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Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan K. Neal assumed command of the Army Field Support Battalion-Germany on June 12, 2024.
He most recently served as the G33 (Current Operations) chief of Operations, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
LTC Neal enlisted in May 1996 and served as a combat medic until he attended Officer Candidate School and commissioned in May 2006.
His previous assignments include medium truck platoon leader, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg (known as Fort Liberty since 2023), North Carolina; executive officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky; company commander, 233rd Transportation Company (Heavy Equipment Transport), 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Knox; intern, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virgina; executive assistant, G-4 (Logistics) director of Maintenance and G4 Strategic Mobility action officer, Headquarters of the Army, the Pentagon; Operations and Intelligences action officer for the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon; Support Operations Sea officer-in-charge, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Brigade S4 (Logistics) officer and Support Operations officer, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii; lead, Enlisted Talent Management, Army Talent Management Task Force, the Pentagon; and commander, White House Transportation Agency, Washington, D.C.
He has served five combat tours in support of the Global War on Terrorism, including as an augmentee to the Afghanistan National Defense Security Forces as part of Combined Joint Sustainment Task Force- Afghanistan.
His military education includes the Transportation Officer Basic Course, the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course, Basic Airborne School and the Command and General Staff College.
LTC Neal has a bachelor’s degree in business management from St. Leo’s University and a master’s degree in policy management from Georgetown University.
His military awards and decorations include two Bronze Star Medals, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, four Meritorious Service Medals, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, five Army Commendation Medals, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Combat Medical Badge, the Expert Field Medical Badge, the Army Parachutist’s Badge with Distinguished Bronze Service Star, the Presidential/Joint/Army Services badges and Italian Foreign Jump Wings.
LTC Neal is married with four children and two grandchildren.
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