Timothy J. Kadavy

Timothy James Kadavy (born November 25, 1963) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general, who served as the 20th director of the Army National Guard from March 27, 2015, to March 25, 2019.

He previously served as the special assistant to the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, the adjutant general of the Nebraska National Guard, deputy director of the Army National Guard, and as the commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan, which was part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force mission in that country.

Timothy James Kadavy was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on November 25, 1963, the son of Leo I. Kadavy and Rose Bohaty Kadavy.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

He then served in Iraq from April to September 2006, as Chief of the Reserve Component Division for Multi-National Corps – Iraq.

From September 2006 to October 2007, Kadavy was assigned as operations and training officer (G3) for the Army National Guard.

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.

Kadavy was named deputy director of the Army National Guard in August 2009.

He was promoted to major general in December 2010.

In January 2013, Kadavy was announced as the next commander of Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force-Afghanistan (CJIATF-A).

He was replaced on an interim basis by Brigadier General Walter E. Fountain, and began his new duties in April 2013.

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.

In March 2014, Kadavy returned from Afghanistan and began an assignment as special assistant to the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau.

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.

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

Kadavy began his officer career as a platoon leader in the Nebraska Army National Guard's Troop A, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment.

Kadavy was nominated by the President to become the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau with the rank of lieutenant general, on March 5, 2019.

After leaving his assignment as the director of the Army National Guard, he served as a two-star special assistant to the chief of the National Guard Bureau from May 23, 2019, until his retirement on August 3, 2020.

He retired from the Army with the rank of lieutenant general after over 36 years of service.

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.

In March 2019, Kadavy was reassigned as a special assistant to the National Guard Bureau chief at his permanent two-star rank of major general while awaiting Senate confirmation, to allow Hokanson to take over as Army Guard director.

The Senate returned his nomination to the president without action on January 3, 2020.

The Senate returned Kadavy's nomination to the president without action on January 3, 2020.

Kadavy retired as a lieutenant general on August 3, 2020.

At his retirement he received several awards, including a second award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal.