POVA Life Member to Command 8th PSYOP Group (A) at Ft. Bragg
POVA is proud to announce that COL Jeremy Mushtare, a POVA Life Member since 2003, will assume command of the 8th PSYOP Group (A) at Ft. Bragg on 25 June 2020. Here is COL Mushtare's career biography. Congratulations, Sir!
Colonel Mushtare is from Lowville, New York. His last assignment was at the Pentagon as Director for Information Operations in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC). From 2016-17, he was Deputy Commander for the 82
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Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2BCT). He commanded the 82nd Airborne Division’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHBN) from 2014-16, including deployment to Baghdad, Iraq. Prior to command, he served at the Pentagon on the Joint Staff, from 2012-14.
From 2011-12, he was assigned to Special Operations Command–Joint Capabilities (SOC-JC) in Suffolk, Virginia. He served in 4th PSYOP Group (Airborne) in several capacities between 2002-10. In 2010, he deployed to Qatar as Director for Operations (J-3) of the Joint PSYOP Task Force (JPOTF). He was Battalion Executive Officer for 5th PSYOP Battalion (Airborne) from 2009-10. He served as Group Future Plans Officer (S-5) from 2008-09. As part of 5th PSYOP Battalion (Airborne), he served from 2007-08 at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, and from 2005-06 he deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, in support of a Special Mission Unit (SMU).
He commanded Headquarters and Support Company (HSC), 3rd PSYOP Battalion (Airborne) (Dissemination) from 2002-03. He served as an Engineer Platoon Leader, Support Platoon Leader, and Company Executive Officer in the 92th Engineer Battalion (Combat), 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) in Schweinfurt, Germany, from 1997-2000. He deployed to Kosovo in 1999 as part of the NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Forces (KFOR).
He was the Distinguished Honor Graduate of the PSYOP Officer Course (2003). His other military education includes the Engineer Officer Basic Course, Infantry Captains Career Course, Intermediate Level Education, Joint and Combined Warfighting School, and Defense Strategy Course. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (1997), a Master of Arts in Security Studies (With Distinction) from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (2005), and a Master of Strategic Studies (Distinguished Graduate) from the U.S. Army War College (2018).
He also holds a U.S. Merchant Marine Third Mate’s license to sail unlimited tonnage steam and motor vessels on oceans. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal (2 awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Master Parachutist Badge, Office of the Secretary of Defense Badge, Joint Chiefs of Staff Badge, and the PSYOP Regiment’s Major General Robert A. McClure Medal (Silver). He is an honorary member of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.
