TANK-AUTOMOTIVE & ARMAMENTS COMMAND

Brigadier General Beth A. Behn assumed the duties as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Army Materiel Command on July 22, 2025.

The command employs thousands of people worldwide and oversees a $30 billion budget annually. In addition to the command staff at the headquarters located at the Detroit Arsenal, Brigadier General Behn oversees activities at the Integrated Logistics Support Center, four depots, two arsenals, the Army’s ground equipment supply chain, life cycle management, and sustainment efforts affecting active-duty Army units around the world.

Brigadier General Behn formerly served as the Director of Operations, HQDA G-43/5/7 from June 2024-July 2025.

Brigadier General Behn is a native of Cedar Falls, Iowa. She graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1994, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps.

Brigadier General Behn is a graduate of the Air War College, the Army Command and General Staff College, the Combined Logistics Officer Advanced Course, and the Transportation Officer Basic Course. She holds a master's degree and doctorate in history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Behn's key leadership assignments include the 33rd Chief of Transportation/Commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Lee, Virginia; Commander, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), Fort Eustis, Virginia; Commander, 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Commander, 96th Transportation Company (HET), Fort Hood, Texas; and Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander in various units in the 24th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Group, Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Other significant assignments include Deputy Commander for Support, Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, Executive Officer, Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G8, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Staff, Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; Director, ANDSF Logistics, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan; Deputy Chief of Staff, G4, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Assistant Professor, Department of History, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; BCT S-4 and Support Operations Officer, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Battalion S-4,180th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas.

Brigadier General Behn’s operational deployments include Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti in 1995, Operation Desert Thunder (Kuwait) in 1998, Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07 and 08-10 (Iraq), Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) 2016-2017 and Operation Atlantic Resolve in 2023.

Brigadier General Behn’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, NATO Medal, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, Iraq Campaign Medal with two Bronze Stars, and Afghanistan Campaign Medal.