COL Graham R. White

Colonel Graham R. White is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and enlisted in the Infantry as a member of the Georgia Army National Guard in 1995 while in high school. Upon graduation, he attended the United States Military Academy and commissioned as an Infantry Officer in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Science from West Point, a Master of International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and a Master of Strategic Studies from the Army War College.

Colonel White’s company-grade operational assignments include: 3-504th PIR, 1st BDE, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a Platoon Leader; 3d Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia as a Battle Captain, Platoon Leader, and Company XO; 2nd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado as the BDE Assistant S3, Commander of Baker Company, 1-9 IN (Manchu), and 2nd BCT Fusion Cell Director; 2d Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington as the Battalion S3-Air, Assistant S3, and Commander of C Company; and Regimental Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia as the Commander of the Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC).

Colonel White’s field-grade operational staff assignments include: 3rd IBCT, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii as the 2-35 IN (Cacti) XO/S3 and 3rd IBCT S3; Joint Task Force Bravo, Honduras as the J5; and U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii as a strategic planner.

Colonel White commanded 2-505th PIR, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, 82nd Airborne Division, commanded 3d Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and most recently commanded the 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team (Prototype), 25th Infantry Division. Currently, Colonel White is the Chief of Staff of the 25th Infantry Division.

Colonel White has deployed numerous times in support of combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and in support of regional initiatives in USSOUTHCOM and USINDOPACOM.

COL White is married.