Class of: 1973
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MILITARY Colonel (Ret) Jorge E. Rodriguez was born in La Habana, Cuba. He graduated from Stetson University, Florida with a degree in International Relations. He was commissioned from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. His military education includes the Quartermaster Basic and Advance course, Supply Management Course, Airdrop Rigger Course, Petroleum Advance Course, Command and General Staff College at the U.S. Army Schools of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Air Force, Air War College, Montgomery, Alabama. Col. (Ret) Rodriguez has held wide variety of important military positions: He was selected to command at every level from company to brigade command. His final assignment was as the Senior Logistics Advisor for the Commanding General for the US Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. He was the Senior Special Operations Logistics planner in support of Operations Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operations Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. He has held the following positions throughout his thirty years of honorable career in the US Army: Selected to Command the 6th Area Support Group Federal Republic of Germany, Director of Logistics, Assistant Chief of Staff G4 (logistics), and Battalion Commander 526th Forward Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air-Assault) Fort. Campbell, Kentucky, Executive Officer, 49th Quartermaster Petroleum and Water Group, Fort Lee, Virginia, Division Support Command, DISCOM S3 (Operations), Executive Officer, 207th Forward Support Battalion, Materiel Management Officer, 7th Infantry Division (light), Fort. Ord, California, Chief Basic Petroleum Logistics Division, Quartermaster School and Center, Fort. Lee, Virginia, Company Commander of three separate units (Headquarters and Rigger Company, 62nd Supply and Service Company, and the 647th Light Equipment General Support Maintenance Company, Fort. Hood, Texas, Chief Logistics Advisor, US Milgroup, Republic of El Salvador, Central America, Chief Supply Division, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Institute for Military Assistance, Fort. Bragg, North Carolina, Platoon Leader of three separate platoons (Supply, Petroleum and Transportation) 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Federal Republic of Germany. His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (7 awards), Army Commendation Medal (3 awards), Army Achievement Medal (2 awards), Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2 awards),Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, The National Defense Service Medal (3 awards), The Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, Air Assault, Parachutist and Parachute Rigger Badge, Member of the Distinguished Order of St. Martin, Distinguished Member of the Quartermaster Regiment, and a member of the Infantry Officer Candidate School, OCS, Hall of Fame at Fort. Benning, Georgia. CIVILIAN Presently, Account Manager for Barbaricum. Responsible for business development, contracts management, in support of USSOCOM, USCENTCOM, and SOUTHCOM. Project Manager with Northrop Grumman Corporation Technical Services executing a highly classified contract at USCENTCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida. Established Jorge Rodriguez Associates LLC, September 2008. Areas of emphasis: DOD logistics, International Logistics and Organizations Business Plans Developments. Previous as the Director Northrop Grumman Technical Services, as Director for Business Development for Homeland Security, with expertise in the following areas: Training management, exercise design, lessons learned, organization designs and manning, plans review and assessments, senior leader facilitator/trainer. Volunteer Positions: President Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Suncoast Chapter Stetson University Alumni Association-Tampa Phone: Cell: 813-760-1405, Office: 813-831-1617 Email: [email protected], [email protected]