved during his father's military career. Following graduation and commissioning from the Virginia Military Institute in 1969, he completed Airborne and Ranger training and began his career as an Engineer Officer. He holds a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Virginia and is a Registered Professional Engineer.
- Ralph Puckett
Ralph Puckett Jr. (born 8 December 1926 in Tifton, Georgia) led the 8th Army Ranger Company during the Korean War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on November 25, 1950, when his company of 71 Rangers defeated several battalions of Chinese forces at the battle for Hill 205. He retired from the United States Army in 1971 as a Colonel.
- Paul J. Kern
General Paul J. Kern was the commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command from 2001-2004. Kern, a native of West Orange, New Jersey, was commissioned in 1967 as an Armor officer following graduation from the United States Military Academy. In 1973 he earned master's degrees in both mechanical and civil engineering from the University of Michigan. Prior to assuming duties as the military deputy, Kern served as the Commander, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), …
- Keni Thomas
Keni Thomas is a southern rock and country music singer from Georgia, United States. Born Kenneth M. Thomas, he graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism. He enlisted in the United States Army after graduating from college.
- John Abizaid
John Philip Abizaid (born April 1, 1951) is a retired General in the United States Army and former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), overseeing American military operations in a 27-country region, from the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, to South and Central Asia, covering much of the Middle East. CENTCOM oversees 250,000 US troops. Abizaid succeeded General Tommy Franks as Commander, USCENTCOM, on July 7, 2003, …
- Peter Schoomaker
General Peter J. Schoomaker (b. February 12, 1946) was the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, serving from August 1, 2003 to April 10, 2007, when the Army announced he would be replaced by General George Casey; Schoomaker will retire from the Army for the second time in 2007. Schoomaker's appointment to Chief of Staff was unusual in that he was called out of retirement to take up the post.
- Wayne A. Downing
Wayne Allan Downing (born 10 May 1940 in Peoria, Illinois) is a retired four-star United States Army general. He graduated from West Point in 1962.
- Lloyd J. Austin
Lieutenant General Lloyd James Austin III (Born August 8, 1953 in Thomasville, Georgia) currently serves as the Commanding General of XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
- William M. Steele
Lieutenant General William M. Steele commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific from July 1996 to October 1998. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he graduated from The Citadel in 1967 and earned a Master of Arts in Management from Webster University in St. Louis. His military education includes the National War College. In Vietnam Steele served from 1969 to 1970 as battalion advisor for the 23rd Ranger Battalion and as operations advisor for the 2nd Ranger Group.
- John T. Corley
Brigadier General John T. Corley (August 4, 1914 - April 16, 1977) was a career Army officer noted for his contributions to Army traning.
- Edwin P. Smith
Lieutenant General Edwin P. Smith commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific from October 1998 to his retirement in November 2002. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1967 and went on to earn two graduate degrees. He earned a Master of Arts in English from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Business Administration from Long Island University. Smith is also a graduate of the Canadian National Defense College.
- Jimmy D. Ross
General Jimmy D. Ross was born in Hosston, Louisiana on 23 May 1936. Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1958, he was also commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Transportation Corps. He also holds a Masters' degree in business administration from Central Michigan University. His military education includes the Basic Officer Course at the Infantry School, …
- Matt Larsen
Matt Larsen is an American Combatives instructor known as "The Father of Modern Combatives" for his complete rewrite of the United States Army's combatives doctrine and establishing the US Army Combatives School. He was the author of the U.S. Soldier's Creed and has been credited with pushing the scientific and academic study of combative behavior, or Hoplology into the modern era.
- Jack Keane
John (Jack) Keane (born 1945) is a retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and a defense analyst. Keane attended Fordham University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1966. He then attended Western Kentucky University, graduating with a master's degree in philosophy. He then attended Army War College and the Command and General Staff College. Keane served in the Vietnam War as a paratrooper.
- Louis C. Wagner Jr.
General Louis Carson Wagner, Jr. was born on January 24, 1932 in Jackson, Missouri. Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1954, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, armor, and awarded a Bachelor of Science degree. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois. His military education includes completion of the United States Army Armor School, …
- Paul Eaton
Major General Paul Eaton is a retired United States Army General and former Office of Security Transition Commanding General. He was in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004. Eaton was commissioned upon graduation from the U.S. Military Academy in 1972. He is fluent in French, receiving a Master of Arts from Middlebury College in French Grammar and Civilization. Eaton's awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, …
- Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23 1944) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in PPE, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, …
- Carter Ham
Major General Carter F. Ham (born February 16, 1952) is the current Commander, U.S. 1st Infantry Division. A 1976 graduate of John Carroll University, MG Ham was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He later received his master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in Rhode Island. He attended several military schools including the Infantry Officer Basic Course, …
- Douglas Lute
Douglas E. Lute is a lieutenant general in the United States Army. On 15 May 2007, Lute was nominated by George W. Bush to serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, also known as the "War Czar", in the George W. Bush administration. The position will oversee the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan. Born in Michigan City, Indiana, Lute graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1975.
- Theodore S. Westhusing
FOIA Documents Regarding The Death of Col. Ted Westhusing, obtained by journalist Robert Bryce: :*1. Anonymous letter sent to Col. Westhusing in May 2005 regarding alleged misconduct by contractors working for the U.S. military in Iraq. :*2. June 17, 2005 interview of Westhusing’s widow, Michelle, by Army investigators. :*3. Sworn statements from people who knew Col. Westhusing. :*4. Bulk of the report done by the Army’s Inspector General. :*5.
- Scott C. Black
Major General Scott C. Black is an American military lawyer and Judge Advocate General of the United States Army He grew up traveling the world in a military family. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a B.A. degree in Political Science. Following graduation, General Black was commissioned through the ROTC program as an Armor officer. After three years at Fort Ord, California, he went to California Western School of Law in San Diego, …
- William G. Boykin
Lieutenant General William G. Boykin is the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He has played a role in almost every recent major American military operation, serving in Grenada, Somalia, and Iraq.
- Kevin Tillman
Kevin Tillman is a former college and professional baseball player and joined the United States Army with his brother Pat Tillman. He is a graduate of Cal Poly, and before joining the Army, he played college baseball at Arizona State and Cal Poly then was drafted by the Anaheim Angels.
- Thomas E. White
Thomas E. White (born 1943 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American businessman and former U.S. Army officer who served as senior executive at the now collapsed Enron and a scandal ridden term from 31 May 2001 until 25 April 2003 as the United States Secretary of the Army for which he was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush.
- Julius W. Gates
Julius William (Bill) Gates was the eighth Sergeant Major of the Army. He was sworn in on July 1, 1987 and served until his term ended in June of 1991. He was born in North Carolina on June 14, 1941. Sergeant Major of the Army Gates entered the United States Army on August 12, 1958 and attended initial training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He served three tours in Germany, two combat tours in Vietnam, and a tour in the Republic of Korea.