Please answer the following question: Facts: - allegiance: united states of america - commands: iii corps - birth date: 12 february 1959 - serviceyears: 1981 -- present - name: sean macfarland - branch: united states army - birth place: new york , united states - rank: lieutenant general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sean macfarland .
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lieutenant general sean barry macfarland -lrb- born february 12 , 1959 -rrb- is a three-star general in the united states army .ltg sean macfarland was commissioned in 1981 and has served in armor and cavalry units throughout his career .he was a cavalry platoon leader and troop executive officer in 2nd squadron , 3rd armored cavalry regiment at ft. bliss , texas , the squadron s4 and the commander of a troop , 3rd squadron , 12th cavalry in buedingen , germany , s3 and xo of 3rd and 1st squadrons , respectively , of the 4th cavalry in schweinfurt , germany and in bosnia .he commanded 2nd battalion , 63rd armor in macedonia and vilseck , germany .he also commanded 1st brigade combat team -lrb- ready first -rrb- , 1st armored division in friedberg , germany and in iraq , where the ready first fought in tal afar , sinjar , hit and ramadi .most recently , he was commanding general of fort bliss , texas and the 45th commanding general of the 1st armored division -lrb- old ironsides -rrb- .other assignments included : us army 's lead action officer for combat development of national missile defense interceptors at ft. bliss , deputy regimental s3 of 3rd acr during desert shield/storm , deputy g3 , 1st infantry division in wuerzburg , germany ; chief of the 3rd army commander 's initiative group at ft. mcpherson , georgia and in kuwait during operation desert thunder ; aide de camp for the us army europe cg in heidelberg and sarajevo , bosnia-herzegovina ; chief of future operations for combined/joint task force 7 in baghdad , iraq ; g3 of v corps in heidelberg , germany ; chief of the joint staff j5 's iraq division in washington , dc ; commanding general of joint task force north at ft. bliss , deputy commanding general for leader development and education and the deputy commandant of the command and general staff college at fort leavenworth , kansas , and was dual-hatted as deputy chief of staff for operations for the international security assistance force in afghanistan and the deputy commanding general...