Raymond A. Thomas

General Raymond Anthony Thomas III is a retired general officer of the United States Army and former commander of the United States Special Operations Command. He participated in numerous combat operations during his career, such as Operation Urgent Fury 1983, Operation Just Cause in 1989, Gulf War in 1991, and since 2001 the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Every year between 2001 and 2013, Thomas deployed to Afghanistan as part of various special operations units.