Veteran's Day

Randolph W. House
Lieutenant General, U.S. Army Retired

General Randy House was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, graduated from Lamar high School in Houston in 1963, and is Class of 1967 from Texas A&M University where he received a Regular Army commission in the Infantry. After his second tour in Vietnam, he received a Master's Degree from Clemson University. General House has commanded in peace and war at every level of command from an infantry platoon in the 82nd Airborne Division to Deputy Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command. He was a helicopter platoon leader in Vietnam and an Infantry Company Commander in Vietnam and in Germany. He commanded a Mechanized Infantry Battalion at Fort Polk, LA, and a Tank Brigade during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq.

As a Brigadier General, he was the Assistant Division Commander of the 4th Division at Fort Carson, CO. He was the Deputy Commandant at the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS. As a Major General, he was privileged to command the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division, the famed "Big Red One" at Fort Riley, KS. He was the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Dr. William Perry. As a Lieutenant General, he commanded the 8th Army in Korea and had a second three-star command as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command in Hawaii. General House was highly decorated, receiving many awards for valor in combat to include the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Silver Star, the Soldiers Medal, four Distinguished Flying Crosses, and 32 Air Medals.

He retired with 33 years of service in College Station with Jeanie, his wife of 42 years. They have two married daughters and four grand children. General House manages a small cowlcalf operation at the family ranch in Grimes County. He continues to help Department of Defense as a senior mentor for military training exercises and is on advisory boards at Texas A&M, the George Bush School of Government, and serves as Vice President of the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial.