Deputy Commanding General, First Army, Brigadier General C. Stewart Rodeheaver serves as the Deputy Commanding General of First Army. In this role, he is responsible for the training, readiness oversight, and mobilization of National Guard and Reserve units in the continental United States and two U.S. territories. Most recently, he served as Commander of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Georgia Army National Guard, where he deployed his unit in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Rodeheaver was commissioned as a second lieutenant from the Officer Candidate School in 1974 at the Georgia Military Institute in Macon, Georgia, as a distinguished graduate. Prior to receiving his commission, Brigadier General Rodeheaver was an enlisted soldier, enlisting in 1971. His military education includes the Basic Quartermaster Course, the Advanced Quartermaster Course, the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle Training Course, the U.S.

Army Command and General Staff College, the Armor Pre-Command Course, and the U.S. Army War College. General Rodeheaver served in a battalion command position as commander of the 108th Armor Regiment in Calhoun, Georgia, which included a rotation at the National Training Center and an assignment as senior observer-controller for Operation Bright Star of the combined/joint forces in Egypt. Other key positions he has held include aide-de-camp, military intelligence officer, operations officer, and executive officer — all under the flag of the 48th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized). Brigadier General Rodeheaver also served the state as commander of the Regional Training Institute in Macon, Georgia, deputy commander of the 78th Troop Command of the Georgia Army National Guard, and as deputy director for joint operations (JOPES) at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.