Colonel Patrick J. Hofmann
Col. Patrick J. Hofmann has served as the Commander, United States Army Garrison Benelux (USAG) since July 2024.
Hofmann entered military service in the Army in 1996, serving five years as an enlisted Soldier that included two years in the Benelux at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. He later graduated from the University of Tampa and commissioned in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps in 2003.
From 2003-2006, Hofmann was assigned as an armor officer in 1st Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Republic of Korea, where he served as a tank platoon leader and scout platoon leader.
Upon promotion to captain, Hofmann served as an intelligence advisor on a Military Transition Team (MTT) deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to Tal Afar and Balad, Iraq, from late 2006 through 2007. In 2008, Hofmann was assigned to the 3rd Military Intelligence Center in Washington, D.C., where he commanded Headquarters and Headquarters Company supporting the strategic intelligence mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
As a field grade officer, Hofmann’s assignments included service with Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division as a G-5 division intelligence planner from 2013-2014 and the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, as a S-2 Brigade Combat Team (BCT) intelligence officer from 2014-2016. While stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield.
Hofmann subsequently served in a joint duty position as an intelligence officer for Joint Task Force North, with duty in McAllen, Texas, where he coordinated DOD support to federal counternarcotics activities along the U.S. southern border from 2016-2018.
Upon promotion to lieutenant colonel, Hofmann was assigned to the 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, where he served as the G-5 chief of plans from 2018-2019 and as the G-2 assistant chief of staff for intelligence from 2019-2021. During this assignment, Hofmann deployed in a joint duty position as deputy director, Combined Joint Intelligence Operations Center - Afghanistan (CJIOC-A), Resolute Support Headquarters, in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel from 2020-2021.
Before being assigned as the commander of USAG Benelux, Hofmann’s most recent assignment was in the Pentagon as a G-2 hard targets strategy lead for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Hofmann holds a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Tampa. His military education includes the U.S. Army War College, Joint and Combined Warfighting School, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Military Transition Team Advanced and Basic Courses, Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course, Armor Officer Basic Course, and Airborne School.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (2), the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2), the Meritorious Service Medal (4), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (2), the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2), and the Parachutist Badge.
Hofmann is married and has two children.