Division Commanders

Commanding Generals of the 1st Cavalry Division

Formed at Fort Bliss

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The 1st Cavalry Division was formed at Fort Bliss, Texas on 13 September 1921 and is normally commanded by a Major General (MG). The listing below includes those officers which served in an interim position and normally only for a very short period.

Commanding Generals

MG Robert L. Howze
1921 – 1925
BG Joseph C. Castner
1925 – 1926
MG Edwin B. Winans
1926 – 1927
BG Samuel D. Rockenback
1927 – 1927
MG G. Van Horn Moseley
1927 – 1929
BG Charles J. Symmonds
1929 – 1930
BG George C. Barnhardt
1930 – 1930
MG Ewing E. Booth
1930 – 1932
BG Walter C. Short
1932 – 1933
MG Frank R. McCoy
1933 – 1933
BG Walter C. Short
1933 – 1934
BG Hamilton S. Hawkins
1934 – 1936
BG George Vidmer
1936 – 1936
BG Francis LeJ. Parker
1936 – 1936
MG Ben Lear
1936 – 1938
MG Kenyon A. Joyce
1938 – 1940
MG Robert C. Richardson, Jr.
1940 – 1941
MG Innis Palmer Swift
1941 – 1944
MG Verne D. Mudge
1944 – 1945
BG Hugh F. T. Hoffman
1945 – 1945
MG William C. Chase
1945 – 1949
BG William B. Bradford
1949 – 1949
MG John M. Devine
1949 – 1949
BG Henry I. Hodes
1949 – 1949
MG Hobart R. Gay
1949 – 1951
MG Charles D. Palmer
1951 – 1951
MG Thomas L. Harrold
1951 – 1952
MG Arthur G. Trudeau
1952 – 1953
BG William J. Bradley
1953 – 1953
MG Joseph P. Cleland
1953 – 1953
MG Armistead D. Mead
1953 – 1954
BG Orlando C. Troxel, Jr.
1954 – 1955
MG Edward J. McGaw
1955 – 1956
MG Edwin H. J. Carns
1956 – 1957
MG Ralph W. Zwicker
1957 – 1958
MG George E. Bush
1958 – 1959
MG Charles E. Beauchamp
1959 – 1960
MG Charles G. Dodge
1960 – 1960
MG Frank H. Britton
1960 – 1961
MG James K. Woolnough
1961 – 1962
BG D. C. Clayman
1962 – 1962
MG Clifton F. von Kann
1962 – 1963

Commanding Generals

BG Charles P. Brown
1963 – 1963
MG Charles F. Leonard, Jr.
1963 – 1964
MG Hugh Exton
1964 – 1965
MG Harry W. O. Kinnard
1965 – 1966
MG John Norton
1966 – 1967
MG John J. Tolson
1967 – 1968
BG Richard L. Irby
1968 – 1968
MG George I. Forsythe
1968 – 1969
MG Elvy B. Roberts
1969 – 1970
MG George W. Casey
1970 – 1970
MG George W. Putnam
1970 – 1971
MG James C. Smith
1971 – 1973
MG Robert M. Shoemaker
1973 – 1975
MG Julius W. Becton, Jr.
1975 – 1976
MG W. Russell Todd
1976 – 1978
MG Paul S. Williams, Jr.
1978 – 1980
MG Richard D. Lawrence
1980 – 1982
MG Andrew P. Chambers
1982 – 1984
MG Michael J. Conrad
1984 – 1986
MG John J. Yeosock
1986 – 1988
MG William F. Streeter
1988 – 1990
MG John H. Tilelli, Jr.
1990 – 1992
MG Wesley K. Clark
1992 – 1994
MG Eric K. Shinseki
1994 – 1995
MG Leon J. LaPorte
1995 – 1997
MG Kevin P. Byrnes
1997 – 1999
MG David D. McKiernan
1999 – 2001
MG Joseph F. H. Peterson
2001 – 2003
MG Peter W. Chiarelli
2003 – 2005
MG Joseph F. Fil, Jr.
2005 – 2008
BG Vincent K. Brooks
2008 – 2008
MG Daniel P. Bolger
2008 – 2010
MG Daniel B. Allyn
2010 – 2012
MG Anthony R. Ierardi
2012 – 2014
MG Michael A. Bills
2014 – 2016
MG John C. Thomson, III
2016 – 2017
MG Paul T. Calvert
2017 – 2019
MG Jeffery Broadwater
2019 – 2021
MG John B. Richardson IV
2021 – 2013
MG Kevin D. Admiral
2023 – Present

Highlights - CTA

Ghosts of Fallujah

Ghosts of Fallujah (written by Coley D. Tyler) is a first person account of the Second Battalion, Seventh Cavalry’s participation in the Second Battle of Fallujah, the largest single engagement of the Iraq War and the largest urban battle since Hue in 1968. A First Marine Division operation, it was spearheaded by one of the […]

Special Annoucements

Public Request for Division Assets (Band/Horse Cav Detachment/Honor Guard)

Need to request a Division asset: the Band, Horse CAV Detachment, or Honor Guard? Fill out the provided DD Form 2536 and email it to: SFC Kristin M. Chandler at usarmy.hood.1-cd.mbx.1cd-division-comrel@mail.mil.  If you have any questions about filling out the form call SFC Chandler at 254-288-2601. DD2536 Asset Request Form