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Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division. This is a list of commanders of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army. The 82nd Airborne Division is one of the oldest divisions in the U.S. Army, having been raised shortly after the American entry into World War I in April 1917 and seeing service in World War I and World War II and many subsequent conflicts. Major General ...
He most recently served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps from 2022 to 2024. [3] He previously served as commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division from 2020 to 2022. Throughout his career, Donahue served in staff and command positions for both United States Army and Special Operations units. [4]
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Company C, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment , Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment James Patrick Work (born c. 1973 ) is a United States Army major general who serves as the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division .
Donahue commanded the military's 82nd Airborne Division during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and was the last American soldier to leave the country as U.S. forces evacuated in August 2021.
Brig. Gen. Patrick Work, the incoming commander for the 82nd Airborne Division, makes remarks during command change ceremony Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, on Pike Field at Fort Liberty.
Donahue serves as the commander of the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty in North Carolina. At the time of the Afghanistan withdrawal, he was a major general commanding the 82nd Airborne Division.
The 82nd Division was redesignated on 13 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, 82nd Division, and ordered into active service on 25 March 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the command of Major General Omar N. Bradley.
Christopher C. LaNeve is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as the commanding general of Eighth Army and chief of staff of the Combined Forces Command since 5 April 2024. [1] [2] [3] He previously served as the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division from 2022 to 2023.