Colonel Troy R. Phillips is the Commander, 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. He assumed this position in September 2011. His past assignment was Team Chief, 244th Army Liaison Team. Colonel Phillips mobilized in December 2011 as Deputy Brigade Commander of Bilateral Embedded Support Team A9. Colonel Phillips was commissioned in 1986 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Truman State University. Colonel Phillips previously served as the 108th Sustainment Brigade Deputy Commander. He served overseas as Chief, Detainee Operations and Police Transition Teams Coordinator, MND CS, Iraq. He has commanded 1st Air Defense Battalion, 129th Regimental Training Institute and Fox Battery, 1-202nd Air Defense Artillery Battalion.
Colonel Phillips' education includes Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Northeast Missouri State University and Master of Science, Strategic Studies, United States Army War College. A few of Colonel Phillips's awards include Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (with a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, and Humanitarian Service Medal.
Colonel Phillips is currently the Director, Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, Illinois State police.
He is married and has one child.
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Command Sergeant Major Michael A. Nuding enlisted into the
Illinois Army National Guard in July 1972 as a Combat Engineer with the 682nd
Engineers in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He was honorably discharged in July 1979
after obtaining the rank of Sergeant. CSM Nuding re-enlisted in the Illinois
Army National Guard as a Military Policeman in April 1980 with the 233rd
Military Police Company in Springfield, Illinois.
CSM Nuding was born in Olney, Illinois. CSM Nuding graduated
from East Richland High School in Olney, Illinois and is a graduate of the
University of Illinois Police Training Institute.
CSM Nuding's leadership positions commenced in the Military
Police where he served for more than 18 years in the positions of Team Leader,
Squad Leader, Platoon Sergeant, and Operations Sergeant. He was transferred to
the 65th Troop Command Brigade in 1998 where he served four years as the Brigade
Operations Sergeant and Operations Sergeant Major. His first Command Sergeant
Major assignment was with the 651st Troop Command Transportation Battalion. In
2004, he was re-assigned as the Command Sergeant Major of the 33rd Military
Police Battalion and deployed with the Battalion to Iraq in 2006 and 2007. In
2008, he received assignment to Joint Forces Headquarters, 651st Troop Command
as the Command Sergeant Major for Pre-Mobilization Training. In 2009, CSM Nuding
became the Brigade Command Sergeant Major for the 404th Chemical Brigade. With
transformation in September 2009, he became the first Command Sergeant Major of
the 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.
CSM Nuding is a graduate of the United States Army Sergeant
Major Academy. His military education also includes the Senior Non-Commissioned
Officer Battle Staff Course, Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course,
Anti-Terrorist Advisors Course, NBC Defense Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer
Course and the Retirement Counselors Course. His many deployments has taken him
around the world to the Philippines, Panama, Germany, Italy, Ukraine, South
Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq.
CSM Nuding's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star
Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with silver oak leaf
cluster, Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Unit
Commendation with oak leaf cluster, Army Good Conduct Medal, Army Reserve
Component Achievement Medal with silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters, the
National Defense Service Medal with two service stars, Southwest Asia Service
Medal with two campaign stars, the Iraq Campaign Medal with two campaign stars,
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal with one
service star, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with gold hour glass, M and numeral 2
devices, the Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with
numeral 4, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 2, Army
Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon with numeral 11, the Kuwait
Liberation Medal (from Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (from Kuwait),
United States Army Excellence in Competition Badge (for Pistol) and various
awards and decorations from the Illinois Army National Guard.
CSM Nuding's Civic affiliations include the Oakley Brick
Church of the Brethren, Military Police Regimental Association, Enlisted
National Guard Association of the United States, National Guard Association of
Illinois, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and the American Legion.
CSM Nuding is married and has three sons.
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