David Hodne

Hodne and his twin brother Daniel are the sons of Thomas and Ruth Hodne. Thomas is a disabled military veteran. Daniel is also a 1991 West Point graduate, who retired from the army as a colonel in 2017. David graduated from Clarkstown High School South in 1987. ==Military career==

Hodne attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering. He later earned a Master of Arts in military studies in unconventional warfare from the American Military University. After completing the Ranger Indoctrination Program, known today as the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, he was assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He served multiple tours of duty to both Iraq and Afghanistan in support of the Gulf War and the war on terror. Hodne, then a Major, was the officer in charge of operations and planning of the mission during which Pat Tillman was killed. Hodne has commanded the United States Army Infantry School. He served as the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado, assuming command on 19 August 2021, and relinquishing it to David S. Doyle on 13 June 2023. In April 2023, Hodne was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general with assignment as the deputy commanding general of futures and concepts of United States Army Futures Command. In July 2025, he was nominated for promotion to general. Hodne was one of the three senior Army officers fired by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on 2 April 2026, along with Chief of Staff of the United States Army General Randy George and William Green Jr., the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. ==Personal life==

Hodne is married to fellow 1991 West Point graduate Shelley Ann Berry, who retired from the army as a colonel in 2012. ==Awards and decorations==

Hodne has been awarded the following decorations during his military career: ==References==