Commander,
29th Infantry Division
Major General Frank E. Batts is Commander, 29th Infantry Division. He assumed command of the division on 5 January 2010.
General Batts was commissioned through the Army Reserve Officer Training
Corps program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in
Greensboro, North Carolina on 17 December 1976. He served in both the West
Virginia and Tennessee Army National Guard before joining the Virginia Guard in
1985. He has served in command positions from battery through brigade level. In
his last command assignment the General served as the Deputy Commander of the
29th Infantry Division. From May 2004 through April 2005, General Batts served
with the 54th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters as the mobile liaison team
chief in Kabul, Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
1977 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Greensboro, North Carolina
1981 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Master of
Science, Electrical Engineering, Greensboro, North Carolina
2004 United States Army War College, by correspondence
1. April 1977 - August 1979, Platoon Leader, 193rd Engineer Company, Oak Hill, West Virginia
2. January 1982 - April 1983, Fire Support Team Chief, Howitzer Battery, 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Calvary Regiment, Knoxville, Tennessee
3. April 1983 - September 1983, Assistant S3 (Chemical Officer), 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Calvary Regiment, Kingsport, Tennessee
4. September 1983 - February 1985, Fire Support Officer, 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Calvary Regiment, Kingsport, Tennessee
5. February 1985 - September 1985, Additional Table of Distribution and Allowances Position, Headquarters State Area Command, Richmond, Virginia
6. September 1985 - February 1990, Commander, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 111th
Field Artillery Regiment, Hampton, Virginia
7. February 1990 - April 1990, Fire Direction Officer, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, Norfolk, Virginia
8. April 1990 - August 1990, Targeting Officer, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, Norfolk, Virginia
9. August 1990 - September 1991, S2/Cannon Field Artillery, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, Norfolk, Virginia
10. September 1991 - November 1996, Fire Support Officer, 29th Division Artillery, 29th Infantry Division (Light), Sandston, Virginia
11. November 1996 - August 1998, S3, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, Norfolk, Virginia
12. August 1998 - October 2000, Commander, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, Norfolk, Virginia
13, October 2000 - February 2004, Commander, 54th Field Artillery Brigade, Virginia Beach, Virginia
14. February 2004 - May 2004, Mobile Liaison Team Chief, Mobilization and Deployment, Operation Enduring Freedom, Fort Dix, New Jersey
15. May 2004 - April 2005, Mobile Liaison Team Chief, Combined Forces Command, Operation Enduring Freedom, Kabul, Afghanistan
16. May 2005 - August 2005, Commander, 54th Field Artillery Brigade, Virginia
Beach, Virginia
17. September 2005 - March 2008, Deputy Commander, Joint Force Headquarters, Virginia National Guard, Blackstone, Virginia
18. March 2008 - January 2010, Deputy Commander, 29th Infantry Division, Fort
Belvoir, Virginia
19. January 2010 - Present, Commander, 29th Infantry Division, Fort Belvoir,
Virginia
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1
Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Service Star)
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass and M Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Joint Meritorious Unit Award (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Virginia National Guard Legion of Merit
Maryland National Guard Commendation Medal
Virginia National Guard Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Dogwood Blossom)
Virginia National Guard Emergency Service Ribbon
Tennessee National Guard Service Ribbon (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Tennessee National Guard Volunteer Ribbon
Electronics Engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Facility, Hampton, Virginia
Second Lieutenant ARNG 17 December 1976
First Lieutenant ARNG 16 December 1979
Captain ARNG 1 November 1983
Major ARNG 21 November 1991
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 5 October 1998
Colonel ARNG 30 April 2002
Brigadier General ARNG 15 March 2006
Major General ARNG 5 August 2010
(Current as of November 2010)
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