Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan, U.S. Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general, has been reappointed to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment to become the unit’s commander, a Pentagon statement Monday said. (Mark Orders-Woempner/U.S. Army)
A three-star general has been nominated to lead the Army’s top logistics command, a job that traditionally has gone to those with four stars.
Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan was selected Monday for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, a Defense Department statement Monday said.
Mohan, the headquarters’ current deputy commanding general, has been acting commander since the 2024 firing of Gen. Charles Hamilton, who lost his job after an Army inspector general investigation into allegations of improper involvement in a subordinate officer’s promotion process.
However, the statement made no mention of a corresponding fourth star for Mohan with the promotion. If he’s confirmed for the post as a lieutenant general, that would mean the command has been downgraded to a three-star headquarters.
The Army didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.
Army Materiel Command, which was established in 1962, manages the global supply chain and sustainment activities across the service. Its informal slogan states: “If a soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, eats it or communicates with it, AMC provides it.”
The Pentagon has made it a priority to reduce the number of four-star leaders and other generals in the ranks as it looks for efficiencies.
In May, the department announced plans for a 20% reduction of four-star positions across the active component and a similar reduction of all general officers within the National Guard. The directive also called for a 10% cut of all flag and general officer positions.
Some of the changes have already gone into effect. In October, the top U.S. Air Force job in Europe was reduced from a four-star command to three stars.
There also have been smaller tweaks to command structures. For example, when Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie took over as deputy commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa in October, the promotion didn’t come with the third star previously linked with the position.
The Pentagon hasn’t indicated whether it intends to reduce Army and Navy four-star headquarters in Europe to three-stars as it did with the Air Force.
In another leadership move announced Monday, the Pentagon tapped U.S. European Command’s Maj. Gen. John Rafferty for a third star.
He has been EUCOM’s chief of staff for just a few months. Rafferty was nominated to serve as the commander of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command based at Redstone Arsenal.
