Command Sgt. Maj. Natalie L. Rodriguez assumed responsibility as the command sergeant major of the 406th Army Field Support Brigade at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on July 24, 2025.
CSM Rodriquez’s previous assignment was battalion command sergeant major of the 4th Infantry Division’s Sustainment Troops Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado.
CSM Rodriguez enlisted in the Army in 2001 as a power generator mechanic (91D). She attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and Advanced Individual Training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.
CSM Rodriguez has served as a power generation equipment repairer; equipment, receiver and parts noncommissioned officer; drill sergeant; drill sergeant leader; instructor/writer; platoon sergeant; Cultural Support Team leader; senior Maintenance supervisor; Maintenance Control sergeant; Special Forces Operations sergeant; Special Forces Operational Detachment team sergeant; first sergeant; and XVIII Airborne Corps G-4 (Logistics) Maintenance Operations sergeant major.
CSM Rodriguez’s stateside assignments include Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Bragg; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Fort Carson. Her overseas assignments include Darmstadt, Miesau-Ammo Depot and Sembach, Germany.
She has multiple deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and South America for combat, training, and embassy operations.
CSM Rodriguez’s military education includes all Noncommissioned Officer Education System courses; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and Live Tissue Trauma Training; Total Army Instructor Trainer Course; Combatives Levels I and II; Special Operations Combatives Program; Drill Sergeant School; Army Retention Course; Army Systems to Approach Course; Small Group Instructor Training Course; Master Resilience Training; Basic Airborne Course; Unit Master Training; Cultural Support Team Assignment/Selection Course; Battle Command Sustainment Support System Basic Operations Course; Special Forces Advances Urban Combat Course; Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape level C (High Risk); SERE-215; SERE-245; Joint Personal Recovery Course; Technical and Physical Surveillance Course; Advanced Special Operations Technique Course; Special Warfare Training Course; Sayoc Kali Course (Weapons); GNOSKO (Writing); Griffin Group (Driving); Operational/Network Design Courses; and Seven Serpents (Weapons).
CSM Rodriguez holds a bachelor’s degree in general studies from Columbia College and a master’s degree in homeland security and emergency management from Excelsior College.
CSM Rodriguez’s awards and decorations include Bronze Star Medal, four Meritorious Service Medals, eight Army Commendation Medals, six Army Achievement Medals, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal (7th award), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal (1 Combat Star), Iraqi Campaign Medal (6 Combat Stars), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon (Numeral 5), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 5), NATO Medal, Drill Sergeant Identification Badge, Combat Action Badge, and Parachutist Badge. She is also the recipient of The Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe award.
CSM Rodriguez is married and has one child.