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Brigadier General Timothy J. McAteer
Deputy Commanding General - Maneuver
3rd Infantry Division

BG Tim McAteer arrived to 3ID as the DCG-M in November 2015. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and holds advanced degrees from US Army Command and Staff College and Louisiana State University.

BG McAteer attended Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, United States Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, and Senior Service College Fellowship at Yale University.

His assignments included duties as the Director of Operations, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve; Commander, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, Operation New Dawn, Iraq; Commander, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, Operation Unified Response, Haiti; C/J-3, Combined Joint Task Force-82, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; Commander, 2d Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; Executive Officer, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; Chief of Plans, G-3, 82d Airborne Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; and Rifle Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry, Operations Desert Shield/Storm, Saudi Arabia.

BG McAteer’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit; Bronze Star Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters); Meritorious Service Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters); Joint Service Commendation Medal; Army Commendation Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters); Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters).

Additionally, he is authorized to wear the Combat Infantryman Badge (with Star); Expert Infantryman Badge; Master Parachutist Badge; Air Assault Badge; Ranger Tab; and the Pathfinder Badge.