Major General Donn Hill

Commanding General, Security Force Assistance Command US Army

Major General Hill commissioned as an Infantry officer through ROTC in 1990. Maj. Gen. Hill has served in Light, Air Assault, Airborne Ranger, Stryker, and Mechanized units. His service includes leadership and staff positions from the platoon to division level at duty stations in the United States, Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

In support of the Global War on Terror, Maj. Gen. Hill deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan eleven times for a cumulative 62 months. From 2002-2005 he deployed with the 3d Ranger Battalion as the Battalion Liaison Officer and then Operations Officer. Then in November 2007, he deployed to Baghdad, Iraq as the Deputy Commanding Officer for the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (L).

In June 2009 Maj. Gen. Hill assumed command of 2d Battalion, 506th IN (AASLT) and deployed to Afghanistan along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Following command, Maj. Gen. Hill returned to Fort Benning, Georgia to serve as the Deputy Commanding Officer of the 75th Ranger Regiment, where he would return to Afghanistan twice between 2012 and 2013. Maj, Gen. Hill assumed command of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team ‘Artic Wolves’ in 2014 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska before becoming the 3rd Infantry Division Chief of Staff in 2016.

In June 2017, Maj. Gen. Hill transitioned to Fort Bragg, NC to serve as the XVIII Airborne Corps and OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE G3/5/7 prior to assuming command of the 2d Security Force Assistance Brigade in January 2018. Maj. Gen. Hill stood 2SFAB up and then deployed them one year later across all of Afghanistan and portions of Iraq, while simultaneously assuming the role as the Commander, Train Advise Assist Command – East advising the Afghan Army 201st ‘Selab’ (Flood) Corps.

Following his command, Maj. Gen. Hill was selected to serve as the Deputy Commanding General-Education, Combined Arms Center; Provost Army University and Deputy Commandant, Command and General Staff College in July 2020. He returned to Fort Bragg and became the Security Force Assistance Command Commanding General on 16 May 2022.

Maj. Gen. Hill is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College. His awards and decorations include the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Expert Infantryman's Badge, Ranger Tab, Master Parachutist Badge and Air Assault Badge.

Major General Hill is married to Mrs. Yongmi Hill.