Rodney D. Fogg is a retired

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major general who served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Operations of the

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from August 2021 until December 2022. Fogg also served as the Commanding General of the

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and Sustainment Center of Excellence at

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from September 2018 to July 2021.

Education

Fogg is a native of

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. He received his bachelor's degree from King College in

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, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the

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from

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in 1987. He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Officer Basic and Advanced Courses,

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and the

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, holding master's degrees in Logistics Management and Strategic Studies.

Military career

Fogg's first assignment was as Platoon Leader and Battalion S-1 in the 19th Maintenance Battalion in Giessen, West Germany. He was the battalion S-4 and Company Commander of the 102nd Quartermaster Company (POL), 561st Corps Support Battalion in

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. During this assignment he deployed to

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in Somalia and

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in Haiti. Fogg later served as the Logistics Officer for the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), at Hunter Army Airfield,

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. Fogg served as the Materiel Readiness Officer, 101st Airborne Division Support Command, then Support Operations and Executive Officer, 526th Forward Support Battalion at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, deploying to

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in 2003. He was an International Logistics Officer, Executive Assistant, and Chief, Logistics Plans at Headquarters, United States Pacific Command in Camp Smith, Hawaii. His battalion command was of the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Fort Richardson, Alaska, where he deployed for 15 months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2007–09), and then served as Deputy G-4, United States Army Alaska. Fogg served as the Chief, Company Grade Logistics Branch, Army Human Resources Command in Alexandria, Virginia. He commanded the 49th Quartermaster Group (POL), and then served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Training and Doctrine (G-3), Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) at Fort Lee, Virginia. Later, he served as the Executive Officer to the Commanding General,

in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Fogg's last two assignments were Commanding General of the

and Sustainment Center of Excellence at

from September 2018 to July 2021 and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Operations,

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. His retirement ceremony was held on August 19, 2022 and was officiated by Lieutenant General Flem Walker, who was himself due to retire in September. Fogg became a Distinguished Member of the Quartermaster Regiment in 2014.

References

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