Monday, April 20, 2015 - Major General Kevin O'Connell
Major General Kevin O’Connell became the Commanding General, Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois on August 21, 2014. O’Connell is a native of Clinton, Maryland and a graduate of High Point College, North Carolina. He was commissioned through Army ROTC in 1982.
His Command assignments include the 289th General Supply Company, Fort Hood, Texas; 11th Armored Cavalry Regimental Support Squadron, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; 1st Infantry Division Support Command, Kitzingen, Germany; 1st Sustainment Brigade, Fort Riley, Kansas and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Taji, Iraq; and Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
O’Connell’s previous key Staff assignments include Inspector General and later Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, Fifth US Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Support Operations Officer, 123d Main Support Battalion, Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR, Lukavac, Bosnia and Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Chief, Division Materiel Management Center, 1st Armored Division, Bad Kreuznach, Germany; Senior Logistics Trainer, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; Executive Officer to the Commanding General, Army Materiel Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, US Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He has served in two Joint assignments in the US Pacific Command, first as Chief of Supply and Services in the J-4 and later as the Director, Logistics, Engineering, and Security Assistance, J-4, both at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Basic and Advanced Courses at Fort Lee, Virginia; the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia; and the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, where he earned a Masters degree in Strategic Studies.
O’Connell is married to the former Etie Podo from Jogjakarta, Indonesia. They have a son, John, who lives in Fountain, Colorado with his wife Caitlin and son Patrick. The O’Connell’s daughter, Shannon, lives in Pasadena, California.
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, US Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He has served in two Joint assignments in the US Pacific Command, first as Chief of Supply and Services in the J-4 and later as the Director, Logistics, Engineering, and Security Assistance, J-4, both at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Basic and Advanced Courses at Fort Lee, Virginia; the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia; and the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, where he earned a Masters degree in Strategic Studies.
O’Connell is married to the former Etie Podo from Jogjakarta, Indonesia. They have a son, John, who lives in Fountain, Colorado with his wife Caitlin and son Patrick. The O’Connell’s daughter, Shannon, lives in Pasadena, California.