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Lieutenant General William G. Webster
is the commanding general of Third Army/US Army Central (ARCENT),
the Army service component of the United States Central Command
(CENTCOM). The command exercises administrative control over all US
Army forces in the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR), conducts
sustainment of ground operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and
performs theater engagement with 18 countries throughout North
Africa, Southwest Asia and Central Asia.
A 1974 graduate of the United States
Military Academy, General Webster has since commanded at every
level of the Army from platoon to field army. His operational
experience includes assignments with five army divisions, two
combatant commands, and twice with a field army and land component
command.
At the time of the September 11th
attacks, General Webster was serving in the Pentagon as the
Director of Training on the Army Staff. Shortly thereafter, he
became the Deputy Director of Operations for the US Central
Command, performing operational oversight for Operation Enduring
Freedom in Afghanistan, and throughout the CENTCOM AOR.
In 2002, General Webster became the
Deputy Commanding General to Third Army, later designated the
Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC). During Operation
Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003, CFLCC controlled all land forces in
Iraq. General Webster deployed forward with the CFLCC Command Post
in Baghdad until Coalition Joint Task Force 7 assumed
responsibility for the OIF area of operation.
General Webster assumed command of
the 3rd Infantry Division in June 2003. He returned the division
from combat, reorganized the first modern modular force, and
trained the Marne Division for their return to the CENTCOM AOR. In
January 2005, General Webster returned to Iraq with his 3rd
Infantry Division, commanding the 40,000 US and coalition forces of
the Multi-National Division Baghdad.
Following nearly three years of
command in the 3rd Infantry Division, General Webster moved to US
Northern Command, where he served as the Operations Officer and
Deputy Commander, overseeing the mission of homeland defense. On 4
May 2009, General Webster assumed command of Third Army/ARCENT,
headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait,
becoming the 51st Commanding General of Third Army and 14th
Commanding General of US Army Central.
General Webster is a graduate of the
United States Military Academy, the US Army Command and General
Staff College, the US Army War College, and he is a graduate of the
first School of Advanced Military Studies.
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