WEST POINT – Lt. Gen. James Batholomees III has been installed as the 62nd superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point.
He assumed his new assignment on Monday, replacing the 61st superintendent, Lt. Gen. Steven Gillard, who has since retired. He commanded West Point from June 27, 2022, to August 17, 2026.
Bartholomees received his commission as an infantry officer from West Point in 1995. He is a graduate of the infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College and US Army War College.
Prior to assuming command at West Point, he commanded the 25th Infantry Division and US Army Hawaii.
Bartholomees’ peacekeeping deployments include Haiti with the 82nd Airborne Division in 1996 and Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 3rd Infantry Division in 2000-2001.
He deployed several times to Iraq including the initial assault with 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in 203 as well as several deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2016.
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