Topic: Peter W. Chiarelli

General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA is the 32nd and current Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. He previously served as commander, Multi-National Corps–Iraq under general George W. Casey, Jr. He assumed his current assignment on August 4, 2008.

General Peter W. Chiarelli became the 32nd vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army on August 4, 2008. In his previous assignment, he was the senior military assistant to the secretary of defense from March 2007 to August 2008. He hails from Seattle, Washington, and is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Seattle University. General Chiarelli was commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor in September 1972. Throughout his career, he has served in Army units in the United States, Germany, and Belgium. He has commanded at every level from platoon to corps.

His principal staff assignments have been as the operations officer, 1st Cavalry Division, at Fort Hood, Texas; executive assistant and, later, executive officer to the Supreme Allied Commander, Commander United States European Command at SHAPE Headquarters, Mons, Belgium; as the director of operations, readiness, and mobilization, at Headquarters, Department of the Army.