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COL Jonathan W. Meisel

Colonel Jonathan W. Meisel was born in Frankfurt Germany. He was commissioned in 1999 and initially assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment as a fire support officer for Company C, 1st Battalion 187th Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during a deployment to Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian.

Colonel Meisel recently obtained a Master of Strategic Studies Degree from the U.S. Army War College. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Arts in International Relations from Webster University.

Other previous assignments include XO for HHB, Division Artillery; Division Class IX OIC, DMMC; and General Supply Officer, DMMC, all with the 101st ABN DIV (Air Assault). He was subsequently assigned as Brigade S4, 525th MI Brigade (Airborne); Asst S3, 82d Sustainment Brigade, 82d ABN DIV; CDR, Company A, 82d BSB, 505th PIR (3d Brigade), 82d ABN DIV; S3 Training Officer, 72d FA Brigade, First Army Division East; Brigade S4, 82d Sustainment Brigade; XO, 264th CSSB, 82d Sustainment Brigade; Transportation Officer, Corps G4, XVIII ABN Corps; Afghan National Security Force Development Officer, ISAF Joint Command; J4 Plans Officer, USFOR-Afghanistan; Movement and Transportation Plans Officer, Allied Command Transformation, NATO; CDR, 18th CSSB, 16th Sustainment Brigade; Organizational Integrator, Force Management, HQDA G-3/5/7; and Distribution Officer, Operation Warp Speed. COL Meisel deployed to Iraq as part of OIF I, OIF 04-06, and OIF 06-08, and to Afghanistan as part of OEF in 2014.

Colonel Meisel’s military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal (2 OLC), the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1 OLC), the Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC), the National Defense Service Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 4), the NATO Medal (Kosovo), the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Combat Action Badge.

His military education includes the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Air Assault School, the Supply and Services Management Officer Course, the Support Operations Officer Course (Phases I and II), the Combined Logistics Captain's Career Course, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Airborne School, the Command and General Staff Course, and the United States Army War College.

Colonel Meisel is married.

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