General Charles Flynn
Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific
Charles A. Flynn was born in 1983 in Middletown, Rhode Island. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island where he was also a member of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. He received an M.A. in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College and an M.S. in Joint Campaign Planning from the Joint Forces Staff College of National Defense University.
He has served with the Rangers, Airborne, and Pathfinder teams. He was deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was an airborne commander in Iraq and later served as executive assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff for Afghanistan.
He served as the 82nd Airborne Division’s deputy commander for U.S. Army Forces Command and was assigned as deputy commander of US. Army Pacific. He became commander of the United States Army Pacific in January 2021 after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
In the News…
The U.S. military is engaging in the annual Super Garuda Shield joint exercises. The drills, led by Indonesia, also include the militaries of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Since the U.S. and Indonesia opened up the exercises to allies in 2022, thousands of troops now participate. The drills will include cyber exercises to prepare nations to address cyber attacks.
General Flynn, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, said, “Super Garuda Shield 2024 is a great example of how our Strategic Landpower Network showcases the unity and collective commitment to a safe, stable, and secure Indo-Pacific.”
He added, “What was long a small-scale army-to-army exercise is now a premier joint, multinational training event consistently involving contributions from over a dozen regional armies. I’m very proud of the gains we’re making together.”
