Richard E. Angle

Angle was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in 1991 after graduation from United States Military Academy at West Point. His first assignment was 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, NC. Angle commanded a Special Forces Operational Detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group where he deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo.[2]

After completion of U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Angle volunteered for and 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, squadron commander. Angle took command of 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group in Okinawa, Japan from 2008 to 2010. Angle later returned to ISA as unit commander from 2012 to 2014. Angle completed numerous deployments to Afghanistan, Africa, Pakistan, Iraq.[3] Angle then received assignment as Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Special Operations Command in 2017.

As a general officer, he served as Deputy Commanding General, 1st Special Forces Command; Deputy Commanding General (Operations), U.S. Army Cyber Command. He currently serves as Deputy Commander, Joint Special Operations Command.