Patrick Matlock

{{short description|U.S. Army general}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use American English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = Patrick E. Matlock | image = Lt. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|3}} | birth_place = Yuba City, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army | service_years = 1988–2024 | rank = Lieutenant General | service_number = | unit = | commands = 1st Armored Division Fort Bliss 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | battles = Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War | awards = Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (3) Bronze Star Medal (3) | relations = | other_work = }} '''Patrick Ernest Matlock''' (born July 3, 1965)<ref name=register/><ref name=wife/> is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the Army's G-3/5/7 (deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training) of the Army Staff from 2022 to 2024.{{efn|name=g357|1= Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training G-3/5/7. Both G-8 and G-3/5/7 sit on the Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC), chaired by the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA).<ref name=htar >United States Army War College and Army Force Management School [https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1127933.pdf (2019-2020) How the Army Runs] HTAR: A senior leader reference handbook which synthesizes "existing and developing National, Defense, Joint, and Army systems, processes, and procedures currently practiced"</ref>{{rp|diagram on p.559}} <ref name= ar71_9 >Headquarters, Department of the Army [https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN31331-AR_71-9-000-WEB-1.pdf (29 Jun 2021) Army Regulation 71–9 Force Management. Warfighting Capabilities Determination] °1-6c, p.1) tasks for CG, AFC; °2-24 p.13) CG, AFC is a principal member of AROC, with 43 duties ''a through qq''; °3-1 ch.3 pp20-21) AROC is a forum for requirements decisions (RDF); °4-1 p.24) CG, AFC is responsible for force design; °6-4 p39) figure 6-1 Deliberate staffing and review process; ''figures for more staffing and review processes follow.''</ref><ref name= forceMgt >James Kennedy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNY4nVNSOwE (2019) Force Management Model - Complete]</ref> *The Army's Force management model begins with a projection of the Future operating environment, in terms of resources: political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and the time available to bring the Current army to bear on the situation.<ref name= forceMgt /> *The AROC serves as a discussion forum of these factors.<ref name= ar71_9 /> *A DOTMLPF analysis models the factors necessary to change the Current force into a relevant Future force. *The relevant strategy is provided by the Army's leadership to guide Army staff.<ref name=htar /> *The resources are "dictated by Congress".<ref name= forceMgt /> *A JCIDS process identifies the gaps in capability between Current and Future force. *A Force design to meet the materiel gaps is underway. *An organization with the desired capabilities (manpower, materiel, training) is brought to bear on each gap. **[https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?PUB_ID=60844 AR 5-22](pdf) lists the Force modernization proponent for each Army branch, which can be a CoE or [https://web.archive.org/web/20161112064435/http://usacac.army.mil/branch-proponents Branch proponent] leader. **Staff uses a Synchronization meeting before seeking approval —HTAR Force Management 3-2b: "Managing change in any large, complex organization requires the synchronization of many interrelated processes".<ref name=htar />{{rp|p2-27}} *A budget request is submitted to Congress. *Approved requests then await resource deliveries which then become available to the combatant commanders.}} He most recently served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea. Previously, he was the Commanding General of the 1st Armored Division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-8798/patricke-matlock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428013040/https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-8798/patricke-matlock|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 28, 2021|title=Major General Patrick E. Matlock - General Officer Management Office|website=Gomo.army.mil|access-date=November 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/237641/to_lead_and_direct_1st_armored_division_change_of_command|title=To lead and direct: 1st Armored Division change of command|website=Army.mil|date=July 28, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name="El Paso Times">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/military/ft-bliss/2018/07/12/fort-bliss-1st-ad-armored-division-new-commanding-general-patrick-matlock-change-command/779504002/|title = Fort Bliss, 1st Armored Division welcome new leader, Maj. Gen. Patrick Matlock|website=Elpasotimes.com|access-date=2022-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/08/21/maj-gen-patrick-e-matlock-delivers-state-military-address/1056846002/|title=Maj. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock Delivers State of the Military Address|website=Elpasotimes.com|access-date=November 25, 2021}}</ref>

==Military career== Born in Yuba City, California,<ref name=wife/> Matlock graduated from the United States Military Academy with a B.S. degree in 1988 and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood.<ref name=register>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqspAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Patrick+Ernest+Matlock%22 |title=Register of Graduates and Former Cadets, United States Military Academy |date=1989 |publisher=Association of Graduates U.S.M.A. |access-date=2022-09-30}}</ref>

Matlock was nominated and confirmed for promotion to lieutenant general in April 2021, but he never assumed the rank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/331?s=4&r=42|title=PN331 - 1 nominee for Army, 117th Congress (2021-2022)|date=April 29, 2021}}</ref> In September 2022, he was again nominated and confirmed for promotion to lieutenant general and appointment as deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and training of the U.S. Army.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/2643|title=PN2643 — Maj. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock — Army, 117th Congress (2021-2022)|date=September 29, 2022}}</ref>

== Personal life == Matlock married Jacqueline Damaris "Jacqy" Franks on September 12, 1992.<ref name=wife>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTZKAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Patrick+Ernest+Matlock%22 |title=George Richard Ellis: His Ancestors and Descendants |date=2002 |publisher=Ellis Publishing Company |access-date=2022-09-30}}</ref> She is the daughter of General Tommy Franks. Matlock and his wife have three children.<ref name="El Paso Times"/>

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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Malcolm B. Frost}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Director for Operations (Operations Team Four) of the Joint Staff|years=2014–2015}} {{s-aft|after=John B. Richardson}} |- {{s-bef|before=Gary Brito}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Commanding General (Support) of the 25th Infantry Division|years=2015–2016}} {{s-aft|after=Peter B. Andrysiak}} |- {{s-bef|before=John P. Johnson}} {{s-ttl|title=Director of Training of the United States Army|years=2016–2018}} {{s-aft|after=Charles D. Costanza}} |- {{s-bef|before=Robert P. White}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding General of the 1st Armored Division|years=2018–2020}} {{s-aft|after=Matthew L. Eichburg}} |- {{s-bef|before=Willard Burleson}} {{s-ttl|title=Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea|years=2020–2021}} {{s-aft|after=Lonnie G. Hibbard}} |- {{s-bef|before=James Rainey}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training of the United States Army|years=2022–2024}} {{s-aft|after=Joseph A. Ryan}} {{s-end}}

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