James P. Isenhower III

James P. Isenhower III (born 1970) is a lieutenant general in the United States Army who has commanded the US Army Command and General Staff College, US Army Combined Arms Command, and Fort Leavenworth since October 2025. A 1992 graduate of the United States Military Academy (West Point), he is a veteran of Operations Safe Haven and Safe Passage, Operation Joint Forge, and the Iraq War. Isenhower's commands include the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, and his awards include the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and Bronze Star Medal.

A native of Chatham, New Jersey and the son of a career US Army officer, Isenhower was raised on army bases and is a 1988 graduate of Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington. He graduated from West Point in 1992, and went on to a career in the Infantry and Armor branches. His military education includes the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College, and he completed master's and doctoral degrees at Duke University.

Isenhower's command assignments included 2nd Battalion, 14th Cavalry Regiment, the 189th Infantry Brigade, the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, the 1st Armored Division, and the post at Fort Bliss, Texas. In October 2025, he was promoted to lieutenant general and assigned to command Fort Leavenworth, the Combined Arms Command, and the Command and General Staff College.