Background
Rodriguez, David M. was born in 1954.
Rodriguez, David M. was born in 1954.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, 1976. MMAS in Military Art and Science, United States Army Command and General Staff College. Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies, United States Naval War College.
Commissioned 2d. lieutenant United States Army, 1976, advanced through grades to lieutenant general, 2008. Rifle platoon leader A Company 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry, 5th Infantry Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana, 1977—1978, scout platoon leader Combat Support Company, 1978—1979, motor officer, 1979, executive officer Combat Support Company, 1979—1980. Commander B Company 1st Battalion, 52d Infantry, 1st Armored Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany, 1981—1983, assistant S-3, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division Germany, 1983, S-3, 1st Battalion, 52d Infantry, 1st Armored Division Germany, 1983—1984.
Assistant S-3 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1984—1985, liaison officer 3d Battalion, 1985—1986, Commander B Company, 3d Battalion, 1986—1987. Chief doctrine development G-3, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1989—1990. S-3 than executive officer 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1990—1992, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Saudi Arabia, 1990—1992.
Joint exercise officer than executive officer Exercise Division, C-3/J-3/G-3, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, 1992—1994. Commander 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1994—1996, 2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1997—1999. Assistant chief staff G-3, XVIII Airborne Corps, 1999—2000.
Deputy commanding general/assistant commandant United States Army Infantry Center and School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 2000—2002. Assistant division Commander 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, 2002—2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, 2002—2003. Deputy director regional operations (J-3) The Joint Staff, Washington, 2003—2005.
Commander Multi-National Division-N.W. Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2005—2006, special assistant to Commander Multi-National Corps-Iraq, 2006. Commanding general 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 2006—2008, Combined Joint Task Force-76, Operation Enduring Freedom, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, 2007—2008. Senior military assistant to secretary United States Department Defense, Washington, 2008—2009.
Deputy Commander United States Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), since 2009. Commander International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Joint Command North Atlantic Treaty Organization, since 2009.