Commanding General
MG Anthony R. Ierardi
Prior to assuming command of "America's First Team," MG Ierardi served as the Director, Force Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, where he directed the allocation, documentation and accounting of Army force structure.
In previous assignments, Major General Ierardi served as the Director, Joint and Futures, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, Executive Officer for the Department of Defense Counter-IED Senior Integration Group, and as Deputy Commander for Programs, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. He commanded Joint Task Force North at Fort Bliss Texas, and served as Director of Capabilities Developments, U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He also served as the Chief of Staff of the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea and as Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division's First "Iron" Brigade at Camp Casey, Korea. While assigned at Fort Hood, Texas, he served as the Operations Officer (G-3) of the 1st Cavalry Division and Commander of the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Earlier in his career, Major General Ierardi served as a Cavalry Troop Commander in the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg, Germany and participated in Operation Desert Storm while assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
Major General Ierardi has trained and served as a Latin American Foreign Area Officer, first as a student attending the Mexican Army's Command and General Staff College (Escuela Superior de Guerra) in Mexico City, and later as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the U.S. Southern Command.
His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal.
Major General Ierardi holds a degree in Business Administration from Washington and Lee University, a Master of Arts degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University and is also a graduate of both the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Naval War College.
