COL (RET) Bryon Greenwald, PhD
Bryon Greenwald is a proud member of the G3 Gophers and the Class of 1981. He branched Air Defense Artillery and served his early assignments at Fort Stewart, Georgia and Kaiserslautern, Germany, where he commanded a Chaparral, Vulcan, and Stinger Battery. He earned a Masters (and later a Ph.D.) in History from The Ohio State University, taught mil art in the History Department, and attended CGSC and SAMS before being assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division as a G3 planner and ADA Battalion XO.
Starting in 1999, Bryon commanded the 2-43 ADA Bn (Patriot), served as the speechwriter for the Army G3, attended the National War College (where he wrote his dissertation), and returned to Fort Bliss, Texas to command the Garrison from 2003-2005. As the Garrison Commander, Bryon supervised the privatizing of on-base housing, initiated the construction of the world’s largest in-land desalination plant, and led the work supporting the BRAC decision that brought the 1st Armored Division to El Paso. This decision resulted in $6 billion being invested in the Fort Bliss infrastructure and guaranteed El Paso’s economic viability for the next century.
Following a tour at the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia, Bryon retired, but continued his service to the nation teaching military history and innovation at the Joint Advanced Warfighting School, one of the National Defense University’s five war colleges. He also served as the Joint Forces Staff College Dean (2012-2012) and the NDU Deputy Provost and Acting Provost (2021-2023).
As a historian, he has published extensively in professional journals and is the author of SCUD ALERT!: The History, Development, and Military Significance of Ballistic Missiles on Tactical Operations (AUSA, 1995), The Anatomy of Change: Why Armies Succeed or Fail at Transformation (AUSA, 2000), and “Why Normandy Still Matters: Seventy-Five Years On, Operation Overlord Inspires, Instructs, and Invites US to Be Better Joint Warfighters,” (Joint Force Quarterly, Fall 2019).
In his spare time, he leads staff rides to Normandy and is writing the history of U.S. Army anti-aircraft artillery development from 1917-1945.
Most recently, Bryon was elected as the Vice President for the Society for Military History (www.smh-hq.org) and will become the Society President in March 2027. The world’s largest English-speaking military history society, SMH is extremely welcoming to anyone interested in military history, from independent scholars and university professors to military officers past and present and the general reader.
Bryon married Rebecca (Becky) Raughley of St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1984 and has two awesome children, Jeremy and Rachel, both 33. They live in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Starting in 1999, Bryon commanded the 2-43 ADA Bn (Patriot), served as the speechwriter for the Army G3, attended the National War College (where he wrote his dissertation), and returned to Fort Bliss, Texas to command the Garrison from 2003-2005. As the Garrison Commander, Bryon supervised the privatizing of on-base housing, initiated the construction of the world’s largest in-land desalination plant, and led the work supporting the BRAC decision that brought the 1st Armored Division to El Paso. This decision resulted in $6 billion being invested in the Fort Bliss infrastructure and guaranteed El Paso’s economic viability for the next century.
Following a tour at the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia, Bryon retired, but continued his service to the nation teaching military history and innovation at the Joint Advanced Warfighting School, one of the National Defense University’s five war colleges. He also served as the Joint Forces Staff College Dean (2012-2012) and the NDU Deputy Provost and Acting Provost (2021-2023).
As a historian, he has published extensively in professional journals and is the author of SCUD ALERT!: The History, Development, and Military Significance of Ballistic Missiles on Tactical Operations (AUSA, 1995), The Anatomy of Change: Why Armies Succeed or Fail at Transformation (AUSA, 2000), and “Why Normandy Still Matters: Seventy-Five Years On, Operation Overlord Inspires, Instructs, and Invites US to Be Better Joint Warfighters,” (Joint Force Quarterly, Fall 2019).
In his spare time, he leads staff rides to Normandy and is writing the history of U.S. Army anti-aircraft artillery development from 1917-1945.
Most recently, Bryon was elected as the Vice President for the Society for Military History (www.smh-hq.org) and will become the Society President in March 2027. The world’s largest English-speaking military history society, SMH is extremely welcoming to anyone interested in military history, from independent scholars and university professors to military officers past and present and the general reader.
Bryon married Rebecca (Becky) Raughley of St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1984 and has two awesome children, Jeremy and Rachel, both 33. They live in Chesapeake, Virginia.