![]() Army Inspector General Agency's office in Washington, D.C.īased: V Corps is based in Germany but Sanchez is currently based in Baghdad.Ĭombat experience: Sanchez commanded an armor battalion in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.Ĭommand: Gen. Sanchez also has led the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and served as an investigator at the U.S. Previous commands: Before commanding V Corps, Sanchez was commanding general of the 1st Armored Division, which is part of V Corps. Sanchez was commissioned a second lieutenant of armor after graduating from Texas A&I University in 1973. As commander of Coalition Task Force 7, he is the leader of all U.S. Sanchez assumed command of the Army's V Corps on June 14, 2003. He has logged more than 800 combat hours.Ĭommand: Lt. Headquarters: MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FloridaĬombat experience: DeLong served in Vietnam, including tours with a Marine helicopter squadron and participated in Operations Eagle Pull and Frequent Wind, the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic, and his previous duty as commander of the 3rd Marine Air Wing. Previous commands: DeLong commanded the 3rd Marine Air Wing at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in California was deputy commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force deputy commander and Acting Commander, U.S. Years of service: DeLong graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1967 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Central Command stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. He was promoted from lieutentant general to four-star general when named CENTCOM commander.Ĭombat experience: Abizaid led a Ranger rifle company during the invasion of Grenada and deployed to northern Iraq with the 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Battalion during the Persian Gulf war.Ĭommand: Lt. Abizaid was director of the Joint Staff, a powerful organization that serves the Joint Chiefs of Staff, until he was named deputy commander of Central Command in February 2003. Previous commands: Abizaid has led the 1st Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne's 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and was the 66th commandant at the U.S. He began his career with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Military Academy in June 1973 and was commissioned a second lieutenant. Years of service: Abizaid graduated from the U.S. security interests in the 25 countries of the Middle East, Central and Southwest Asia, and Northeast Africa. CENTCOM is one of the Defense Department's nine unified commands, overseeing U.S. As the head of CENTCOM, Abizaid is the point man for operations inside Iraq and U.S. military officers of direct Arab descent, born in the United States of a Lebanese family. Central Command on July 7, 2003, following the retirement of Gen. Regional headquarters: Camp As Sayliyah, QatarĬommand: Gen. Previous commands: He headed the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea from 1995 to 1997 and then assumed command of the 3rd Army/Army Forces Central Command in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 1997.Ĭombat experience: Served as a forward observer and fire support officer in Vietnam and was the assistant division commander for the 1st Cavalry Division during Operation Desert Storm. Years of service: Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1967 after graduating from the Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. forces in Iraq and in Afghanistan during the ouster of the Taliban following the Septemterrorist attacks. Franks assumed command of CENTCOM in June 2000 and commanded the U.S. security interests in the 25 countries of the Middle East, central and southwest Asia, and northeast Africa. Central Command (CENTCOM), one of the Defense Department's nine unified commands, overseeing U.S. Navy pilot from 1954 to 1957.Ĭommand: Until his retirement in July 2003, Franks was the commander-in-chief of U.S. Rumsfeld also was an elected official, serving as a congressman from Illinois in 1962-1968. ![]() In the Nixon administration, he served as a counselor to the president and director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Before that, he was White House chief of staff under President Ford and the ambassador to NATO. Military service: Bush served in the Texas Air National Guard from 1968 to 1973 as a F-102 pilot.Ĭommand: As defense secretary, Rumsfeld is the principal defense policy adviser to President Bush and is responsible for general defense policy and policy related to all matters of direct concern to the Department of Defense.Ĭivil experience: Rumsfeld previously served as defense secretary in the Ford Administration from 1975 to 1977. armed forcesĬivil experience: Bush was the governor of Texas from 1995 up until his election as president in 2000. military operations in the Persian Gulf, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.Ĭommand: Under the Constitution, the president is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. commanders, including the top military commanders at U.S.
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