Col. Michael J. Childs
Col. Michael J. Childs commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer from Temple University. He is a graduate of the Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course, Infantry Captains Career Course, Signals Intelligence & Electronic Warfare Course, Airborne School, Air Assault School, Maritime Advanced Warfighting School, and Joint Advanced Warfighting School.
Command assignments include Commander of Delta Troop (Surveillance), 8-1 Cavalry Regiment and Commander of the 522d Military Intelligence Operations Battalion.
As a Military Intelligence Officer, he served in a variety of assignments within the 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); 2d Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker); National Training Center; and U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command.
As a Joint Strategic Planner, he served at the National Security Agency Plans & Exercises Division; and most recently at the U.S. Special Operations Command J5 Plans Division as the Chief of Plans & Sensitive Activities.
His combat experience includes tours in Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. His overseas experience includes assignments in both Germany and Italy in support of U.S. Army Europe & Africa and the Southern European Task Force Africa to support U.S. Army and Joint Task Force operations in the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility.
Childs holds a Master of Science in Joint Campaign Planning & Strategy from the National Defense University, a Master of Arts in National Security & Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and a Bachelor of Arts in both English and Religious Studies from Temple University.
Childs and his wife have three children.