Stephen Lanza
{{Short description|Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant general}}
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|birth_name= Stephen Raymond Lanza
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|awards= Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)
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Stephen Lanza (born May 10, 1957) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as commanding general, I Corps at Joint Base Lewis–McChord from February 6, 2014, to April 3, 2017,{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestmilitary.com/news/army-west-blog/2013/11/Maj-Gen-Stephen-R-Lanza-to-command-I-Corps-at-JBLM/|title=Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza to command I Corps at JBLM – Army West Blog – Northwest Military – Home of The Ranger, NW Airlifter & Weekly Volcano|website=www.northwestmilitary.com}}{{cite book|title=Register of Graduates and Former Cadets, United States Military Academy|date=1986|publisher=West Point Alumni Foundation|page=865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FqspAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Stephen+Raymond+Lanza%22|access-date=25 April 2016}} when he transferred authority to Lieutenant General Gary J. Volesky. He retired from active service on June 2, 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/military/article142494429.html|title=New I Corps commander: 'We are ready to fight tonight'|date=3 April 2017|author=Lynn, Adam|website=The News Tribune|access-date=5 April 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.army.mil/article/189201/a_soldier_for_life_ends_his_37_year_army_career|title=A 'Soldier for life' ends his 37-year Army career|date=9 June 2017|author=Kingsland, Ruth|website=Northwest Guardian|access-date=10 July 2017}}
Early life and education
Lanza was commissioned into the Field Artillery in 1980, after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the School for Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C. He has also served as a National Security Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Military career
Lanza has commanded soldiers at all levels including the 7th Infantry Division; 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; and the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Lanza's senior staff assignments include the aide-de-camp to the Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, NATO Peace Stabilization Force; Concepts Team Chief for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, G3, Pentagon; Chief, Joint Capabilities Division, J8, the Joint Staff, Pentagon; Deputy Commanding General for V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; G3, Chief of Operations, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; J9, Director for Strategic Effects, Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I), Iraq; Spokesman, United States Force-Iraq (USF-I), Iraq; and the Army's Chief of Public Affairs for the Secretary of the Army, Washington D.C. His operational deployment experience includes Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia; Operation Joint Guard, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; and Operation New Dawn, Iraq.
Awards and Recognitions
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|Army Distinguished Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster{{cite web|title=General Officer Management Office|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/Ext/Portal/Officer/OfficerResume.aspx?GOID=4362&Printobjects=3|website=www.gomo.army.mil|publisher=GOMO|access-date=25 April 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
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|Defense Superior Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster |
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|Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster |
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|Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters |
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|Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster |
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| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Joint Meritorious Unit Award ribbon.svg|width=60}} |
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|Superior Unit Award with oak leaf cluster |
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|National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star |
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| {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991-2016).svg|width=60}}
|Southwest Asia Service Medal with service star |
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|Iraq Campaign Medal with three service stars |
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|Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral 4 |
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References
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:United States Military Academy alumni
Category:Central Michigan University alumni
Category:National War College alumni
Category:United States Army personnel of the Gulf War
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Category:Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Category:United States Army generals
Category:Members of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America