Wirtschaftsclub Rhein-Main_e_V
Jun 20, 2022
Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges retired from the U.S. Army in January 2018 and lives in Frankfurt, Germany. Since retiring he has worked as a Consultant for Defense and Geopolitical Security issues and as NATO’s Senior Mentor for Logistics.
His last military assignment was as Commanding General, United States Army Europe (Wiesbaden, Germany) from 2014 to 2017. A native of Quincy, Florida, General Hodges graduated from the United States Military Academy in May 1980 and was commissioned in the Infantry. After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt, Germany, he commanded Infantry units at the Company, Battalion, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2005-2006) and Director of Operations, Regional Command South in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2009-2010).