COL Jim (JD) Keirsey

COL Jim (JD) Keirsey currently serves as the 25th Infantry Division’s Deputy Commander for Operations.

In his previous assignment, COL Keirsey served as the executive officer for the Chief of the Staff of the Army. JD’s command assignments include the 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Ranger Battalion, and 2/503rd Infantry (Airborne).

He previously served in the 101st, 2-12 Infantry, 2nd Ranger Battalion, and the 75th Ranger Regimental Headquarters. COL Keirsey commissioned as an infantry officer out of USMA, attended graduate school at Stanford University, and graduated from the Naval War College.

COL Keirsey deployed numerous times and has earned the Combat and Expert Infantryman’s badges.

COL Keirsey is married and has two children.