Retired February 1, 2014
Assistant
Adjutant General - Army, Minnesota National Guard
Brigadier General Craig A. Bargfrede served as Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Minnesota Army National Guard, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
General Bargfrede enlisted into the Minnesota Army National Guard in 1980. He received his commission from the Reserve Officer Training Corp program at South Dakota State University in 1983. He was branched Field Artillery and served in various positions at the Battery and Battalion level with the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery as well as staff positions with the 34th Infantry Division Artillery. In 2009 General Bargfrede was selected to command the 734th Agri-Business Development Team. This team deployed to Kunar Province, Afghanistan from July 2010 to June 2011.
1986 South Dakota State University, Bachelor of Science, Agriculture,
Brookings, South Dakota
2004 United States Army War College, by correspondence
2004 United States Army War College, Master of Science, Strategic Studies,
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
2009 Drake University, Master of Public Administration, Des Moines, Iowa
1. May 1983 - November 1985, Fire Direction Officer, Battery A, 1st
Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, Windom, Minnesota
2. November 1985 - October 1987, Executive Officer, Battery A, 1st Battalion,
125th Field Artillery, Windom, Minnesota
3. November 1987 - September 1988, Commander, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 125th
Field Artillery, Windom, Minnesota
4. October 1988 - October 1990, Commander, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 125th Field
Artillery, Windom, Minnesota
5. November 1990 - September 1993, S-2 Intelligence Officer, Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, New Ulm, Minnesota
6. September 1993 - December 1993, Battalion Motor Officer, Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, New Ulm, Minnesota
7. January 1994 - September 1994, S-1 Administration Officer, Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 34th Infantry Division Artillery, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
8. September 1994 - January 1996, Executive Officer, Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, Fort Dodge, Iowa
9. February 1996 - June 1997, S-3 Operations Officer, Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, Fort Dodge, Iowa
10. July 1997 - December 2000, Battalion Commander, Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, Fort Dodge, Iowa
11. December 2000 - September 2002, ABCS Project Manager, National Guard Bureau,
Arlington, Virginia
12. October 2002 - September 2005, DTDC Program Manager, National Guard Bureau,
Arlington, Virginia
13. October 2005 - September 2007, Distributed Learning Branch Chief, National
Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
14. October 2007 - September 2009, Commander, Headquarters 185th Regiment
(Regional Training Institute), Johnston, Iowa
15. October 2009 - January 2010, Senior Mentor, Iowa Army National Guard
Element, Joint Force Headquarters (Forward) 16, Camp Dodge, Iowa
16. January 2010 - August 2011, Senior Mentor, 734th Agri-Business Development
Team, Johnston, Iowa
17. August 2011 - January 2014, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Minnesota National
Guard, Joint Force Headquarters, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 2
Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Afghanistan Campaign Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Ribbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal
Army Meritorious Unit Citation
Combat Action Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge
Recovery Bureau Operations Chief for Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management.
National Guard Association of the United States
Minnesota National Guard Officers Association
Rex Strait American Legion Post #103
Logic Lodge #636
Ankeny-New Hope Chapter #513, Order of the Eastern Star
Second Lieutenant 14 May 1983
First Lieutenant 12 May 1986
Captain 14 September 1988
Major 19 January 1994
Lieutenant Colonel 14 April 1998
Colonel 25 September 2007
Brigadier General 1 September 2011
(Current as of April 2014)