Previously Held MOS 92B-Supply Material Management Officer
92D-Aerial Delivery and Materiel
92F-Petroleum Supply Specialist
92A-Quartermaster Officer
90A-Logistics - TC
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.
Best Friends John Ulrich, Mike Abell, Chuck Eassa, Wayne Eyre
Other Memories Best Friends
STUDENTS SEMINAR 12
LTC Michael A. Abell, MFE IN, KYNG
Dr. Aubrey Gene Butts, DAC
LTC Harry R. Culclasure, FS AC
COL Alan M. Dood, MFE EN
COL Charles N. Eassa, MFE IO
COL Wayne Eyre, Inf, Canada
Lt. Col. Michael R. Florio, USAF
LTC Hadji Kamel, Inf, Algeria
LTC Harold M. Hinton, MFE AV
Capt. James A. Knortz, USN
Ms. Saiko Miyamoto, DAC
COL Jonathan T. Neumann, MFE IN
Brig. Ramesh K. Pun, Nepal
LTC Kurt A. Schosek, OS 24A
COL John C. Ulrich, OS 49
STUDENTS SEMINAR 18
LTC El Hassane Aissa, Morocco
CDR Paul T. Anthony, USN
Col. Robert Bielen�, Czech Republic
Col. Pablo A. Bonilla-Vasquez, Colombia
COL Martin C. Clausen, MFE FA
COL Matthew B. Coleman, MFE IN
LTC Dennis C. Edwards, MFE CA
Lt. Col. Peter J. Flores, USAF
LTC Ricardo Garraton, OS 50A
Mr. Thomas Gill, DSLDP
Lt Col Jeffrey L. Jarosz, USMC
COL Christopher Lestochi, MFE EN
COL Jeffrey A. May, OS 24A
COL Anthony Nesbitt, SP MS
LTC Michelle L. Ryan, SP JA
Chain of Command
LEADERSHIP
MG Greg Martin, Commandant
COL Bobby Towery, Deputy Commandant
FACULTY SEMINAR 12
Dr. John A. Bonin, COL(Ret)
Col Robert Scott Buran, USMC
COL Anita M. Raines, FS LG
CH(COL) Charles D. Reese, SP CH
COL Thomas E. Sheperd, OS 48J
Dr. Adam Silverman
MAJ Eric Hieu
FACULTY SEMINAR 18
COL Brian J. Butcher, OS 48
COL Jerry Cashion, MFE IN
Dr. James E. Gordon
Dr. Conrad C. Crane
CAPT Mark F. Light, USN
COL Salvador Sanchez, Spain
COL Ronda G. Urey, FS LG