Richard E. Angle

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Richard E. Angle
Richard E. Angle (4).png
Official portrait, 2021
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1991–present
RankMajor General
Commands held1st Special Forces Command (Airborne)
Intelligence Support Activity
1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group
Battles/warsIraq War
War in Afghanistan
Operation Inherent Resolve
AwardsDefense Superior Service Medal (3)
Legion of Merit (4)
Bronze Star Medal (2)

Richard E. Angle is a United States Army major general who serves as the commanding general of the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) since August 12, 2021.[1][2] He previously served as deputy commander of the Joint Special Operations Command.

Military career[]

Angle was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1991 following graduation from United States Military Academy at West Point. His first assignment was with the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment in Germany as an infantry officer. Angle volunteered for Army Special Forces and subsequently graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Angle commanded a Special Forces Operational Detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, with which he deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo.[3]

Following graduation from the Army Command and General Staff College, Angle was selected for the Intelligence Support Activity in 2000, a secret unit conducting signal and human intelligence gathering for the Joint Special Operations Command. He served as troop commander, squadron operations officer, unit operations officer, and later squadron commander. Angle took command of the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group in Okinawa, Japan from 2008 to 2010. He later returned to ISA as unit commander from 2012 to 2014. Angle completed numerous deployments to Afghanistan, Africa, Pakistan, and Iraq.[4] Angle then received assignment as Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Special Operations Command in 2017.

As a general officer, Angle served as Deputy Commanding General, 1st Special Forces Command; Deputy Commanding General (Operations), United States Army Cyber Command; and then as Deputy Commander, Joint Special Operations Command. In March 2021, he was assigned to succeed John W. Brennan Jr. as Commanding General, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne).[5]

Awards and decorations[]

U.S. military decorations
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Defense Superior Service Medal
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 scarlet ribbon with width-4 ultramarine blue stripe at center, surrounded by width-1 white stripes. Width-1 white stripes are at the edges.
Bronze Star Medal
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Defense Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Army Commendation Medal
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Army Achievement Medal
U.S. Unit Awards
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Valorous Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Superior Unit Award
U.S. Service (Campaign) Medals and Service and Training Ribbons
Bronze star
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Bronze star
Kosovo Campaign Medal with two service stars
Bronze star
Bronze star
Iraq Campaign Medal with two service stars
Bronze star
Bronze star
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two service stars
Bronze star
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal with service star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
NATO Medal
Award numeral 3.svg Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral 3
Badges
Combat Infantry Badge.svg Combat Infantryman Badge
Einzelbild Special Forces (Special Forces Insignia).svg Special Forces Tab
Ranger Tab.svg Ranger tab
Master Parachutist badge (United States).svg Master Parachutist Badge
Pathfinder.gif Pathfinder Badge
US Military Master Free Fall Parachutist Badge.jpg Military Freefall Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff seal.svg Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
USSpecOpsCmdSSI.gif United States Special Operations Command Combat Service Identification Badge
SpecialForces Badge.svg 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) Distinctive Unit Insignia
ArmyOSB.svg 8 Overseas Service Bars

References[]

  1. ^ "1st SFOC Commanding General" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  2. ^ "Army Cyber lobbies for name change this year, as information warfare grows in importance". October 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Cyber-Speaker-Bios" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-03. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "Brig. Gen. Richard E. Angle". Archived from the original on 2020-09-14. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "General Officer Assignments". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
Military offices
Preceded by
Joseph P. McGee
 Deputy Commanding General for Operations of the United States Army Cyber Command
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
John W. Brennan Jr.
 Deputy Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command
2019–2021 		Succeeded by
Commanding General of the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne)
2021–present 		Incumbent
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