Rick lynch biography

Born and raised in Hamilton, Ohio, Rick Lynch attended West Point where he ranked in the top 5% of his class. He was then commissioned as a regular Army Engineer Officer in command of both a combat engineer company and a mobile assault bridge company in the 17th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Division.

He branch transferred to Armor and subsequently commanded both a tank battalion (1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division) and a tank brigade (1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division). In 2001, Rick was promoted to Brigadier General.

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Over his career, Rick has served as the Assistant Division Commander, 4th Infantry Division, Chief of Staff, Kosovo Forces, and Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations for Joint Force Command Naples, Italy. He served in Iraq as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects and the spokesman for Multinational Forces Iraq from 2005-2006.

Rick commanded the 3rd Infantry Division from 2006-2008.

During that time, he deployed the Division to Iraq