ARNSF – March 19
In this presentation of the forum, Lt. Gen. Jim P. Isenhower III, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Command and Fort Leavenworth, will discuss the Army’s Transformation Initiative (ATI), a comprehensive strategy that aims to reexamine all requirements and eliminate unnecessary ones, ruthlessly prioritize fighting formations to directly contribute to lethality, and empower leaders to make hard calls to ensure resources align with strategic objectives.
Lieutenant General Jim P. Isenhower III assumed command of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Command in November 2025.
Isenhower was commissioned in 1992 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He has served in the 1st Armored Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 25th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army Pacific, 1st U.S. Army, and at the Pentagon on the Joint Staff and the Army Staff. He has commanded echelons through the division level and has also served as an assistant professor in the Department of History at the United States Military Academy, and as the executive officer to the commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, and to the director of the Army staff in the Pentagon. He most recently served as the assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 at Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Isenhower has participated in operational deployments in Panama, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and throughout the IndoPacific. He served three combat tours in Iraq in Mosul, Baghdad, and the Diyala Province.
Isenhower’s military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic Course, the Armor Officer Advanced Course, the Command and General Staff College, and the National War College. He holds a bachelor’s from the U.S. Military Academy, a master’s from the National War College, and a master’s and doctorate from Duke University. He and his spouse Sherrill have been married for 30 years and have three sons.
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