MG Trevor J. Bredenkamp

Major General Trevor J. Bredenkamp serves as the 1st President and Commanding General of Army University. He previously served as the 54th Commandant of the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He grew up in an Air Force family and received his commission in 1992 from the United States Military Academy.

Major General Bredenkamp’s previous command assignments include the United Nations Command/Eighth Army Honor Guard Company; A Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and deployed as part of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; Deputy Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division; Commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division; Deputy Commander-Support, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia and the Commander of Train, Advise, Assist Command-South and Kandahar Airfield while deployed as part of OPERATION FREEDOM’s SENTINEL; Deputy Commanding General (Operations) for Eighth Army, and Commanding General of the Joint Task Force – National Capital Region and U.S. Army Military District of Washington.

His previous staff and special assignments include: Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, and Battalion S-1 in the 3rd Battalion, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Platoon/Company/Battalion Observer/Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center; G3 Training Officer, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, and deployed as part of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment; Operations Officer, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, and deployed as part of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command and subsequently the Commander, International Security Assistance Force, North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Deputy Director, Soldier for Life; Executive Officer to the Secretary of the Army; Chief, Programs Division, Office of the Chief, Legislative Liaison, and later the Chief of Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Army.

He has been married to Lieutenant General Michele Bredenkamp for more than 30 years and they are the proud parents of two wonderful children.