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Colonel Kenneth J. Biland is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., and was commissioned a second lieutenant in Aviation in 1987.
COL Biland's previous assignments include aeroscout platoon leader, 3rd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas, and Ansbach, Germany; battalion assistant S3, 3rd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm; G3 Air, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; commander, B Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Fort Riley; commander, C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Brigade, Fort Hood and Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea; operations officer, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.; battalion executive officer, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, Operation Southern Watch, Kuwait; G3 exercise officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.; liaison officer, Combined Joint Task Force 180, Operation Enduring Freedom, Kuwait and Afghanistan; executive officer, 229th Aviation Regiment, Fort Bragg; executive officer, Task Force Tiger, Operation Enduring Freedom, Bagram, Afghanistan; commander, 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment, Fort Rucker, Ala.; G3, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Rucker; and commander, 1st Aviation Brigade, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Rucker. He was assigned as deputy commander, U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center, in July 2011.
COL Biland is a graduate of the Aviation Officer Basic Course, Aviation Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College and Air War College. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy and a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University.
COL Biland's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal and Kuwait Liberation Medal. He is a senior Army aviator and Air Assault, Airborne and Ranger qualified.
COL Biland is married and has two children.
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