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Richard E. Angle
Official portrait, 2024
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1991–present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Allied Special Operations Forces Command Special Operations Command Europe 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) Intelligence Support Activity 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group
Battles / wars	Iraq War War in Afghanistan Operation Inherent Resolve
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal (3) Legion of Merit (4) Bronze Star Medal (2)
Alma mater	United States Military Academy

Richard E. Angle is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as the commander of Allied Special Operations Forces Command and Special Operations Command Europe since 4 October 2024. He served as the commanding general of the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) from 2021 to 2023.

Military career and education

Angle was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1991 following graduation from United States Military Academy at West Point. His first assignment was with the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment in Germany as an infantry officer. Angle volunteered for Army Special Forces and subsequently graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Angle commanded a Special Forces Operational Detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, with which he deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo.

Following graduation from the Army Command and General Staff College, Angle was selected for the Intelligence Support Activity in 2000, a secret unit conducting signal and human intelligence gathering for the Joint Special Operations Command. He served as troop commander, squadron operations officer, unit operations officer, and later squadron commander. Angle took command of the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group in Okinawa, Japan from 2008 to 2010. He later returned to ISA as unit commander from 2012 to 2014. Angle completed numerous deployments to Afghanistan, Africa, Pakistan, and Iraq. Angle then received assignment as Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Special Operations Command in 2017.

As a general officer, Angle served as Deputy Commanding General, 1st Special Forces Command; Deputy Commanding General (Operations), United States Army Cyber Command; and then as Deputy Commander, Joint Special Operations Command. In March 2021, he was assigned to succeed John W. Brennan Jr. as Commanding General, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne).

In September 2024, Angle was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general, with assignment as commander, Allied Special Operations Forces Command; and commander, Special Operations Command Europe, U.S. Special Operations Command, Belgium.

Awards and decorations

U.S. military decorations

Defense Superior Service Medal

Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters

Bronze Star Medal

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Army Commendation Medal

Army Achievement Medal

U.S. Unit Awards

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Valorous Unit Award

Meritorious Unit Commendation

Superior Unit Award

U.S. Service (Campaign) Medals and Service and Training Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Kosovo Campaign Medal with two service stars

Iraq Campaign Medal with two service stars

Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two service stars

Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal with service star

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Armed Forces Service Medal

Army Service Ribbon

NATO Medal

Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral 3

Badges

Combat Infantryman Badge

Special Forces Tab

Ranger tab

Master Parachutist Badge

Pathfinder Badge

Military Freefall Badge

Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge

Army Staff Identification Badge

United States Special Operations Command Combat Service Identification Badge

1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) Distinctive Unit Insignia

8 Overseas Service Bars

References

1. "Allied Special Operations Forces Command Holds Change of Command Ceremony". Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
2. "1st SFOC Commanding General" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
3. "Army Cyber lobbies for name change this year, as information warfare grows in importance". 16 October 2016.
4. "Cyber-Speaker-Bios" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
5. "Brig. Gen. Richard E. Angle". Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
6. "General Officer Assignments". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
7. "PN2043 — Maj. Gen. Richard E. Angle — Army". U.S. Congress. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

• Living people
• Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
• Recipients of the Legion of Merit
• United States Army generals
• United States Army personnel of the Iraq War
• United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
• United States Military Academy alumni