Colonel Thomas C. Chapman

  Colonel Thomas C. Chapman was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers in 1984.  His initial assignments at Fort Knox, Kentucky were with the 522nd Engineer Company, 194th Armor Brigade and the 19th Engineer Battalion as Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Assistant S3.  Follow-on assignments included Battalion S4 and Company Commander with the 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Project Manager in the Chicago District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Staff Engineer for the 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Red Cloud, Korea; and Brigade Operations and Executive Officer at Fort Leonard Wood, MO.  He also served as Assistant Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Engineer School. 

  From July 2002 to July 2004 COL Chapman commanded the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  His most recent assignment was Assistant Corps Engineer for the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy, which included serving as Chief Engineer for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

  He became the 29th District Engineer for the Sacramento District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, when he assumed command on July 16, 2007.

  COL Chapman holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from the United States Military Academy and a master of science in civil engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.  He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger, Airborne, and Air Assault courses, the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces where he earned a master of science in national resource strategy.  He is a registered professional engineer in Virginia.