Donna W. Martin

Donna W. Martin
Lieutenant General Donna Martin at her retirement ceremony March 7, 2025, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia.
BornYorktown, Virginia
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Army
Years of service1988–2025
RankLieutenant General
CommandsOffice of the Inspector General of the United States Army
United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
United States Army Corrections Command
Rear Detachment, 18th Military Police Brigade
202nd Military Police Group (Criminal Investigation Division)
385th Military Police Battalion (Dragoons)
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (4)
Bronze Star Medal
Alma materOld Dominion University (BSCJ)
United States Army War College (MSS)

Donna Whitley Martin is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the Inspector General of the United States Army from 2021 to 2025. She is the first female Inspector General of the Army. She previously served as the 18th United States Army Provost Marshal General / Commanding General, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, from 2020 to 2021. She was also the commanding general of the United States Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, and prior to that was commandant of the United States Military Police School from 2017 to 2018 and deputy commanding general of the United States Army Recruiting Command from 2015 to 2017.

In June 2021, she was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general, to the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army. Martin was replaced as Provost Marshal General by her deputy, Brigadier General Duane R. Miller on 5 August 2021; she assumed her post as the 67th Inspector General of the Army on 2 September 2021. Gregory J. Brady succeeded her as the Inspector General on 17 March 2025. Martin retired from the Army 30 April 2025 after nearly 37 years of service.