LTC Carlos (Mike) Sanford
Battalion Commander
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Sanford is a native of Zachary, Louisiana. In 2008, he graduated from Methodist College and was subsequently commissioned through the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Campbell University and holds Master’s Degrees from Florida Institute of Technology (Logistics Management) and Georgetown University (Policy Management). He is also a graduate of the Strategic Studies Fellowship Program, and the Enterprise Resource Planning Seminar offered by the Institute for Defense and Business.
His assignments include: Distribution Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, Fox - Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment; Transportation Officer (Support Operations), 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division; Aide-de-Camp to the Deputy Commanding General, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC); Commander, Echo Forward Support Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment; Battalion S3 (Operations), 129th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division; Politico-Military Planner, DD – Asia, Joint Staff Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate (J-5), Joint Staff; Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), Logistics Staff Officer, G-44 Supply Directorate - Troop Support; Secretary of the General Staff, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), Brigade S3 (Operations), 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, and Battalion Executive Officer, 189th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division; Wargaming Branch Chief, Joint Staff, J-4 and Executive Assistant to the Director for Logistics, J-4; and Strategic Planner to the Secretary of the Army.
His military education includes the Basic Officer Leader Course, Transportation Officer Basic Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Logistics Captains Career Course, Command and General Staff College, and the Joint Combined Warfighting School.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2), the Joint Commendation Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal (5), the Iraqi Campaign Medal with three campaign stars, and the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.
He has earned the Joint Staff Identification Badge, Army Staff Badge, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, Chilean Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge. Lieutenant Colonel Sanford is certified as an Army Strategist and a Demonstrated Master Logistician by the International Society of Logistics.