Colonel Christopher W. Martin
Commander & District Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Fort Worth District
P.O. Box 17300
819 Taylor Street
Office: (817) 886-1515
Colonel Christopher W. Martin is the 23rd commander and district engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District.
Colonel Martin graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, in 1983. After graduating from the Engineer Officer Basic Course and Ranger School, he went to Germany where he served as a platoon leader with the 563rd Engineer Company (Combat Support Equipment), and then in the 82nd Engineer Battalion (Corps) (Mechanized) as an Assistant S4, Assistant S3, and company executive officer.
In 1987, he attended the Infantry Officer Advance Course, and was assigned to the 326th Engineer Battalion at Fort Campbell, KY, as an assistant S3. He commanded the 887th Engineer Company (Light Equipment) (Air Assault) in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Following this tour, he received his master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois. In 1991, he was assigned to the Fort Worth District, serving in the Central Texas Area Office at Fort Hood, TX. In 1994, he began a tour as an operations instructor with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific, at the Naval Amphibious Base on Coronado.
In 1996, he was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division’s Engineer Brigade in Germany. During this two-year tour he served as the Brigade S4, Chief of Construction for Task Force Eagle in Bosnia, and as the Brigade S3. In 1998, he was assigned to the Southern European Task Force (SETAF) (Airborne) in Vicenza, Italy as the Brigade Engineer for the SETAF Infantry Brigade, and then as the Deputy G3 for SETAF. In 2000, he was assigned to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters in Fort Monroe, VA, as a special assistant to the commanding general. In July 2002, he assumed command of the 91st Engineer Battalion, which was the first engineer battalion in the Army to field the Bradley fighting vehicle and then fight it at NTC and ultimately in Iraq. The Battalion deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom II in January 2004 and was responsible for a large part of the western Baghdad area until redeployment in February 2005. Following redeployment from Iraq, he attended the United States Army War College, graduating in June 2006 and assumed command of the Fort Worth District on July 27, 2006.
His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and Humanitarian Service Medal, as well as Air Assault and Airborne Wings, and the Ranger Tab.
