COL Shannon N. Thompson is a Distinguished Military Graduate from
Vanderbilt University, where he was commissioned as an Armor
Officer in May 2002.
He has served with the 1
st Squadron 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment
at Fort Carson, Colorado, and deployed twice with the Brave Rifles;
once as a Platoon Leader in Bandit Troop and once as the Executive
Officer for Dragon Company. He was next assigned to 1/4 CAV, 4
IBCT, 1 ID at Fort Riley, KS, where he took command of Apache
Troop and deployed as part of Operation OIF 09-11.
COL Shannon Thompson was designated as a FA51 Acquisition
Officer in 2010, and since then has served as the Assistant Product
Manager for the THAAD Ground Components, the Assistant TCM for
TCM AAMDC at Fort Sill, and as an Acquisition Proponency Officer in
the Army DACM Office as part of the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center, and served as the
Commander, DCMA Albuquerque, which oversaw contractor compliance for government contracts
across southern Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas. COL Thompson’s last assignment was as the
DEVCOM, Aviation and Missile Center Military Deputy at Redstone Arsenal, AL.
COL Thompson is currently serving as the Project Manager, Advanced C-UAS Effects (ACE) Project Office,
Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires (PAE Fires)
He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Colorado and a Masters of
Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
His awards include the Bronze Star (with Valor device), The Bronze Star, The Defense Meritorious Service
Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster), The Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 oak leaf clusters), the Army
Commendation Medal (with 2 oak leaf clusters), the Combat Action Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.
