Brigadier General Ryan M. Hoyle graduated from the University of Oklahoma’s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program in 1996, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Sports Sciences, and was commissioned that same year. He completed the Basic Officer Course, Infantry Officer Course, and the Armor Captains Career Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval Command and Staff College and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Haifa University while attending the Israeli National Defense College. His command and operational assignments include Commanding Officer, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit; Commanding Officer, 2d Battalion, 3d Marines; Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, I Marine Expeditionary Force; CurrentOperations Officer, 3d Marine Division; G-3 Operations Officer, 1st Marine Division; Operations Officer, 1st Marine Regiment; Dragoon and Huron Company Commander; Assistant Operations Officer, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion; and Company Executive Officer, Weapons Platoon Commander, and Rifle Platoon Commander, Lima Company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines. He assumed duties as the Assistant Division Commander on 12 June 2025. His staff assignments include Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and G-39, Marine Forces Europe and Africa; Aide de Camp to the Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee; Amphibious Staff Officer and Exercise Planner at NATO Special Operations Headquarters; and Executive Officer and Operations Officer, Recruiting Station Indianapolis. Brigadier General Hoyle’s operational deployments include service in Italy, Okinawa, Afghanistan, and Iraq, including command of Combined Task Force 61 in Naples, Italy.