Bio
LTC Robert A. Mason commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from Officer Candidate School in 1995. He has served as a Field Artilleryman in troop assignments, both as a Commander and Staff Officer and participated in operational deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from 2003-2004 and Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) 2008-2009. He is married to the former Meridth Mahanes and they have two children, Ashley (23) and Nicholas (19).
Military Assignments
Company Fire Support Officer; Battery Fire Direction Officer; Battery Executive Officer; and Battalion Fire Direction Officer, 3-320th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY (1995-99)
United States Army Student Detachment (Austin Peay State University), Fort Jackson, SC (1999-2000)
Battalion Logistics Officer, 2-17th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Republic of South Korea (2000-2001)
Battalion Fire Support Officer for 1-502nd Infantry Regiment ; Commander, A/1-320th FAR; Commander, HSB/1-320th FAR; Senior Fires Planner, 101st Modularity Coordination Cell, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY (2001-2005)
Operations Officer, Combined Training Center Directorate (CTCD), Combined Arms Center for Training (CAC-T), Fort Leavenworth, KS (2005-2006)
Current Operations Fire Support Officer for Combined Joint Task Force 101 (Bagram AFB, Afghanistan) and Operations Officer for 4-320th FAR, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY (2007-2009)
Operations Officer for DCofS G3, Headquarters, U.S. Army North, Fort Sam Houston, TX (2009-2010)
Professor of Military Science and Military Science Department Chair, Morehead State University (2010-Present)