John R. Evans Jr. (born February 19, 1966) is a retired

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who last served as the commanding general of

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from 2021 to 2024. He most recently served as the commanding general of the United States Army Cadet Command and

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from 2018 to 2021. Previously, he served as the commanding General of the United States Army Special Operations Aviation Command from 2016 to 2018. Evans is a 1988 graduate of

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with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice. He completed flight training to become an army aviator in 1990. Evans later earned a Master of Arts degree in adult education from

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and a second Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies from the

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. Evans additionally served as a Chief of Staff of the Army Federal Executive Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC from 2014 to 2015.

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