Timothy James Kadavy (born November 25, 1963) is a retired

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, who served as the 20th director of the Army National Guard from March 27, 2015, to March 25, 2019. He previously served as the special assistant to the

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, the

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of the

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, deputy director of the

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, and as the commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan, which was part of the

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mission in that country. Kadavy was nominated by the

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to become the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau with the rank of lieutenant general, on March 5, 2019. The Senate returned his nomination to the president without action on January 3, 2020. After leaving his assignment as the director of the Army National Guard, he served as a two-star special assistant to the

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from May 23, 2019, until his retirement on August 3, 2020. He retired from the Army with the rank of lieutenant general after over 36 years of service.

Early life

Timothy James Kadavy was born in

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, on November 25, 1963, the son of Leo I. Kadavy and Rose Bohaty Kadavy. He graduated from Omaha's

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in 1982 and enlisted in the

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. He received his commission as a

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from the

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program at the

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in 1987.Rand Corporation
Speaker’s Biography, Timothy J. Kadavy
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Military career

Kadavy began his officer career as a

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in the Nebraska Army National Guard's

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A, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment. His subsequent assignments through May 1994 included: executive officer of Troop B, 1-167th

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; liaison officer, Headquarters, 1-167th Cavalry; assistant operations and training officer (S3 Air), Headquarters, 1-167th Cavalry; and commander, Troop B, 1-167th Cavalry, and personnel staff officer (S1), 1-167th Cavalry.National Guard Bureau
Chief Names New ARNG Deputy Director
June 26, 2009 From May 1994 to August 2001, Kadavy carried out staff assignments at

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;

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; and the Army National Guard staff at the

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. From September 2001 through September 2003, he was commander of 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, including deployment to

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for

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. From September 2003 to June 2004, Kadavy was a student in the

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's Fellowship Program at the

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. From July 2004 to March 2006, he served as Chief of Plans, Readiness and Mobilization for the Army National Guard. He then served in Iraq from April to September 2006, as Chief of the Reserve Component Division for

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. From September 2006 to October 2007, Kadavy was assigned as operations and training officer (G3) for the Army National Guard.

General Officer

In November 2007, Kadavy was selected for appointment as the adjutant general of the Nebraska National Guard, succeeding Roger P. Lempke, and received a state promotion to

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. He was federally recognized as a brigadier general in January 2009. Kadavy was named deputy director of the Army National Guard in August 2009. He was promoted to

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in December 2010. In January 2013, Kadavy was announced as the next commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan (CJIATF-A). He was replaced on an interim basis by Brigadier General

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, and began his new duties in April 2013. In May 2013, Major General

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, Kadavy's successor as adjutant general of the Nebraska National Guard in 2009, was announced as the next deputy director of the Army National Guard. He assumed those duties in July 2013. In March 2014, Kadavy returned from Afghanistan and began an assignment as special assistant to the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau. On March 10, 2015, Kadavy was nominated by President Obama to become the next director of the Army National Guard, with appointment to the rank of

in the active duty reserve of the Army. He was confirmed by the

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on March 27, and promoted in a ceremony on April 14. In March 2019, the president nominated Kadavy for appointment as

, and Vice Chief Daniel R. Hokanson was nominated to succeed Kadavy as director of the Army National Guard. In March 2019, Kadavy was reassigned as a special assistant to the National Guard Bureau chief at his permanent two-star rank of major general while awaiting

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confirmation, to allow Hokanson to take over as Army Guard director. The Senate returned Kadavy's nomination to the president without action on January 3, 2020. Kadavy retired as a lieutenant general on August 3, 2020. At his retirement he received several awards, including a second award of the

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Education

*1987

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degree in

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, Lincoln, Nebraska *1996

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degree in

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and

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management,

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, Saint Louis, Missouri *2004 Drug Enforcement Administration Fellowship,

, Washington, D.C. *2008 Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JPME-II),

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, Norfolk, Virginia *2010 CAPSTONE, Fort Lesley J. McNair, National Defense University, Washington, D.C. *2012 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, AlabamaTimothy J. Kadavy
at ''National Guard Bureau General Officer Management Office''

Awards and decorations

Chronological list of assignments

#December 1984 – April 1988, Platoon Leader, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard,

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#April 1988 – December 1989, Executive Officer, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska #December 1989 – October 1990, Liaison Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard,

#October 1990 – June 1991, S-3 Air, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska #June 1991 – December 1993, Commander, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska #December 1993 – May 1994, Personnel Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska #May 1994 – December 1996, Operations Officer, Operational Readiness Evaluations, Headquarters, Fifth United States Army,

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#January 1997 – June 1998, Executive Officer, Deputy Commanding General (Reserve Component), United States Army Forces Command,

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#July 1998 – March 2000, Program Fielding Officer, Army National Guard Distributive Training Technology Program,

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#April 2000 – August 2001, Branch Chief, Policy and Reporting, Readiness Branch, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia #September 2001 – October 2002, Commander, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska #November 2002 – September 2003, Task Force Commander, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry,

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/Camp

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, Bosnia-Herzegovina #September 2003 – June 2004, Student, Army War College Fellowship Program, Headquarters, Drug Enforcement Administration,

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#July 2004 – March 2006, Chief, Plans Readiness and Mobilization, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia #April 2006 – September 2006, Chief, Reserve Component Support Division, Multi-National Corps-Iraq,

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#September 2006 – October 2007, G3, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia #November 2007 – August 2009, The Adjutant General, Joint Force Headquarters, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska #August 2009 – March 2013, deputy director, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia #April 2013 – March 2014, Commander, Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan (CJIATF-A),

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#March 2014 – March 2015, Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau,

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, Washington, D.C. #March 2015 – March 2019 Director of the Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia #March 2019 – August 2020 Special Assistant to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia

Effective dates of ranks

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, August 3, 2020 (retired list) *

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, May 23, 2019 (reverted) *

, March 27, 2015 *

, December 22, 2010 *

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, January 29, 2009 *

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July 28, 2004 *

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, February 25, 2000 *

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August 9, 1995 *

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, October 10, 1990 *

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, May 11, 1987 *

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, May 12, 1984

References

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