William B. Caldwell, IV is a United States Army

United States Army

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 Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General (United States)

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 who is serving as the Commander, NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan, as well as, Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan.

He replaced Major General Richard P. Formica who was subsequently nominated for Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Lieutenant General Caldwell previously served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center

U.S. Army Combined Arms Center

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 and Fort Leavenworth

Fort Leavenworth

Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army facility located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, immediately north of the city of Leavenworth in the upper northeast portion of the state. It is the oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C. and has been in operation for over 180 years...

, Kansas

Kansas

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 and oversaw the Command and General Staff College

Command and General Staff College

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 and seventeen other schools, centers and training programs.
Originally from Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

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, Caldwell's family moved frequently because his father was in the military and retired as Fifth Army Commander

William B. Caldwell, III

LTG William B. Caldwell, III served 32 years in the Army and retired as the Fifth Army commanding general at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. A combat veteran of wars in Korea and Vietnam, he was awarded the Silver Star on three separate occasions for gallantry and heroism under fire...

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