{{short description|U.S. Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox military person | name = Xavier T. Brunson | image = GEN Xavier T. Brunson (1).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Brunson in 2024 | birth_date = 1963 | birth_place = Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.<ref name="Birth place">{{cite web|first=Drew|last=Brooks|url=https://www.fayobserver.com/article/20151112/news/311129847|title=Xavier T. Brunson: 'Simple kid' from Deep Creek Road is Army's newest general|date=2015-11-12|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Fayetteville Observer}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army | branch_label = Branch | service_years = 1990–present | rank = General | service_number = | unit = | commands = {{plainlist| *United Nations Command *ROK/US Combined Forces Command *United States Forces Korea *I Corps *7th Infantry Division *525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (Airborne) *1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment }} | battles = {{ubl|Iraq War|War in Afghanistan|Operation Inherent Resolve}} | awards = {{ubl|Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)|Defense Superior Service Medal|Legion of Merit (4)|Bronze Star Medal (4)}} | alma_mater = {{plainlist| *Hampton University (BA) *Webster University (MA) *United States Army War College (MNSS) }} | spouse = Col. (ret) Kirsten Brunson | children = 3 | relations = divorce | other_work = }} '''Xavier T. Brunson''' is a United States Army general who has served as the commander of United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea since 20 December 2024.<ref name="gomo">{{cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-9727/xaviert-brunson|title=General Xavier T. Brunson (USA)|access-date=2024-12-19|website=U.S. Army General Officer Management Office}}</ref> He most recently served as the commanding general of I Corps from 2021 to 2024.<ref name="gomo"/> He previously served as deputy commanding general of I Corps from May to September 2021, and commanding general of the 7th Infantry Division from 2019 to 2021, with assignments as chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps from 2017 to 2019 and deputy commanding general for operations of the 10th Mountain Division from 2016 to 2017.<ref name="Army bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/233244/maj_gen_xavier_brunson_biography|title=Maj. Gen. Xavier Brunson Biography|date=2020-02-28|access-date=2021-06-14|website=U.S. Army}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-9727/xaviert-brunson|title=Major General Xavier T. Brunson (USA)|access-date=2021-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/246307/bayonet_division_welcomes_new_command_team|title=Bayonet division welcomes new command team|date=2021-05-12|access-date=2021-06-14|website=U.S. Army}}</ref>
A native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Brunson enrolled in Reid Ross High School.<ref>{{cite web|first=Drew|last=Brooks|url=https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170506/new-assignments-for-fort-bragg-generals-fayetteville-native|title=New assignments for Fort Bragg generals, Fayetteville native|date=2017-05-06|website=The Fayetteville Observer}}</ref><ref name="Birth place"/> Brunson holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Hampton University (where he earned his commission in 1990), a master's degree in human resources from Webster University, and a master's degree in national security and strategic studies from the United States Army War College.<ref name="Army bio"/>
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