Lt. Col. Christopher Kuszniaj
USAG Black Sea Garrison Commander
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Kuszniaj is career Chemical Officer and a native of Jacksonville, Alabama. He began his military career in the United States Army Reserves as a Chemical Operations Specialist at Fort McClellan, Alabama and later went on to earn a commission as a Chemical Corps Officer. His military education prerequisites include the Chemical Officers Basic Course, Chemical Officers Advance Course, Command & General Staff College, Joint Combined Warfighters Course, and a variety technical skill courses related to his assignments.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuszniaj has held leadership positions ranging from Platoon Leader, Company Commander, Detachment Commander, and Battalion Executive Officer across Conventional, Training, and Special Operations assignments. He has served in several staff assignments that include several major multinational and coalition warfighting headquarters and two Combatant Commands. His technical experiences include in Technical Exploitation, Laboratory Analytics, Defense Acquisition, Management, and Procurement Programs, Major Defense Systems Testing and Evaluation, Joint Experimentation, Capability Development, and Security Cooperation.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuszniaj’s professional military experience includes a wide range of tactical, operational, and strategic assignments in both combat and peacetime missions. He has a great appreciation for working in multiservice, interagency, multinational, and culturally diverse environments. He has a strong commitment towards efforts that enhance technology integration, warfighter lethality, survivability, and security cooperation activities that strengthening Allies and Partners capabilities.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuszniaj enjoys being in physically and culturally immersive activities such as travel, sports, outdoors, and history. Lieutenant Colonel Kuszniaj holds a Bachelor and Master’s Degree.
His military awards and decorations include a variety Army, Joint, and foreign accomplishments.