Timothy J. Kadavy

Timothy James Kadavy[4] was born in Lincoln, Nebraska[5][6] on November 25, 1963, the son of Leo I. Kadavy (1936–2007) and Rose Bohaty Kadavy.[7][8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[9] From September 2001 through September 2003, he was Commander of 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, including deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina for Operation Joint Forge.[11]

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.[12] From July 2004 to March 2006, he served as Chief of Plans, Readiness and Mobilization for the Army National Guard.[9]

Kadavy served in Iraq from April to September 2006, as Chief of the Reserve Component Division for Multi-National Corps – Iraq.[13]

From September 2006 to October 2007, Kadavy was assigned as Operations and Training Officer (G3) for the Army National Guard.[9]

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.[14]

Kadavy was named Deputy Director of the Army National Guard in August 2009.[10] He was promoted to major general in December 2010.[15]

In January 2013, Kadavy was announced as the next Commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan (CJIATF-A).[16] He was replaced on an interim basis by Brigadier General Walter E. Fountain, and began his new duties in April 2013.[17]

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.[18][19]

In March 2014, Kadavy returned from Afghanistan and began an assignment as Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.[20]

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.[21] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, and promoted in a ceremony on April 14.[22][23]

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.[24] Kadavy has since served as a special assistant to the National Guard Bureau chief at his permanent two-star rank of major general[25] while awaiting Senate confirmation.[26] Hokanson officially took over as Army Guard director in June 2019.[26] The Senate returned Kadavy's nomination to the President without action on January 3, 2020.[27]

• 1987 Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1996 Master of Arts degree in procurement and acquisitions management, Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri
• 2004 Drug Enforcement Administration Fellowship, United States Army War College, Washington, D.C.
• 2008 Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JPME-II), National Defense University, Norfolk, Virginia
• 2010 CAPSTONE, Fort Lesley J. McNair, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
• 2012 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama[28]

1. December 1984 – April 1988, Platoon Leader, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Fremont, Nebraska
2. April 1988 – December 1989, Executive Officer, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska
3. December 1989 – October 1990, Liaison Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
4. October 1990 – June 1991, S-3 Air, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
5. June 1991 – December 1993, Commander, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska
6. December 1993 – May 1994, Personnel Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
7. May 1994 – December 1996, Operations Officer, Operational Readiness Evaluations, Headquarters, Fifth United States Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
8. January 1997 – June 1998, Executive Officer, Deputy Commanding General (Reserve Component), United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia
9. July 1998 – March 2000, Program Fielding Officer, Army National Guard Distributive Training Technology Program, Arlington, Virginia
10. April 2000 – August 2001, Branch Chief, Policy and Reporting, Readiness Branch, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
11. September 2001 – October 2002, Commander, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
12. November 2002 – September 2003, Task Force Commander, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas/Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina
13. September 2003 – June 2004, Student, Army War College Fellowship Program, Headquarters, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, D.C.
14. July 2004 – March 2006, Chief, Plans Readiness and Mobilization, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
15. April 2006 – September 2006, Chief, Reserve Component Support Division, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq
16. September 2006 – October 2007, G3, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
17. November 2007 – August 2009, The Adjutant General, Joint Force Headquarters, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
18. August 2009 – March 2013, Deputy Director, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
19. April 2013 – March 2014, Commander, Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan (CJIATF-A), Kabul, Afghanistan
20. March 2014 – March 2015, Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
21. March 2015–March 2019 Director of the Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
22. March 2019-present Special Assistant to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia

• Major General, May 24, 2019
• Lieutenant General, April 14, 2015
• Major General, December 22, 2010
• Brigadier General, January 28, 2009
• Colonel July 28, 2004
• Lieutenant Colonel, February 25, 2000
• Major August 9, 1995
• Captain, October 10, 1990
• First Lieutenant, May 11, 1987
• Second Lieutenant, May 12, 1984

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