Chief Of Staff

Colonel
Patrick J. McClelland

Colonel Patrick J. McClelland assumed the duties of Chief of Staff for the Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) on July 25, 2022. Previously, he commanded the 401st Army Field Support Brigade, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait from June 23, 2021. He was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps into the Transportation Corps after graduating from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1998. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in economics and political science. COL McClelland holds a Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management and Logistics from the University of Kansas, and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

His command assignments include Commander, 401st Army Field Support Brigade, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait from June 2021 to June 2022; Deputy Commander, 10th Support Group (Regional), Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan from June 2016 to June 2018; Commander, 840th Transportation Battalion, Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait from May 2015 to May 2016; Commander 515th Transportation Company, Mannheim, Germany from September 2004 to March 2006.

COL McClelland’s key staff assignments include Chief of Future Operations, U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia from July 2019 to June 2021; Joint Mobility Officer, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois from September 2011 to March 2015; Executive Officer, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Support Squadron, Fort Irwin, California from July 2009 to July 2010; Support Operations Officer, National Training Center Support Brigade, Fort Irwin, California from July 2008 to July 2009.

His military education includes the Transportation Officer Basic Course, the Combined Logistics Captain’s Career Course, the Command and General Staff College, the Joint and Combined Warfighting School, and the Army War College.

COL McClelland’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal with three Service Stars, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the Army Superior Unit Award.

COL McClelland is married and has three children.