Col. Bart Howard, ARMY

Colonel Bart Howard is a resident of Oregon and enlisted as Infantryman in the U.S. Army National Guard in 1981. He was a Distinguished Military Graduate of Santa Clara University in 1984 and was commissioned as an Armor Lieutenant and earned a Bachelor Degree in History. He holds a Master of Military Science from American Military University and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. His Military Education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, Armor Officer Advanced Course, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Australian Army Command and Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.

During Operation Desert Shield and Storm, Colonel Howard commanded Bravo Company 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor, 1st (Tiger) Brigade. B Company spearheaded the assault of the Al Mutla Ridge outside Kuwait City and marked the link up of ARCENT and MARCENT forces. The company was later awarded the Draper Combat Leadership Award.

He commanded 1st Battalion, 34th Armor (Centurions) at Fort Riley, Kansas and in Kuwait as the Intrinsic Action Task Force Commander on 11 September 2001. He subsequently served as the Operations Officer (G3) of the 24th Infantry Division (M) and Commander of the 1st Brigade (Devil), 1st Infantry Division (M). He has served as the Chief of Staff, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan and as the Military Assistant to the NATO-ISAF Commander in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is currently serving as the Assistant Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in Fort Monroe, Virginia and is en route to be a Special Assistant to the NATO Commander in Mons, Belgium.