Bryan P. Fenton


Bryan P. Fenton is a retired United States Army general who served as the 13th commander of the United States Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, from 30 August 2022 until 3 October 2025. Earlier, he had served as the 16th commander of the Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, from July 2021 to August 2022, and as a senior military assistant to two Secretaries of Defense, from 12 August 2019 to June 2021. He had previously served as the deputy commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command. Fenton is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Fenton relinquished command of SOCOM to Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley at a change of command ceremony in Tampa, Florida, on 3 October 2025, on the eve of his retirement.

Personal life

Bryan Patrick Fenton was born in 1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married with two daughters.

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