Chief Legislative Liaison
Major General Frederick B. Hodges
Frederick B. “Ben” Hodges, Major General, United States Army.
A native of Quincy, Florida, MG Hodges graduated from the United States Military Academy
in May 1980 and was commissioned in the Infantry. He has commanded Infantry units at the Company,
Battalion and Brigade levels, all at the 101st Airborne Division and in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
His most recent operational assignment was as Deputy Commander - Operations, Regional Command South, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
He has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions to include Chief of Plans, G-3, 2nd Infantry Division;
Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Army Congressional Liaison Officer; and G-3 and Chief of Staff,
XVIII Airborne Corps in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. MG Hodges assumed his current duties as Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on 15 November 2010.