LT. Gen. Francis "Frank" Kearney, III, USA
Deputy Commander, United States Special Operations Command
General Kearney is the deputy commander of the United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Previously, he was the commanding general of Special Operations Command Central/ Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command; assistant division commander (Maneuver) of the 24th Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas, and deployed forward as the deputy CFSOC commander and commander, Joint Inter-Agency Task Force-Former Regime Elements in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned as the J3 and subsequently as the deputy commander for Joint Special Operations Command. Kearney is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and has completed the Armor Officer’s Advanced Course and the Army War College.
