Eric T. Olson

Military man.

Eric Thorne Olson, 1972 graduate of West Point.

Commandant of Cadets at West Point (1999–2002)

Active in Iraq.

Retired in 2006 as a two-star Army General.

Distinguished Service Medal as the Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force, from 2002 to 2005 in Afghanistan.

Now reportedly a private military contractor.

Portrait of U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Eric T. Olson (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Scott Davis)

Rumors circulated in May 2022 that Olso was in the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, Ukraine-Russia Theater.