Matt Williams was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on June 1, 2010, in Stuttgart, Germany on

Patch Barracks at the Swabian Special Events Center by Rear Admiral William A. Brown.  Matt is

currently assigned to the European Command (EUCOM) Joint Logistics Directorate (J4) as the Branch

Chief for Building Partner Capacity and Exercises.  He is primarily responsible for direct logistics

engagement and the development of logistics capability for approximately 47 partner nations. These

nations are either North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Nations or NATO-aspirant nations

who have specific goals they are required to meet as part of the conditions for acceptance into NATO.

Matt’s Branch serves as the bridge that assists the Ministries of Defense in achieving their national goals

and building logistics interoperability with the United States.  Check out some of EUCOM’s work

with multinational exercises with Matt’s Blogs on the EUCOM  homepage at

http://www.eucom.mil/english/blog.asp ; Choose the “logistics” category on the right-hand side of the

page.

   Matt’s military career began in 1988, as an enlisted service member who served as a Parts Specialist with

5^th Signal Battalion in Fort Polk, LA then later in Heidelberg, Germany during the 1^st Gulf War – he

Achieved the rank of Specialist (E4).  He then enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)

Program at the University of Georgia and was commissioned as an active duty Second Lieutenant in the

United States Army in 1994.  Following graduation from Officer Basic Course and Ranger School in

1995, his key military assignments, combat deployments and education include:

Ø  2008-2009: Battalion Executive Officer, 524^th CSSB, 45^th Sustainment Brigade, 8^th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, HI

Ø  2008-2009: Brigade S4, 45^th Sustainment Brigade, Schofield Barracks, HI

Ø  2006-2008: Battalion S3, 325^th BSB, 3IBCT, 25^th ID, Schofield Baracks, HI (FWD) (OIF),

Ø  2002-2005: Spt Operations Officer, USASOC G4-Sensitive Activities, Fort Bragg, NC (FWD) (OEF)

Ø  2001-2002: Division G4 Materiel Officer, 2^nd ID, Camp Red Cloud, Korea

Ø  2000-2001: Company Commander, A Co, 2^nd FSB, 2^nd ID, Camp Hovey, Korea

Ø  1999-2000: Division G3 Force Modernization Officer, 2^nd ID, Camp Casey, Korea

Ø  1997-1998: Service Detachment Commander, 3^rd Bn, 1^st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, WA

Ø  1995-1997: Battalion Chemical Officer, 2^nd Bn, 75^th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, WA

Ø  MA, Management and Leadership, Webster University, Fort Leavenworth, KS (FLKS), 2006

Ø  Command and General Staff College, Intermediate Level Education (ILE) (FLKS), 2006

Ø  Army ROTC, BA, Political Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1994

Ø  Army ROTC, Assoc. Gen Studies, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA, 1987

   Matt is a 1985 graduate of Reidsville High School and the son of Altamond Williams of Collins, GA and

the late Carol Bridges of Vidalia, GA.  He is married to the former Melanie Hooper of Smith Center,

Kansas and has two sons, Alexander (8) and Evan (6).  Matt’s next assignment will be as the Battalion

Commander, 194^th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion in Camp Humphreys, Korea in June 2012.