Milford H. Beagle Jr. is a

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

who serves as commanding general of the United States Army Combined Arms Center and commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College since October 4, 2022. He most recently served as the commanding general of the

10th Mountain Division The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the US military to re ...

and Fort Drum since July 12, 2021 to September 9, 2022. Beagle previously served as the 51st commanding general of the United States Army Training Center at Fort Jackson from June 22, 2018, to June 18, 2021. He has also served as deputy commanding general for support of the

from 2017 to 2018 and commander of the 193rd Infantry Brigade from 2013 to 2016. The great-grandson of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

veteran Walter Beagles, Beagle is the second African American to command the 10th Mountain Division since Lloyd Austin's tenure from 2003 to 2005. He is a native of

Enoree, South Carolina Enoree is a Census-designated place located in Spartanburg County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. According to the 2010 United States Census, the population was 665.Source: 2010 Census results for Enoree, SC History Mountain Shoals Plantat ...

, and is married to the former Pamela Jones of Blackville, South Carolina, with whom he has two sons. He received his commission from the

ROTC The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC ( or )) is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces. Overview While ROTC graduate officers serve in all ...

program at the South Carolina State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice, later earning a Master of Science degree in adult education from

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

and a Master of Science degree in advanced military studies from the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

References

https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/05/26/general-beagle-promoted-set-leave-fort-drum-near-future/

External links

* Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Military personnel from South Carolina African-American United States Army personnel South Carolina State University alumni Kansas State University alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Army generals 21st-century African-American people Commandants of the United States Army Command and General Staff College {{US-army-bio-stub