The Challenges of Our Newest Service: A Look at the US Space Force with Benjamin R. Ogden, Colonel, US Army

COL Benjamin Ogden is the Space Operations and Education Officer at the U.S. Army War College.

He attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. After completion of the Air Defense Artillery Basic Course, COL Ogden was assigned to 1-44 ADA, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, where he served in a variety of Short Range Air Defense Artillery positions, including Avenger Platoon Leader, Linebacker Platoon Leader, Battery Executive Officer and Battalion Adjutant. COL Ogden then went on to graduate from the Air Defense Artillery Officer Advanced Course before being assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado as an S3 Battle Captain. From there, COL Ogden assumed command of Charlie Battery, 1-44 ADA (Linebacker/Avenger) and deployed with the 4th Infantry Division to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon leaving battery command and redeploying, COL Ogden served as a Plans Officer in the 1st German/Dutch Corps in Muenster, Germany as a part of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps.

After leaving Germany, COL Ogden attended the Command and General Staff College before he was assigned to Headquarters, Eighth United States Army in Yongsan, South Korea as the G3, Training Operations Branch Chief. He then was assigned to 1-44 AMD (Patriot/Avenger) based at Fort Hood, Texas where he served as the Battalion Executive Officer. COL Ogden was then assigned to the 357th Air and Missile Defense Detachment in Kaiserslautern, Germany, first as the Brigade S3 and then as the Deputy Commanding Officer. From May 2011 until April of 2013, COL Ogden served as the Chief of Staff for the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) in Kaiserslautern, Germany. From there, COL Ogden commanded 1-1 ADA (Patriot) – “Snake Eyes” – Battalion on Kadena Air Base in Okinawa from June 2013 until June 2015. Before attending the U.S. Army War College in 2016, he deployed to Qatar for a year as the 32d AAMDC Operations Officer (FWD). Upon graduating the War College in 2017, COL Ogden served three years as the Division Chief of the G37 (TREX) for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. COL Ogden then returned to Carlisle Barracks and the U.S. Army War College to serve as the Space Operations Officer within the Center for Strategic Leadership in 2020.

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