1-62 ADA Battalion Commander

Warhawk 6

LTC Jeff A. McDonald

Lieutenant Colonel McDonald is a native of Waterford, Michigan. He began his military career as an enlisted member of the Field Artillery in 1983 until 1986 upon which time he had a break in service and worked in construction for almost five years, until the first Gulf War started. He then re-enlisted during Operation Desert Shield as a Patriot Missile Operator and Mechanic. In 1994 Lieutenant Colonel McDonald entered the Army’s Green to Gold program and attended the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Eastern Michigan University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1996 and a Regular Army Commission. His military education includes the Air Defense Artillery Officer’s Basic Course (OBC), Airborne School, Field Artillery Captain’s Career Course,CAS3, and the Command and General’s Staff Intermediate Leaders Education Course (CGSC).

Upon completion of Air Defense Artillery OBC in December of 1996, he attended Airborne school and then served as a Patriot Platoon Leader, Reduced Readiness Battery Commander in Kuwait, Battery Executive Officer, and Deputy Operations Officer for Training and Evaluation at 6-52 Air Defense Artillery, 69th Brigade, Ansbach, Germany. In July 2000 he attended the Field Artillery Captain’s Career Course. Upon Completion of CAS3 in February of 2001, was assigned to the 31st Air Defense Artillery, Brigade where he served as a Fire Direction Officer and Battle Captain prior to assuming command of Echo Battery, 1-1 ADA in May 2002. While in command he deployed his battery to Kuwait with the 4th Infantry Division in support of