Walter E. Piatt (born September 12, 1961)[1] is a United States Army lieutenant general appointed chief executive officer of Wounded Warrior Project on March 18, 2024.

[5] While a colonel (brigade commander, 25th Infantry Division), Piatt's unit had some 200 volunteers participate in a mindfulness study by Amishi Jha and Elizabeth Stanley in the 2010s;[7] the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences notes that this mental practice "teaches the brain to stay 'in the moment'" which helps soldiers reduce the pain and stress of PTSD.

[10] Walter E. Piatt wrote She Came to the Door to Wave Good-bye ...: A Soldier's Thoughts About Family, Life and the War in Afghanistan, published in January 2003.

[19][20] According to the Washington Post, "Piatt initially denied Sund's allegations in a statement but acknowledged in a call with reporters about two weeks later that he had conferred with others who were present that it was possible he made comments to that effect.

"[21] On March 8, 2021, retired Army Lt. Gen Russel Honoré, whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tasked with leading the security review, identified that the U.S. Capitol Police are too "understaffed, insufficiently equipped, and inadequately trained" — and woefully lacking in intelligence capabilities.

[21] Piatt's statement that he did not have authority to act was supported by D.C. National Guard's commanding general, Maj. Gen. William Walker, when he said that newly installed Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy, a Trump appointee, had instituted unusual restrictions, requiring employment of the quick-reaction force to be approved by the chain of command, which prevented a rapid deployment of the D.C. National Guard.

[24] On November 16, 2021, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released their findings on the actions that took place to prepare for and respond to protests at the U.S.