James C. McConville

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James Charles McConville (born 16 March 1959) is an American retired general who last served as the 40th chief of staff of the United States Army from 2019 to 2023. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, before graduating from the United States Military Academy and being commissioned as an Army officer in 1981. He was initially in the Infantry Branch before becoming an Army aviator and serving as a helicopter pilot. McConville was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan several times, including as the commander of the 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq, and as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan. He became the longest serving commander of the 101st Airborne, from 2011 to 2014, and later served as the deputy chief of staff for personnel of the Army from 2015 to 2017. He served as the 36th vice chief of staff of the United States Army from 2017 to 2019. As the chief of staff from 2019, he continued the Army modernization program and presided over the Army's response...

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