Nathan G. Smith

Colonel Nathan G. Smith was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 3-85, 26 July 1985. His first duty assignment was as a Rifle Platoon Leader with C Company, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 39th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Baumholder, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Executive Officer, B Company, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 39th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division, Baumholder, Germany; Assistant S3, 2d Brigade, 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Baumholder, Germany; Rifle Platoon Leader, B Company, 3d Battalion, 87th Infantry (Light), 96th Army Reserve Command, Fort Carson, Colorado; Platoon Leader, B Company, 3d Battalion, 87th Infantry (Light), 18th Military Police Brigade, Friedberg, Germany in support of Operation Desert Storm; Executive Officer, B Company, 3d Battalion, 87th Infantry (Light), 96th Army Reserve Command, Fort Carson, Colorado; Commander, C Company, 3d Battalion, 87th Infantry (Light), 96th Army Reserve Command, Fort Carson, Colorado and with TDY at Fort Sherman, Panama; Executive Officer/Operations Officer, 2d Battalion, Simulations Exercise Group 2, 1st Brigade (Battle Command Staff Training), 91st Division, Camp Parks, California; Commander, 3d Battalion, 361st Regiment, Training Support Battalion, 5th Armored Brigade, First Army, Fort Carson, Colorado, and COIN Academy -Camp Taji, Iraq; Deputy Chief Regional Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, Defense Coordinating Element, Region VIII, U.S. Army North, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO; Exercise Branch Chief, 2d Battle Command Training Group, 5th Battle Command Training Brigade, 75th Battle Command Training Division, Denver, Colorado, with TDY at 3rd Army- Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and Task Force Med East, Baghram Air Force Base, Afghanistan; Interim Brigade Commander, 2d Battle Command Training Group, 5th Battle Command Training Brigade, 75th Battle Command Training Division; Deputy Exercise Director-Pacific Warrior Exercise, Fort Hunter Liggett, California; U.S. Army North Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer to Wyoming National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming. | His military education includes: United States Army War College, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Service Staff School, Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Iraq Counterinsurgency Course, Afghanistan Counterinsurgency Course, DOD Support to Civilian Authorities Course (DSCA). | Colonel Nathan G. Smith served in the Department of Veterans Affairs as the national manager for Provider Experience Relations in the Office of Community Care, Denver, Colorado, following his retirement.