CSM Smith
CSM Mark T Smith joined the US Army in May 1994 as a Private First Class Fire Support Specialist from Newport, AR. He attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, GA and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sill, OK.
CSM Smith has held numerous fire support-related operational and leadership positions ranging from Radio-Telephone Operator (RTO) to Platoon Forward Observer (FO), Company Fire Support Sergeant, Battalion Fire Support Sergeant, Brigade Fire Support Sergeant, Battalion Operations Sergeant, First Sergeant, Battalion Operations Sergeant Major, Senior Military Science Instructor, and Division Fire Support Sergeant Major.
He most recently served as the S3 Operations Sergeant Major for the 10th Mountain Division Artillery at Fort Drum, NY.
His previous assignments include 1-319th AFAR, 2-319th AFAR, 2-321st AFAR, 2-508th PIR and 4-73rd CAV, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC; 3-314th FA at Fort Dix, NJ; 1-38th FA at Camp Casey, Korea; University of Idaho Army ROTC in Moscow, ID; and the 10th Mountain Division HQs and Division Artillery at Fort Drum, NY. He has deployed to Panama, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan multiple times.
CSM Smith is a graduate of the Sergeants Major Course, Class 68. His other military education includes: All levels of the NCOPDS including the Battle Staff NCO Course, First Sergeant and Commander Course, the Cadre and Faculty Development Course, Master Resiliency Trainer Course, Joint Firepower Course, Joint Fires Observer Course, Basic Airborne Course, and the Advanced Airborne Course.
CSM Smith’s awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service and Expeditionary Medals, Korea Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, NATO Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Citation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, Combat Action Badge, and the Master Parachutist Badge. He is a recipient of the Major General Aubrey “Red” Newman Award and the US Field Artillery Association’s Honorable Order of Saint Barbara.
He is joined at Grafenwoehr with his wife, Michelle.