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COL Albert W. Davis


Commander

406th AFSB Commander
 
 
 

Colonel Albert W. Davis assumed command of the 406th Army Field Support Brigade on June 11, 2024.

He most recently served as the assistant chief of staff, G3/5/7 (Operations, Plans and Training), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

COL Davis’ previous assignments include: infantry platoon leader and maintenance control officer, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; company executive officer and detachment commander, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg (known as Fort Liberty since 2023), North Carolina; company commander, 187th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; battle captain and multi-national logistics branch chief, U.S. Army Central Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; group S4 (Logistics) officer, group executive officer and battalion executive officer with 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; commander, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg; executive officer for the chief of staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; and joint logistics planner, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

He has deployed twice to Afghanistan, including leading the equipment retrograde in Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan/NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan. He deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

COL Davis’ military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Captains Career Course, Command and General Staff College, Joint Forces Staff Colleges, and Senior Service College where he studied supply chain management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics.

He commissioned from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 2002 and holds a Master of Science in technology management from the Florida Institute of Technology.

COL Davis’ awards and decorations include three Bronze Star Medals, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, six Meritorious Service Medals, two Army Commendation Medals, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon and the NATO Medal. He has been awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Irish and Columbian Parachutist Wings.

He is married and has three children.