Lieutenant Colonel James B. Davis
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District

Lieutenant Colonel James B. Davis assumed command of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District July 11, 2008 after serving as the Brigade Operations Officer, 18th Engineer Brigade, Heidelberg, Germany. Davis also recently returned from Afghanistan where he served with the 130th Engineer Brigade.

Davis, born and raised in Keene, N.H., graduated from Norwich University with a Bachelor in Science in Civil Engineering in 1987 and was commissioned into the United States Army as an Engineer Officer.  Davis received a Masters of Science degree in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1992.

Prior assignments include Plans Officer, Global Rebasing and Restructuring, GR2, Division,  HQ U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army, Chief of Construction Management, 18th Engineer Brigade Heidelberg, Germany; Battalion Operations Officer and Executive Officer, 94th Engineer Battalion, Combat Heavy, Vilseck, Germany,  Environmental Engineer, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Field Test Division, Albuquerque, N.M.; Company Team Commander, 1st Battalion 4th Cavalry Fort Knox, Ky.; Company Commander  40th Engineer Battalion, Mechanized, 2nd Brigade Command  Team 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany; Executive Officer and Assist. Operations Officer, 5th Engineer Battalion, Combat, Fort Leonard Wood Mo.; Co. Executive Officer, 31st Engineer Battalion,  Platoon Leader  802nd Engineer Battalion, Combat Heavy, Korea.

Prior combat and operational deployments include Operation Desert Storm & Desert Shield, Implementation Force, IFOR, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Pakistan Humanitarian Earthquake Relief Efforts.

Military training includes US Army Ranger School, Sapper Leader Course, Airborne School and US Army Command and General Staff College.