Randy A. George

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Randy Alan George (born 1 November 1964) is a retired American general who served as the 41st chief of staff of the United States Army from 2023 to 2026. He also served as the 38th vice chief of staff of the Army from 2022 to 2023, and the senior military assistant to the United States secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, from 2021 to 2022. Born and raised in Iowa, George enlisted in the United States Army in 1982, before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1984. He was commissioned in 1988 as an Infantry officer and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan multiple times during his career. George served in the 101st Airborne Division during the Gulf War, commanded the 173rd Airborne Brigade during the Iraq War, and commanded the 4th Brigade Combat Team during the war in Afghanistan. He then held staff positions on the Army Staff and the Joint Staff before commanding the 4th Infantry Division from 2017 to 2019, during which time he deployed to Afghanistan again. George was later the commanding general of I Corps from 2020 to 2021. As the Army chief of staff, he oversaw the implementation of several measures related to the Army Transformation Initiative.