Stephen Twitty

Stephen M. Twitty (born 1963) is a United States Army General Officer. Lieutenant General Twitty assumed command of First Army (United States) on July 15, 2016, relinquishing command to become deputy commander of EUCOM on 9 August 2018. Previously, he was commanding general of Fort Bliss and 1st Armored Division. Twitty was awarded the Silver Star Medal during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Noted for his relationship with journalist David Bloom, who was embedded with his battalion during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He has served in five combat deployments, including tours in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait. He has commanded at the Company, Battalion, and Brigade level during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Twitty is a graduate of South Carolina State University and a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He was inducted into the South Carolina State University ROTC Hall of Fame in 2009, and selected as one of the University's Distinguished Alumni in 2004. He has a highway named in his honor, State Highway 11, running through his hometown of Chesnee, South Carolina.