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Colonel(Ret) Mike Ford was born on December 27, 1958 in Syracuse New York. He was commissioned into the Regular Army as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1980.
COL(R) Ford’s Assignments include Rifle Platoon leader and Battalion Scout Platoon leader, 197th Infantry Brigade, Ft Benning, GA; Company Executive Officer and Battalion Training & Operations Officer, 6th Infantry Training Battalion, Ft Benning, GA; Senior Advisor, Regional Military Training Center, Trujillo Honduras; Special Operations Detachment Commander, in Panama during Operation JUST CAUSE; Course Director, US Army Special Warfare Center & School, Ft. Bragg, NC; Rear Battle Officer and G-3 of the 377th Theater Support Command during operations
ENDURING FREEDOM & IRAQI FREEDOM; Commander of the 641st Mobilization Troop Command, Fort Benning, GA. COL(R) Ford’s final assignment was, Chief of Staff, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Belle Chasse JRB, LA.
COL(R) Ford is a graduate of the Infantry Officer’s Basic and Advance Courses, the Combined Arms Service Staff School and the Army’s Command & General Staff College. He is Air Assault qualified, a Senior Parachutist and an Honor Graduate of the Army Ranger School.
His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals, the Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Achievement Medal, the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Overseas Ribbon and Honduran Parachutist wings.
COL(R) Ford speaks Russian and Spanish and is a licensed pilot with an Instrument Rating.
COL(R) Ford is married to the former Teresa Treadaway and has two daughters, Norma and Ashley.
