William Green Jr.

William Green Jr. is a United States Army major general who served as the 26th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. He has a brother, Calvin, who is a retired colonel; and three sisters, Rosalind, Samantha, and Brenda. A member of the National Baptist Convention, Green left active duty in 1986 to become an ordained minister. He originally served as the pastor of Fairlawn Baptist Church in Garden City, Georgia. In 1989 he received a BS in Criminal Justice from Savannah State University and in 1992 he received a Master of Divinity degree from Emory University. He became an army chaplain in 1994.

From October 2016 to July 2019, Green was the command chaplain at Fort Shafter for the United States Army Pacific.

Green was named deputy chief of chaplains and promoted to brigadier general in August 2019. In December 2023, he was promoted to major general. He was formally promoted in a ceremony in March 2024.

Green was one of the three senior Army officers fired by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on 2 April 2026, along with Chief of Staff of the United States Army General Randy George and General David M. Hodne, commander of the Army’s Transformation and Training Command.