| Stephen Lanza | |
| Birth Name: | Stephen Raymond Lanza |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1957 |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1980–2017 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Commands: | I Corps 7th Infantry Division First Cavalry Division Artillery |
| Battles: | Gulf War Iraq War |
| Awards: | Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) Defense Superior Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal |
Stephen Lanza (born May 10, 1957) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as commanding general, I Corps at Joint Base Lewis–McChord from February 6, 2014 to April 3, 2017,[1] [2] when he transferred authority to Lieutenant General Gary J. Volesky. He retired from active service on June 2, 2017.[3] [4]
Lanza was commissioned into the Field Artillery in 1980, after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the School for Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He has a bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C. He has also served as a National Security Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lanza has commanded soldiers at all levels including the 7th Infantry Division; 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; and the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Lanza's senior staff assignments include the aide-de-camp to the Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, NATO Peace Stabilization Force; Concepts Team Chief for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, G3, Pentagon; Chief, Joint Capabilities Division, J8, the Joint Staff, Pentagon; Deputy Commanding General for V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; G3, Chief of Operations, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; J9, Director for Strategic Effects, Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I), Iraq; Spokesman, United States Force-Iraq (USF-I), Iraq; and the Army's Chief of Public Affairs for the Secretary of the Army, Washington D.C. His operational deployment experience includes Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia; Operation Joint Guard, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; and Operation New Dawn, Iraq.
| Army Distinguished Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster[5] | ||
| Defense Superior Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster | ||
| Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster | ||
| Bronze Star Medal | ||
| Defense Meritorious Service Medal | ||
| Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters | ||
| Army Commendation Medal | ||
| Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster | ||
| Army Presidential Unit Citation | ||
| Joint Meritorious Unit Award | ||
| Meritorious Unit Commendation | ||
| Superior Unit Award with oak leaf cluster | ||
| National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star | ||
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal | ||
| Southwest Asia Service Medal with service star | ||
| Iraq Campaign Medal with three service stars | ||
| Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal | ||
| Global War on Terrorism Service Medal | ||
| Korea Defense Service Medal | ||
| Armed Forces Service Medal | ||
| Army Service Ribbon | ||
| Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral 4 | ||
| NATO Medal for the Former Yugoslavia | ||
| Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation | ||
| Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) |