National Guard
Brigadier General ANSEL M. TYNDALL, II
  
Director, Joint Staff
Joint Force Headquarters
Nashville, TN
Since: August 2025
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SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE  ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Clemson University - BS - Biological Sciences: General Biology
American Military University - MS - Homeland Security
United States Army War College - MSS - Strategic Studies

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED
Infantry Officer Basic Course
Infantry Captains Career Course
Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S)  None Recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT
2LT 17 Dec 96
1LT 6 Jul 98
CPT 1 Aug 00
MAJ 10 May 07
LTC 11 Jan 16
COL 26 May 22
BG 1 Aug 25

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Aug 25 Present Director, Joint Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 23 Jul 25 Commander, 30th Troop Command, Tullahoma, Tennessee
Mar 22 Feb 23 Director, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J5), Joint Force Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 20 Feb 22 Deputy Director, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J5), Joint Force Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee
Jul 18 Sep 20 Commander, 168th Military Police Battalion, Dyersburg, Tennessee and Operation INHERENT RESOLVE Camp Taji, Iraq
Jan 17 Jul 18 Deputy Director, Operations Directorate (G3), Joint Force Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee
Aug 13 Jan 17 Strategic Plans & Policy Officer, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (G5), Joint Force Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 12 Aug 13 Assistant Professor of Military Science, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee
Apr 12 Sep 12 Operations Officer, Regimental Special Troops Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Lebanon, Tennessee
May 06 Mar 12 Regimental Plans Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Knoxville, Tennessee and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Camp Taji, Iraq
Jun 04 May 06 Detachment Commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 521, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Baghdad, Iraq and Mosul, Iraq
Oct 03 Jun 04 Executive Officer, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Baghdad, Iraq
Aug 02 Oct 03 Special Forces Training, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Feb 01 Jun 02 Company Commander, Combined Support Combat Team #2, Camp Walker, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Sep 00 Feb 01 Student, Infantry Captains Career Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
Oct 98 Sep 00 Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Operation NOBLE ANVIL Tirana, Albania and Urosevac, Kosovo
Oct 97 Sep 98 Airborne Infantry Platoon Leader, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Mar 97 Sep 97 Student, Infantry Officer Basic Course and Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE
Commander, 168th Military Police Battalion, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE Camp Taji, Iraq Feb 20 - Sep 20 Lieutenant Colonel
Regimental Plans Officer, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Camp Taji, Iraq Feb 10 - Aug 10 Major
Detachment Commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 521, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Baghdad, Iraq and Mosul, Iraq Jul 04 - Jan 06 Captain
Executive Officer, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Baghdad, Iraq Nov 03 - Feb 04 Captain
Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Operation NOBLE ANVIL, Tirana, Albania and Urosevic, Kosovo Feb 99 - Aug 99 First Lieutenant

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Bronze Star (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Kosovo Campaign Medal (with 2 Bronze Campaign Stars)
Iraq Campaign Medal (with 3 Bronze Campaign Stars)
Inherent Resolve Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Campaign Stars)
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass and M Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 7)
Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal (Kosovo)
Combat Action Badge
Combat Infantryman Badge
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Special Forces Tab
Ranger Tab
Tennessee Army National Guard War Service Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Tennessee Army National Guard Counterdrug Service Ribbon
Tennessee Army National Guard Service Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Service Star and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Tennessee Army National Guard Volunteer Ribbon
The Adjutant General’s Staff Badge

 

 

As of: 11 Sep 25

 

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