Chief Warrant Officer Five
Mickle C. Mitchell  

Mickle C. Mitchell was born in Columbus, Georgia on August 8, 1951. He joined the Army in July 1970 through basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. After serving as a Flight Engineer on UH-1 helicopters in Vietnam, he transferred to the Ordnance Branch. After serving as a Helicopter Mechanic, Wheel Vehicle Mechanic, and Senior Maintenance Sergeant, he became a Warrant Officer on February 3, 1986.

Following his promotion to Warrant Officer, he served in various assignments as a maintenance officer at Fort Hood, Texas; Camp Humphreys, Korea; Fort Benning, Georgia; Seoul Air Base, Korea; and Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

In 1995, CW5 Mitchell became a Maintenance Technical Advisor for the Security Assistance Training Management Organization (SATMO) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He served with the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) Modernization Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He planned, coordinated, and executed the Total Package Fielding of a 2.9 billion dollar Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case that replaced an outdated armored vehicle fleet with 1,117 Light Armored Vehicles. He was also the Maintenance Advisor to the General Support Maintenance Unit and the Logistics Training Division that employed over 480 military and civilian personnel supporting all of the vehicles and components. CW5 Mitchell developed training and support contractor requirements and monitored and evaluated performance in support of the 5.8 billion dollar modernization program.

CW5 Mitchell reported as the Operations Officer and Small Group Leader at the 61st Ordnance Brigade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland in 1997. He scheduled and managed training execution and administration of 19 Active and Reserve Component Warrant Officer Programs of Instruction. He developed a program to train the Army’s Logistics Assistance Representatives (LARS)/Logistics Assistance Offers (LAO) on the Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS). As a Small Group Leader /Instructor/Writer for the Warrant Officer Basic Course at U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School, CW5 Mitchell administered professional and leadership development programs that emphasized logistics management, supervisory skills, technical maintenance and repair competence. He was responsible for administering training programs to more than 1,600 Officers, 2,600 Warrant Officers, and 5,100 Non-Commissioned Officers.

In April 2000, CW5 Mitchell served as the Battalion Maintenance Technician for HHC 1-72 AR; a forward deployed tank Battalion in the Republic of Korea. He was responsible for organizing and executing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for 58 M1A1 Tanks, 134 light tracked and wheeled vehicles and 30 pieces of auxiliary equipment in support of unit deployments and training. Most notably, he ensured credits were promptly posted to the battalion’s 505 million dollar budget. His efforts increased the frequency and accuracy of posting credits thereby reducing not spending by 50%. CW5 Mitchell’s positive liaison with support elements and his aggressive approach to maintenance matters led to an Operational Readiness Rate averaging 93% and Pacing Item Rate of 92%.

From 2002 until his retirement in 2007, CW5 Mitchell served as a Senior Training Developer, Senior Logistic Maintenance Management Technician, and a Combat Developer at the Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) at Fort Lee, Virginia. As a member of the CASCOM Training Directorate, he developed and validated Programs of Instruction (POI) that trained over 2,500 Officers, 3,000 Warrant Officers 15,000 Non-Commissioned Officers and 18,000 Enlisted Soldiers. In addition, he was instrumental effort in the modernization of the Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced (SAMS-E) and the new Unit Level Logistic System Ground (ULLS-G). In recognition of his contributions to the Army, he has been awarded the General Brehon B. Somervell Medal of Excellence.

CW5 Mickle C. Mitchell retired in 2007.