Timothy J. Kadavy

In March 2019, the president nominated Kadavy for appointment as Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Vice Chief Daniel R. Hokanson was nominated to succeed Kadavy as Director of the Army National Guard. Kadavy has since served as a special assistant to the National Guard Bureau chief at his permanent two-star rank of major general while awaiting Senate confirmation. Hokanson officially took over as Army Guard director in June 2019. The Senate returned Kadavy's nomination to the President without action on January 3, 2020.

On March 10, 2015, Kadavy was nominated by President Obama to become the next Director of the Army National Guard, with appointment to the rank of lieutenant general in the active duty reserve of the Army. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, and promoted in a ceremony on April 14.

In March 2014, Kadavy returned from Afghanistan and began an assignment as Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

In January 2013, Kadavy was announced as the next Commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan (CJIATF-A). He was replaced on an interim basis by Brigadier General Walter E. Fountain, and began his new duties in April 2013.

In May 2013, Major General Judd H. Lyons, Kadavy's successor as Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard in 2009, was announced as the next Deputy Director of the Army National Guard. He assumed those duties in July 2013.

Kadavy was named Deputy Director of the Army National Guard in August 2009. He was promoted to major general in December 2010.

In November 2007, Kadavy was selected for appointment as The Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard, succeeding Roger P. Lempke, and received a state promotion to brigadier general. He was federally recognized as a brigadier general in January 2009.

Kadavy served in Iraq from April to September 2006, as Chief of the Reserve Component Division for Multi-National Corps – Iraq.

From September 2006 to October 2007, Kadavy was assigned as Operations and Training Officer (G3) for the Army National Guard.

From September 2003 to June 2004, Kadavy was a student in the United States Army War College’s Fellowship Program at the Drug Enforcement Administration. From July 2004 to March 2006, he served as Chief of Plans, Readiness and Mobilization for the Army National Guard.

Kadavy began his officer career as a platoon leader in the Nebraska Army National Guard's Troop A, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment. His subsequent assignments through May 1994 included: Executive Officer of Troop B, 1-167th Cavalry; Liaison Officer, Headquarters, 1-167th Cavalry; Assistant Operations and Training Officer (S3 Air), Headquarters, 1-167th Cavalry; and Commander, Troop B, 1-167th Cavalry, and Personnel Staff Officer (S1), 1-167th Cavalry.

From May 1994 to August 2001, Kadavy carried out staff assignments at Fifth United States Army; United States Army Forces Command; and the Army National Guard staff at the National Guard Bureau. From September 2001 through September 2003, he was Commander of 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, including deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina for Operation Joint Forge.

Timothy J. Kadavy (born November 25, 1963) is a United States Army major general who is currently serving as the special assistant to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. He previously held the rank of lieutenant general while serving as Director of the Army National Guard from April 14, 2015 to May 24, 2019. His other assignments include Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard, Deputy Director of the Army National Guard, and Commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan (CJIATF-A), part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force mission in that country. Kadavy was nominated by the President to become the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau and reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general on March 5, 2019. The Senate returned his nomination to the President without action on January 3, 2020.

Timothy James Kadavy was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on November 25, 1963, the son of Leo I. Kadavy (1936–2007) and Rose Bohaty Kadavy. He graduated from Omaha's Millard South High School in 1982 and enlisted in the Nebraska Army National Guard. He received his commission as a second lieutenant of Armor from the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at the University of Nebraska in 1987.