Trump taps Maj. Gen. Hilbert to command Eighth Army
Major General Joseph E. Hilbert / Captured from the Association of the United States Army website
By Yonhap
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Maj. Gen. Joseph Hilbert, former commander of the U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division, to be promoted to lieutenant general and commander of the Eighth Army, a unit headquartered in South Korea, the Pentagon said Friday.
If confirmed, Hilbert will serve as the Eighth Army commander as well as chief of staff of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command.
The Eighth Army commander position has been vacant for months after Army Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve left the post following his appointment as senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth earlier this year.