Brigadier General Kirk E. Gibbs assumed responsibility as the Deputy Commanding General, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C. on August 18, 2025
Prior to assuming responsibility, Gibbs served as the Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations, Headquarters; Commanding General and Division Engineer of the Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Commander of the Los Angeles District of the South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; C7 engineer for CJTF-1, 1st Infantry Division, Regional Command-East, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; and Commander of the 1st Engineer Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas.
BG Gibbs earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy in 1994, a Master of Science in Engineering Management in 1998 from the Missouri Institute of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri, and a master’s in National Security Strategy from the National War College in 2013.
Gibbs’ operational deployments include four deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Intrinsic Action, and Operation Joint Forge.