LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. STACY CLARDY, III
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (RETIRED)

Lieutenant General Clardy retired on January 1, 2022, after more than 38 years in the United States Marine Corps.

Lieutenant General Clardy’s command positions include platoon commander with 3d Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment and company commander in 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. He commanded the 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM and the 2d Marine Regiment and Regimental Combat Team 2 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. As a general, he served as the Commanding General of Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center; the Commanding General, 3d Marine Division; and the Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lieutenant General Clardy also served in multiple leadership and staff positions throughout his career.

He was a tactics instructor at The Basic School and Infantry Officer Course, the Marine Officer Instructor at Tulane University, and the Community Relations Branch Head for the Division of Public Affairs, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps. He was assigned as the Operations Officer of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN and as the Community Policy, Planning and Liaison Officer for Marine Corps Bases, Japan. He was the Director for the Expeditionary Warfare School. As a general, he served as the Director of Operations for the Plans, Policies, and Operations Department of Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; the Deputy Director, Force Management, Application and Support, Joint Staff J8; and the Military Deputy for Readiness to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

Lieutenant General Clardy’s personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal-Navy, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with Combat Distinguishing Device and two Gold Stars), Bronze Star (with the Combat Distinguishing Device), Meritorious Service Medal (with two Gold Stars), Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with two Gold Stars), Combat Action Ribbon, and Presidential Unit Citation. He was also awarded Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Star, the Republic of Korea’s Order of National Security Merit Gukseon Medal, and South Carolina’s Order of the Palmetto.

Lieutenant General Clardy now resides in Chapin, South Carolina, with his wife, Alison, and Labrador Retriever, Orion. He continues to serve as an advisor to multiple businesses, volunteers with organizations supporting military service members and first responders, and is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Naval Analyses.

Updated: October 12, 2026