Brigade Commander
COL Andrew M. Rhodes
A native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Colonel Rhodes commissioned in the Infantry in 2004. As a company grade officer, he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Executive Officer in the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; as a staff officer and Company Commander in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia; and as a desk officer on the Joint Staff J-5.
As a field grade officer, COL Rhodes served as the speechwriter for the 38th Chief of Staff of the Army; the CJFLCC-I Deputy Chief of Plans and Executive Officer to the commanding general; a Battalion Operations Officer and Brigade Operations Officer in the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and as the Task Force Senior at the Combat Training Centre in Townsville, Australia.
COL Rhodes commanded 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. He later served as the G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. He most recently served as the Chief of Operations Group Bravo, U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.
COL Rhodes deployed three times to Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division and 3rd Infantry Division, and deployed to Germany and Bulgaria with the 4th Infantry Division. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Master Combat Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Ranger Tab.
COL Rhodes holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Masters in Policy Management from Georgetown University, and he has completed a U.S. Army Senior Service College Fellowship.
Command Sergeant Major
Position Temporarily Vacant
