Colonel Jared D. Bordwell

Deputy Commanding Officer - Support, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss

Col. Jared Bordwell graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s in Criminal Justice, and commissioned in the Infantry. His first assignment was with 2ID in the Republic of Korea, where he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Executive Officer. In, 2001, Col. Bordwell was reassigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, where he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Battalion S4.

Following graduation from the Infantry Officer’s Advanced Course, he was assigned to 2BCT, 101st Airborne Division, where he served as Battalion AS3 and Rifle Company Commander. 

In February 2007, Col. Bordwell was reassigned to 1-357th IN, 191st INF BDE (ACRC) where he served as an OC-T, Battalion S3 and XO. In October 2008, he deployed with 1st Ranger Battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as the TF Central OPSO.

Following graduation of the Command and General Staff College, he was assigned to 4-4 IBCT where he served as the Battalion S3 for 1-12 INF, 4-4 IBCT and subsequently, the Brigade Operations officer. Upon redeployment, Col. Bordwell was reassigned to Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, where he served as the Lt. Col. assignment officer for the Infantry Branch. In 2013, he was reassigned to 7th ID, JBLM where he served as the Chief of Training for the 7th ID, Commander of 2-3 INF, 1-2 SBCT from March 2015-2017 and Division G3 from 2017-2018.

Following graduation from the Army War College in 2019, Col. Bordwell deployed to Afghanistan as the Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan/NATO Special Operation Combatant Command J3 from July 2019 – June 2020.

Following his SOJTF-A J3 Assignment, he was reassigned to 7th Infantry Division, where he served as the Brigade Commander for 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team from July 2020-June 2022.

Following Brigade Command, Col. Bordwell was assigned to 101st ABN Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he served as the Division Chief of Staff from July 2022-July2023.

Following his assignment at 101st, he was assigned to AFC, Austin, Texas, where he served as the Executive Officer to the AFC Commanding General from July 2023-July2024.

Col. Bordwell’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (4 OLC), Army Commendation Medal w/V Device, Army Commendation Medal (2 OLC), the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Ranger Tab, Airborne Badge, and Air Assault Badge. He has multiple operational deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.