James C. McConville

McConville is a Master Army Aviator qualified in the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, the AH-64D Longbow Apache, the AH-6, AH-1 Cobra and other aircraft. He was nominated for appointment to Vice Chief of Staff of the Army on April 24, 2017.

McConville's command assignments include Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), where he also served as the Commanding General of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom; Deputy Commanding General (support) of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom; Commander of 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom; Commander of 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); and Commander of C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Light).

McConville's key staff assignments include the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1; Chief of Legislative Liaison; Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army; G-3 for 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); J5 strategic planner for U.S. Special Operations Command; S-3 for 25th Combat Aviation Brigade; S-3 for 5th Squadron, 9th Cavalry; and S-3 for Flight Concepts Division.

McConville was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, and was commissioned as an Infantry officer in the United States Army in 1981. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and was a 2002 National Security Fellow at Harvard University.

James Charles McConville (born March 16, 1959) is a United States Army general who serves as the 40th Chief of Staff of the Army. He previously served as the 36th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army from June 16, 2017 to July 26, 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (G1). He assumed his current assignment on August 9, 2019.