HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ― Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville has been nominated to lead the service, the president of AUSA announced Tuesday at the organization’s Global Force Symposium.

President Trump sent the nomination to the Senate Armed Services Committee last night, retired Gen. Carter Ham told an audience.

“General McConville is honored to serve in any capacity and he remains committed to ensuring our readiness, modernization, and reform efforts meet the objectives outlined in the [National Defense Strategy],” Lt. Col. Ebony Calhoun, his spokeswoman, told Army Times in a statement Tuesday.

McConville, a career helicopter pilot and former commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, served as the Army’s personnel chief before becoming Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley’s no. 2 in June 2017. If confirmed, he will be the service’s 40th chief of staff.

Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville completed a 160-pound deadlift March 26 at the AUSA Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.

Along with Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy, McConville has been half of the brain trust getting the new Army Futures Command off the ground.

The new modernization command, which ties together acquisition and doctrine for six major priorities, broke ground last summer in Austin, Texas.

Elsewhere, McConville has taken his experience as the Army G-1 to heart, focusing on talent management issues.

ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 13: U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (L) and Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville announce that Austin, Texas, will be the new headquarters for the Army Futures Command during a news conference at the Pentagon July 13, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. The Army is undergoing its biggest reorganization in 45 years with the creation of the Army Futures Command, which is tasked with modernizing the fighting force. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.

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