The Senate has confirmed the nominations of two general officers who are set to lead the Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve.

Maj. Gen. Jonathan Stubbs, who has been the adjutant general of Arkansas since January 2023, is slated to become the next director of the Army National Guard. He will receive his third star and succeed Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, who has led the Army National Guard since August 2020 and is expected to retire Aug. 5.

Maj. Gen. Robert Harter, who has commanded the 81st Readiness Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, since September 2020, will receive his third star and succeed Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, who led the Army Reserve from July 2020 until her relinquishment of command on July 30.

Both nominations were confirmed by voice vote on July 31. No dates have been announced for when they will begin their new positions.

A career Army National Guard officer, Stubbs has spent more than 27 of his 29 years in uniform in the Arkansas Army National Guard. After two years as an enlisted soldier in the Tennessee Army National Guard, he commissioned as an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School at the Tennessee Military Academy.

Stubbs has held every leadership position within the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, from rifle platoon leader to brigade commander. He led Company C, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment in Baghdad from 2004 to 2005 and served as the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team operations officer in Baghdad in 2008.

He also served as an Active Guard Reserve officer in the Arkansas Army National Guard from 1997 to 2021, where he completed a variety of training and administrative assignments. His last staff assignment was as chief of staff for the Arkansas Army National Guard.

Harter’s most recent assignment before the 81st Readiness Division was deputy chief of the Army Reserve.

A native of Alaska and Virginia, Harter was commissioned in 1988 as a field artillery officer after graduating from Virginia Tech with a degree in business and communications. He also holds a master’s degree in national security strategy from the National War College, according to his DoD biography.

Before transferring from active duty to the Active Guard Reserve program in 1999, Harter held assignments in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany and the 101st Corps Support Group. He also commanded the 584th Direct Support Maintenance Company at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, according to his biography.

His Active Guard Reserve assignments included training chief for readiness in the 99th Regional Readiness Command; support operations officer in the 55th Sustainment Brigade; distribution management chief in the 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command in Iraq; and various staff positions on the Joint Staff and in the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, according to his biography.