Sean MacFarland
| Sean MacFarland | |
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| Born |
February 12, 1959 New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1981–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands held |
III Corps 1st Armored Division 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment |
Lieutenant General Sean Barry MacFarland (born February 12, 1959) is a three-star general in the United States Army.
In 2015 LTG Sean MacFarland was selected as commander of the coalition against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. As MacFarland remains the current commander of III Corps, III Corps now is responsible for Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR). A change of command from III Corps to XVIII Airborne Corps was expected in late summer 2016; LTG MacFarland gave his last press briefing on Operation Inherent Resolve, the effort against Daesh on 10 Aug 2016. XVIII Airborne Corps took responsibility for CJTF-OIR 21 August 2016.
MacFarland was commissioned in 1981 and has served in Armor and Cavalry units throughout his career. He was a cavalry platoon leader and troop executive officer in 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Bliss, Texas, the Squadron S4 and the commander of A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 12th Cavalry in Buedingen, Germany, S3 and XO of 3rd and 1st Squadrons, respectively, of the 4th Cavalry in Schweinfurt, Germany and in Bosnia. He commanded 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor in Macedonia and Vilseck, Germany. He also commanded 1st Brigade Combat Team (Ready First), 1st Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany and in Iraq, where the Ready First fought in Tal Afar, Sinjar, Hit and Ramadi. Most recently, he was Commanding General of Fort Bliss, Texas and the 45th Commanding General of the 1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides). Other assignments included: US Army's lead action officer for combat development of National Missile Defense interceptors at Ft. Bliss, Deputy Regimental S3 of 3rd ACR during Desert Shield/Storm, Deputy G3, 1st Infantry Division in Wuerzburg, Germany; Chief of the 3rd Army Commander's Initiative Group at Ft. McPherson, Georgia and in Kuwait during Operation Desert Thunder; Aide de Camp for the US Army Europe CG in Heidelberg and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Chief of Future Operations for Combined/Joint Task Force 7 in Baghdad, Iraq; G3 of V Corps in Heidelberg, Germany; Chief of the Joint Staff J5's Iraq Division in Washington, DC; Commanding General of Joint Task Force North at Ft. Bliss, Deputy Commanding General for Leader Development and Education and the Deputy Commandant of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and was dual-hatted as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and the Deputy Commanding General for Operations for US Forces Afghanistan.
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