Former Base Commanding Generals & Officers

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Lieutenant Colonel W. P. T. Hill
(1 May 1941 - 9 September 1941)

 


Colonel David L. S. Brewster
(9 September 1941 - 18 March 1943)

Colonel J. W. Webb
(18 March 1943 - 1 May 1943)

 


Brigadier General J. L. Underhill
(1 May 1943 - 1 July 1943)

Brigadier General H. L. Larson
(1 July 1943 - 31 March 1944)

 


Colonel S. A. Woods, Jr.
(31 March 1944 - 30 April 1944)

Major General J. Marston
(30 April 1944 - 1 July 1946)

 


Major General T. E. Watson
(1 July 1946 - 1 January 1948)

Major General H. D. Linscott
(1 January 1948 - 2 February 1948)

 


Major General F. A. Hart
(2 February 1948 - 30 June 1950)

Major General R. A. Robinson
(30 June 1950 - 1 August 1952)

 


Major General H. D. Linscott
(1 August 1952 - 12 July 1954)

Major General L. B. Puller
(12 July 1954 - 2 September 1954)

 


Major General A. H. Noble
(2 September 1954 - 31 August 1955)

Brigadier General R. N. Jordhal
(31 August 1955 - 30 November 1955)

 


Major General H. L. Litzenburg
(30 November 1955 - 12 May 1956)

Major General J. C. Burger
(12 May 1956 - 31 May 1957)

 


Brigadier General J. W. Earnshaw
(31 May 1957 - 30 June 1957)

Brigadier General W. M. Greene, Jr.
(30 June 1957 - 10 January 1958)

 


Major General J. C. Burger
(13 January 1958 - 31 March 1958)

Brigadier General A. R. Brunelli
(31 March 1958 - 1 August 1958)

 


Major General J. P. Riseley
(1 August 1958 - 30 June 1959)

Major General S. S. Wade
(30 June 1959 - 9 October 1960)

 


Major General R. B. Luckey
(9 October 1960 - 26 October 1961)

Major General J. P. Berkeley
(4 November 1961 - 25 July 1963)

 


Major General A. L. Bowser
(25 July 1963 - 14 June 1965)

Major General H. Nickerson, Jr.
(14 June 1965 - 6 September 1966)

 


Major General O. R. Simpson
(6 September 1966 - 12 December 1966)

Major General J. O. Butcher
(12 December 1966 - 27 September 1968)

 


Major General E. B. Wheeler
(27 September 1968 - 15 January 1969)

Major General R. Tompkins
(15 January 1969 - 30 June 1971)

 


Major General C. A. Youngdale
(30 June 1971 - 30 June 1972)

Brigadier General H. L. Wilkerson
(30 June 1972 - 23 August 1973)

 


Colonel E. A. Vomorde, Jr.
(23 August 1973 - 31 August 1974)

Major General R. D. Bohn
(31 August 1974 - 15 September 1974)

 


Major General Haynes, Jr.
(15 September 1974 - 17 July 1975)

Major General M. G. Joslyn
(17 July 1975 - 29 August 1975)

 


Major General H. Poggemeyer, Jr.
(29 August 1975 - 29 June 1977)

Brigadier General F. W. Tief
(29 June 1977 - 29 June 1978)

 


Major General D. B. Barker
(29 June 1978 - 16 June 1981)

Major General C. G. Cooper
(16 June 1981 - 8 July 1982)

 


Major General D. J. Fulham
(8 July 1982 - 13 June 1984)

Major General L. H. Buehl
(13 June 1984 - 17 June 1985)

 


Brigadier General J. B. Knotts
(17 June 1985 - 20 May 1986)

Major General J. E. Cassity
(20 May 1986 - 1 June 1988)

 


Major General D. R. Gardner
(1 June 1988 - 8 June 1990)

Brigadier General M. P. Downs
(8 June 1990 - 8 July 1992)

 


Major General L. H. Livingston
(9 July 1992 - 31 May 1995)

Major General P. G. Howard
(31 May 1995 - 16 July 1997)

 


Major General R. L. Smith
(16 July 1997 - 29 July 1999)

Major General R. G. Richard
(29 July 1999 - *16 May 2001)

 


Major General D. M. Mize
(*22 June 2001 - 29 August 2003)

Major General R. C. Dickerson
(29 August 2003 - 23 January 2006)

 


Colonel A. E. Hodges
(23 January 2006 - 28 January 2008)

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