Brigadier General Robert Mikesh Jr.

Brig. Gen. Robert J. (RJ) Mikesh Jr. assumed the role of Capability Program Executive Offensive Fires on February 10, 2026. As the organization's top leader, Mikesh is responsible for overseeing five O-6 level project management offices that align with Army domains in the Offensive Fires, delivering lethality to the warfighter.

Prior to becoming the first Capability Program Executive for Offensive Fires, Mikesh was the Program Executive Officer at U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Enterprise from Sept. 2025 to Feb. 2026 responsible for the Army domains in the business mission area. Before becoming PEO, Mikesh served for over a year as the deputy PEO at PEO Enterprise. In that role, he helped lead the organization's continued digital transformation and implementation of rapid acquisition strategies and Soldier-centered design practices.

Prior to that, Mikesh was the Project Manager for PEO Enterprise's Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army (IPPS-A) from Sept. 2022 to Apr. 2024, where he was responsible for developing, integrating, and deploying a portfolio of programs and applications that span the Army's human capital and readiness domains.

From Aug. 2021 to Sept. 2022, Mikesh was the Executive Officer to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army.

Before that, Mikesh was by-name selected in 2020 to participate in Operation Warp Speed, the White House's national program to accelerate the development, manufacture and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. Specifically, he was tasked with leading the IT component of the initiative.

Prior to that, Mikesh was dual-hatted as Assistant Program Executive Officer for PEO Enterprise's Business Mission Area and as project manager for the Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program.

From 2016 to 2017, Mikesh served as the Senior Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Before that, he was the Product Manager for PEO Enterprise's Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program from 2012 to 2015.

Mikesh held a variety of other Army assignments from 1996 to 2012. Mikesh's awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with three bronze oak leaf clusters, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster, the Basic Army Aviator Badge and the Recruiter Badge.

Mikesh holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, a Master of Science in management/acquisition and contract management, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.