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September 4, 2015
Leadership
Operations Group welcomes new commander
By Public Affairs Office
Operations Group received a new commander during a change of command Operations Group photo
ceremony here, Aug. 4. Colonel David Lesperance (left), commander of Operations Group, receives the colors of his unit from
Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, commander of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin, during a change of
Colonel David Lesperance took charge of the unit after receiving the orga- command ceremony here, Aug. 4.
nization’s colors from the commander of the National Training Center and Fort
Irwin, Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin.
The previous commander, Col. (promotable) Jeffery Broadwater, goes to his
next assignment as deputy commander support, 1st Armored Division at Fort
Bliss, Texas.
Lesperance arrives from an assignment as chief of staff for III Armored Corps
in Fort Hood, Texas.
Lesperance is a 1989 distinguished military graduate from the Portland State
University ROTC program, where he was commissioned as an armor officer.
His military education includes Infantry Officer Advanced Course (1993),
Command and General Staff College (2002) and the United States Army War
College (2012).
Lesperance’s assignments have included: 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored
Cavalry Regiment at Bad Kissingen, Germany where he served as tank platoon
leader, support platoon leader and troop executive officer from 1990 to 1993,
including a deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Desert Storm; 1st
Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division – serving as S-3 Air and
later commanded D Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Co., from
1996 to 1999 – including a deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of
Operation Joint Forge; from 1999 to 2001, he served at the United States Army
Infantry School as a small group instructor and doctrine team chief; he com-
manded 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment from 2008 to 2010, including a
deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2009 to 2010;
he then served as Scorpion 07 at the NTC from May 2010 to July 2011. After
completing studies at the War College, he commanded 3rd Armored Brigade
Combat Team “Greywolf,” 1st Cavalry Division from June 2012 to June 2014.
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