Colonel Chad A. Froehlich

Colonel Chad A. Froehlich is a native of Barnesville, Ohio. He enlisted in the Ohio National Guard in 1995 and participated in the Simultaneous Membership Program while attending Bowling Green State University. He graduated in 1998 as a Distinguished Military Graduate and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education with a minor in Biology. Colonel Froehlich also holds two Master’s degrees in Business and Organizational Security Management from Webster University and National Security Strategy from the National Defense University. Colonel Froehlich’s military education includes the Military Police Officer Basic Course, Captain’s Career Course, Combined Arms Services and Staff School, Command and

General Staff College, National War College, Airborne Course, Air Assault Course, Anti-Terrorism Level II Course, Pre-Command Course and the Law Enforcement Senior Leader Course.

Colonel Froehlich’s duty assignments include Platoon Leader, 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, NY; Assistant S-3 Officer, 10th Military Police Battalion (Provisional), Fort Drum, NY; Detachment Commander, 391st MP Detachment (Internment/Resettlement), Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; Assistant Brigade S-3 Officer, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, TX; Assistant S-3 Officer, 720th Military Police Battalion, Fort Hood, TX and Baghdad, Iraq; Commander, 64th Military Police Company, Fort Hood, TX and Baghdad, Iraq; Regimental S-3, 3d (UK) Regiment, Royal Military Police, Bulford Camp, England; Battalion S-3, 504th Military Police Battalion, Kandahar City, Afghanistan; Executive Officer, 504th Military Police Battalion, Fort Lewis, WA; MP Field Grades Assignment Officer, Military Police Branch and later Executive Officer to the Commanding General, US Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, KY; Battalion Commander, 728th Military Police Battalion, Schofield Barracks, HI; Chief of Staff/Senior Advisor, Ministry Advisory Group-Interior, Kabul, Afghanistan, Division Chief, Collective Training, HQDA G3/5/7, and most recently Commander, 18th Military Police Brigade, Rose Barracks, Germany.

His deployments include Operation Joint Guardian, Kosovo, 2001; Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Baghdad, Iraq, 2004; Operation Iraqi Freedom III, Baghdad, Iraq, 2005, Operation Enduring Freedom, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2010 and Operation Freedom Sentinel, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2019.

Colonel Froehlich’s awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (4 OLC), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (V-Device, 4 OLC), the Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC), the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal (1 Bronze Star), the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2 Bronze Star), the Iraq Campaign Medal (2 Bronze Stars), the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 5), the Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon, the NATO Medal (2 Bronze Stars), the Joint Meritorious Unit Award (1 OLC), the Meritorious Unit Citation (1 OLC), the Army Superior Unit Award (1 OLC), Combat Action Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and the German Armed Forces Efficiency Badge (Gold).

Colonel Froehlich is married to the former Michelle DeWitt from Novi, Michigan. They have two children, Jenna (11) and Luke (8).