Lieutenant General Francis Michel Beaudette[1] is a retired United States Army officer who served as the commanding general of the United States Army Special Operations Command from 2018 to 2021.

[2][3][4] He initially served as a Military Intelligence Officer, in his first assignment he served as a Battalion Assistant S-2, M1A1 crewmember, and armor platoon leader in Germany, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

He then served as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, and went on to serve as Aide-de-Camp to the Deputy Commanding General of Kosovo Forces.

Beaudette commanded a Special Forces company at Fort Carson, Colorado, and in Kosovo, as well as served as a Battalion Executive Officer and Group Operations Officer for the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), both at Fort Carson and in Iraq.

He relinquished command of USASOC to Jonathan P. Braga on August 13, 2021 and retired the same day.