Russell, Samuel, COL

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Current Service Status
USA Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Service Branch
Logistics Corps (Officer)
Current/Last Primary MOS
90A-Logistics - QM
Current/Last MOS Group
Quartermaster
Primary Unit
2015-2017, 90A, SME Division (Staff) Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
Previously Held MOS
92B-Supply Material Management Officer
92D-Aerial Delivery and Materiel
92F-Petroleum Supply Specialist
92A-Quartermaster Officer
90A-Logistics - TC
Service Years
1988 - 2017
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Cold War Certificate
Order of Saint Martin
Voice Edition
Logistics Corps (Officer) Ranger
Colonel
Six Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

United States Joint Forces Command 10th Mountain Division 1st Sustainment Command 3rd Infantry Division

3rd Sustainment Brigade Army Retired-Soldier for Life Military Order of the Loyal Legion


 Unofficial Badges 

Airborne Order of Saint Martin Cold War Veteran Global War On Terror




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Association of QuartermastersSociety of the 3rd Infantry DivisionThe National Association of the 10th Mountain Division
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)Army War College FoundationCarlisle Barracks/Cumberland Valley ChapterMilitary Officers Association of America (MOAA)
Post 477, Corp. Orlando Newcomer PostChapter 49
  1984, United Services Automobile Association (USAA) - Assoc. Page
  1992, Association of Quartermasters
  2006, Society of the 3rd Infantry Division
  2008, The National Association of the 10th Mountain Division
  2010, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) - Assoc. Page
  2011, Army War College Foundation - Assoc. Page
  2015, Association of United States Army (AUSA), Carlisle Barracks/Cumberland Valley Chapter (Member-at-Large) (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) - Chap. Page
  2019, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  2019, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 477, Corp. Orlando Newcomer Post (Life Member) (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) - Chap. Page
  2021, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 49 (Life Member) (Newport, Pennsylvania) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Col(ret) Wellington W. Samouce, USA & USMC, Gulf War & Iraq War vet (cousin)
Col(ret) Thomas W. Russell, USMC, Gulf War vet (brother)
Maj Barbara R. Bucknam, USAF, Gulf War vet (sister)
Col(ret) Mark A. Bucknam, USAF (brother-in-law)
Col(ret) Thomas B. Russell, USA, Vietnam vet (father)
LTC(ret) Lawrence Russell, III, USA, Vietnam vet (uncle)
COL(ret) Warren A. Samouce, USA, Vietnam vet (uncle)
Capt John W. Samouce, USMC, Vietnam vet (uncle)
T/5 John A. McDaniel, USA & USN, WWII & Korea vet (father-in-law)
LTC(ret) Lawrence Russell, Jr., USAR, WWII & Korea vet (grandfather)
COL(ret) Wellington A. Samouce, USA, WWII vet (grandfather)
COL(ret) James A. Samouce, USA, WWII vet (granduncle)
MAJ(ret) George A. Samouce, USAR, WWI & WWII vet (granduncle)
Nicholas A. Samouce, USA, WWI vet (granduncle)
Capt.(ret) Carrol L. Tyler, USN, WWII vet (granduncle-in-law)
BG(ret) William R. Woodward, USA, WWI & WWII vet (granduncle-in-law)
COL(ret) Fred B. Inglis, USA, WWI & WWII vet (granduncle-in-law)
COL(ret) Warren W. Whitside, USA, Span. Amer. War, Punitive Exped & WWI vet (gr-grandfather)
LTC Archie Miller, USA, Span. Amer. War vet and Medal of Honor recipient (gr-granduncle-in-law)
MAJ Victor M. Whitside, USA, WWI vet (gr-granduncle)
BG(ret) Samuel M. Whitside, USA, Civil War, Indian Wars, Span. Amer. War vet (gr-gr-grandfather)
LTC Charles B. Bostwick, NY Vol, Civil War vet (gr-grandfather)
MAJ Henry A. Bostwick, NY Vol, Civil War vet (gr-granduncle)
1LT John H. Russell, NY State Militia, War of 1812 vet (gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
Dr. Thomas Russell, CT Line, Revolutionary War vet (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
CPL Enos Wood, VT Militia, Revolutionary War vet (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
SGT Samuel Smith, VT Militia, Revolutionary War (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
CPT Reuben Bostwick, CT Line, French and Indian War & Revolutionary War (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
Benajah Stone, IV, CT Line, French and Indian War (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
1LT James McGavock, Sr., VA State Militia, French and Indian War & Revolutionary War (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
Jacob Wead, CT Line, French and Indian War vet (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
Capt James Turner, Jr., VA State Militia, Revolutionary War (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)
Capt William Curtis, Conn. Colonial Officer, King Philip's War (gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather)

   
Other Comments:

COL Sam Russell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps in 1988 after graduating from the Virginia Military Institute. He is a fifth-generation Army officer and the father of three wonderful children. Prior to his arrival at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, as the Chief, Proponency Division at the Peace Keeping and Stability Operations Institute, he was the Chief, G4 Mobility Division, Third Army, U.S. Army Central at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

COL Russell's Operational Force assignments include serving as a lieutenant with the 142d Supply and Service Battalion, Wiesbaden, Germany; as a captain with the 528th Special Operations Support Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; as a major with the 2d Infantry Division at Camp Red Cloud, Korea, and with the 3d Infantry Division and the 24th Corps Support Group at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; and as a Lieutenant Colonel where he commanded the 94th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Ft Polk, Louisiana and Baghdad, Iraq. His Generating Force assignments include service as a Quartermaster Assignments Officer, US Total Army Personnel Comamnd, Alexandria, Virginia; J4 Executive Assistant, US Atlantic Command, Norfolk, Virginia; and Chief, Office of the Quartermaster General, US Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia.

COL Russell is a graduate of the Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from VMI, a Masters of Military Arts and Science in History from USAC&GSC, and a Masters of Strategic Studies from USAWC. He has deployed in support of Operation Uphold Democracy (Cuba), Operation Enduring Freedom (Kuwait, Qatar and Pakistan), and twice to Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq). His awards include the Legion of Merit with bronze oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Combat Action Badge, the Ranger Tab, the Senior Parachutist Badge, the Rigger Badge, and numerous other campaign and service medals and ribbons.

COL Russell recently published a book titled, Sting of the Bee: A Day-By-Day Account of Wounded Knee and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 - 1891 as Recorded in the Omaha Bee, available on Amazon.com
He is the author of a history blog entitled Army at Wounded Knee, and his academic works include:
 
 
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Base, Fort or City
Ft Stewart
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Georgia
 
 
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 HHC, Division Support Command (DISCOM) 3rd Infantry Division Details

HHC, Division Support Command (DISCOM) 3rd Infantry Division
Changed to 3rd Support Brigade
Type
Support
 
Parent Unit
Division Support Command (DISCOM) 3rd Infantry Division
Strength
Company
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Apr 26, 2011
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
LTC Shawn Morrissey, DCO
MAJ Kim Daub, Deputy SPO
MAJ Tim Leudecking, Plans Officer
LTC Bill Keeton, SPO
MAJ "Yak" Yacavone, Chaplain
CPT Dave Guida, ISF LNO
CPT Jen Cave, Adjutant
CPT Misty Frodyma, Asst S3
SGM Gloria Farrow, S3 SGM
CPT Trish Gary, S2

Best Moment
Planning and executing a 350-mile Ground Assault Convoy from Camp Virginia, Kuwait to Camp Taji, Iraq just north of Baghdad in early Feb 2005.

   

Worst Moment
The first loss of a Soldier, SPC Anthony Glenn Jones, in combat action within the DSB on my last day as the Brigade S3, 14 Jun 2005.

Chain of Command
LTC Nate Glover, 3d DSB XO
COL Brian Layer, 3d DSB Cdr
MG William Webster, 3ID CG

   

Other Memories
I served as the Brigade S3.

   
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My Photos For This Unit
HET hit by VBIED
2 Bn 7th Cav at Camp Taji
GAC to Baghdad
31 Members Also There at Same Time
HHC

Smith, Donald, LTC, (1989-Present) QM 90A Major
BIZA, BIZA, CW4, (1987-2008) QM 92A Chief Warrant Officer 3
Thrasher, Aaron, CW4, (1992-2014) QM 920A Warrant Officer 1
Slaughter, Cheavlier, SFC, (1995-2008) QM 92G Staff Sergeant
Harris, Benette, SSG, (1994-Present) QM 92A Sergeant
Hodge, Kimberly, SGT, (2001-Present) OD 63B10 Sergeant
Johnson, Johnathan, SPC, (2000-2004) QM 92A Specialist
Wing, Robert, CW3, (1999-2019) SC 25B10 Specialist
218th Ordnance Detachment

Ponder, David, MSG, (1976-2009) MD 68W Master Sergeant
3rd Division Material Management Center

Coombs, Karen, CPT, (2000-2007) OD 91A Captain
Division Support Command (DISCOM) 3rd Infantry Division

Reyes, Bayardo, MAJ, (1991-Present) OD 91A Captain
Turner, Kevin, CW4, (1995-Present) OD 915E Chief Warrant Officer 4
McCaskill, Samuel, SFC, (1981-2005) QM 92Y10 Sergeant First Class
Peters, Chantae, 1ST SGT, (1992-2008) QM 92A Sergeant First Class
Francis, Andrew, SFC, (1998-Present) TC 88M10 Sergeant
Simmons, Tyrone, SSG, (1994-2014) OD 94E Sergeant
Galloway, Terrance, CPL, (2001-2004) OD 63B10 Corporal
Johnson, Shalarn, S/SGT, (2001-2008) QM 92Y10 Specialist 4
Thigpen, Dwayne, SGT, (2000-Present) QM 92A Specialist 4
Balyint, Stephen, SPC, (2001-2006) EN 52C10 Specialist
Duren, David, SGT, (2003-Present) OD 35E Specialist
McLaughlin, Benjamin, SGT, (1992-2014) OD 91F Specialist
Patton, David, SGT, (2003-2017) OD 27T Specialist
Segundo, Eric, SGT, (2003-2007) TC 88M10 Private First Class
Wallsmith, Thomas, MSG, (1987-2005) Master Sergeant
Brayton, Troy, SFC, (1984-2006) OD Sergeant First Class
Mcintire, Lloyd, SSG, (1991-Present) Staff Sergeant
Vilorio, Franklin, SGT, (1999-2005) Sergeant
Bledsoe, Robert, SGT, (2003-2009) Specialist
Holt, Curtis, SFC, (1991-2012) Sergeant First Class
Bosarge, Kenneth, SP 4, (1998-2007) Specialist 4

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