Stephen R. Lyons

Stephen R. Lyons
Lieutenant General Stephen R. Lyons
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1983 – present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	J4, Joint Staff Deputy Commander, USTRANSCOM 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Combined Arms Support Command
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (2)

Lieutenant General Stephen R. Lyons, is a general officer in the United States Army who last served as the Commanding General, Combined Arms Support Command, the Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE) as well as the Senior Mission Commander for Fort Lee, Virginia. He is now, after serving as the Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Scott AFB, Illinois, assigned as the Director for Logistics (J4) on the Joint Staff.

Lyons is a 1979 graduate of the LaSalle Institute, an all-male private Catholic college preparatory school in Troy, New York. He later earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Hudson Valley Community College. In 1983, he graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology and commissioned through ROTC as a Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps.

Lyons received a Master of Science degree in logistics management from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1993 and another Master of Science in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 2005.

He served as Battalion Executive Officer, for the Division Support Command and also as the Executive Officer and Division Material Management Center (DMMC) Chief in the 1st Armored Division in Germany. Lyons was the Plans Officer for the J-4 US Central Command. His battalion command was with the 703rd Main Support Battalion and he later served as the G-4 of the 3rd Infantry Division. He commanded the 82nd Airborne Division Support Command and later commanded the 82nd Sustainment Brigade. He served as the Executive Officer to the Commander, Army Materiel Command (AMC). Lyons has served with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as C/J-4. He was the Director, Logistics Operations, Readiness, Force Integration and Strategy at Headquarters, Department of the Army G-4.