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82nd CAB Commander
Colonel Michael J. Musiol
Colonel Musiol was commissioned into the Aviation Branch in 1990 upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first assignment after the Aviation Officer Basic Course and Flight School at Fort Rucker, Alabama was as an AH-64 Platoon Leader in 1st Battalion (Attack), 82d Aviation Brigade at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He then served as an Assistant S-3 and Company Commander in 1st Battalion (Attack), 229th Aviation Regiment also at Fort Bragg. Following the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School and graduate school at the University of Georgia, he was an instructor and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Education at the United States Military Academy. He then served as the Senior Aviation Advisor to the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Upon graduation from the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Colonel Musiol was assigned to the Aviation Brigade of the 3d Infantry Division at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia as the Logistics Officer, then Executive Officer and Operations Officer for the 1st Battalion (Attack), 3d Aviation Regiment. This assignment included a deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2005 until January 2006. Next he served at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana as the Senior Aviation Operations Trainer and Battalion Commander for the 5th Aviation Battalion (Provisional).
Prior to completing the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Colonel Musiol was the Battalion Commander of 1st Battalion (Attack), 3d Aviation Regiment from September 2008 through January 2011. He deployed Task Force Viper in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in eastern Afghanistan from November 2009 to November 2010.
Among Colonel Musiol’s awards and decorations are the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with “V” device, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal with “V” device, Combat Action Badge, and Air Assault Badge. He is a Master Army Aviator and Senior Parachutist.
82nd CAB CSM
Command Sergeant Major Larry D. Farmer
Command Sergeant Major Larry D. Farmer is a native of San Diego, California. He entered the US Army in February 1983. He attended basic training at Ft McClellan, AL, and completed advance individual training at Fort Rucker, AL, where he was awarded the MOS 71P (Aviation Operations Specialist). CSM Farmer has held numerous leadership positions throughout his career, from Squad Leader to Command Sergeant Major.
CSM Farmer's assignments include, HHC 82d Combat Aviation Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; HHC, 82d Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg North Carolina; HHC, Combined Field Army, Camp Red Cloud, Korea; HHC, 6th Aviation Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; HHC, 4th Battalion 123rd Aviation Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; HHC, 2d Battalion, 82d Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 1SG HHC, 82d Aviation Brigade; 1SG HHC, 12th Aviation Brigade, Giebelstadt, Germany; United States Army Sergeant’s Major Academy, Fort Bliss, Texas; G3/5/7 AVN SGM US Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia, CSM 2-2 Aviation Regiment “Wild Cards” Seongnam, Seoul Korea, CSM 122d ASB (Atlas), 82d CAB Ft Bragg, NC and is currently the 82d CAB CSM.
His military and civilian education includes being a graduate of Class 54, United States Army Sergeant’s Major Academy; First Sergeant’s Course; Command Sergeant Major Course; Advance Noncommissioned Officer Course; Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course; Primary Leadership Development Course; Aviation Safety Prevention Management Course; Battle Staff Course; Master Fitness Course; Airborne Training; Jumpmaster Course, and the Master Jumpmaster Course. He holds an Associate in Business Management from Excelsior University and is completing his Bachelors of Arts from the University of Thomas Edison State Collage.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal; Air Force Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal; NATO Service Medal; SWA Service Medal with 2 stars; Saudi Liberation Medal; Kuwait Liberation Medal; Expeditionary Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal; Korean Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal (8th award); National Defense Service Medal; Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with the numeral four; Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Service Ribbon with the numeral three. The Master Crewmember and Master Parachutist Badge, Venezuelan, Canadian and German Jump Wings
CSM Farmer deployments include Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada), Operation Just Cause (Panama) Desert Shield and Storm, Bosnia, OIF and OEF. |
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