Michael L. Madigan

Over my 40 year career I have distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of positions of great importance and responsibility to the Army and the Nation, culminating as the Strategy Operations Plans and Policy Directorate (G-3/5/7), Headquarters, Department of the Army Master Instructor WMD/terrorism SME and Hazardous Material SME for the USACBRN School. My previous positions of significant leadership included Operations J3 Multi-National Forces, Iraq, and Iraqi Army WMD/Terrorism/CBRNE NCOIC Team Chief. As the WMD/Terrorism/CBRNE NCOIC Team Chief. I positively and directly influenced Army and Department of Defense Policy and program recommendations to the MNFI Commander; and the, G3/5/7 on a daily basis. I carefully communicated advice reflected the depth and breadth with considerable experience and affected future programs and policy that will carry the Army through the end of sustained combat operations and into an Army focused on building the capacity of the partners of the United States. As the NCOIC of the WMD/Terrorism/CBRNE NCOIC I played a key role in the transition between Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Iraq Enduring by carefully managing over 250 External and Stability Transition assets for the J3 United States Forces Iraq. The guidance and leadership were instrumental in navigating the complex and critical issues surrounding the Iraqi people's realization of sovereignty and the Iraqi Security Forces being thrust into the lead role for security operations. As the WMD/Terrorism/CBRNE NCOIC I performed this task, at a critical time in Iraq's evolving history, and success was built upon my superb efforts in which I mentor, coach, train and lead by example what would become the best operating section in CENTCOM and Iraqi, and in Mosul then the most complex and lethal part of all Iraq. As WMD/Terrorism/CBRNE NCOIC from 2005 until 2008, I was credited for restoring the positive command climate that had been missing from the command, and achieving this by first clearing the backlog of mission requirements and respond for assistances and ensuring timely disposition of the of mission requirements requests. Through integrity, compassion, equality, fairness and outstanding leadership, this earned me an exceptional reputation as the go to guy for the entire MNFI force including commanders, staff, and civilian military support elements. As the WMD/Terrorism/CBRNE NCOIC in the early years of Operation Enduring Freedom, I employed the diverse characteristics and capabilities of the WMD/Terrorism/CBRNE section and fully prepare the Active Army, National Guard and Army Reserve Brigades for deployment to Afghanistan for combat operations. As the vanguard in preparing deploying forces, I created and employed techniques for instruction, sequencing and evaluation that became the baseline for the next ten years of Army efforts to ready and deploy forces from the Reserve Component into combat.