Paul Eaton

Major General Paul D. Eaton is a retired United States Army General most known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Eaton served in that capacity between 2003 and 2004, until he returned to the US to become Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Training, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia. He currently serves as Senior Adviser to the National Security Network, a progressive Washington, DC think tank that focuses on foreign policy and defense issues.

Paul Eaton was raised in Oklahoma. His father, Colonel Norman Dale Eaton, USAF, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1949 and went on to become an Air Force pilot. He was shot down over Laos in December 1969 and was listed as missing in action for many years. His remains were recovered in 2004, identified, and buried at Arlington National Cemetery in early 2007.

Paul Eaton's wife, P.J., is a daughter of a United States Marine Corps Colonel and a former U.S. Army Captain. She is now a licensed mental health counselor who primarily works with perpetrators of domestic violence. They were married in 1973. His eldest son is a University of Washington graduate. His second son graduated from West Point and is an infantry captain. He has a daughter, a graduate of the University of Florida.

Paul Eaton followed in his father's footsteps to West Point in 1968, graduating with the class of 1972. He is fluent in French, receiving a Master of Arts from Middlebury College in French and Political Science.

As a lieutenant and captain, Eaton served in the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, and was later transferred to Germany as part of 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division ("Brigade 76"), where he served as an assistant brigade S3 (operations) officer and later was an infantry company commander. As major and lieutenant colonel Eaton was assigned to key battalion and brigade staff positions in the old 9th Infantry Division, then on the I Corps staff. He also commanded an infantry battalion of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York, and later served as the G3 (operations) officer of the division during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.

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