Colonel Patricia E. Ryan

Col. Ryan

Colonel Patricia E. Ryan was assigned as the Chief of Staff-Army National Guard, US Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, MO in February 2009. Prior to her current assignment, Colonel Ryan served as the OCONUS OIC for the Rapid Fielding Initiative supporting PEO-Soldier in Kuwait , Afghanistan and Iraq . Prior to that deployment, she spent three years as the Chief of the Military Support Branch in the RI National Guard supporting domestic emergencies, working with both state and federal agencies.

 Colonel Ryan enlisted in the Rhode Island National Guard on 23 March 1983.  She completed Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson , SC in December of that year.  In 1987, upon completion of Officer Candidate School , she was commissioned a second lieutenant, Military Police Corps.  She deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and upon return to RI, commanded HHC, 43d MP Bde and the RI National Guard Recruiting Command. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Roger Williams University while holding numerous part time and full time assignments within the RI National Guard.

Her awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), the Army Commendation Medal (four awards), the Army Achievement Medal (three awards), Armed Forces Reserve Medal, National Defense Service Medal, GWOT Service Medal, GWOT Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal .

Colonel Patricia E. Ryan was assigned as the Chief of Staff-Army National Guard, US Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, MO in February 2009. Prior to her current assignment, Colonel Ryan served as the OCONUS OIC for the Rapid Fielding Initiative supporting PEO-Soldier in Kuwait , Afghanistan and Iraq . Prior to that deployment, she spent three years as the Chief of the Military Support Branch in the RI National Guard supporting domestic emergencies, working with both state and federal agencies.