Gen. Charles Hamilton became the 21st commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, in March 2023. Previously, he was the Army’s deputy chief of staff for logistics. He deployed to and held commands three times in Afghanistan. He was commissioned in 1988 as the Distinguished Military Graduate of his Officer Candidate School class. He has two master’s degrees: one in public administration from Central Michigan University and one in military studies from Marine Corps University.