Major General Richard Coffman

Director, Next Generation Combat Vehicle U.S. Army Futures Command

MG Ross Coffman graduated from Centre College and earned his commission as an Armor Officer from the University of Kentucky.

He was first assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss, Texas where he served as a Platoon Leader, Troop Executive Officer, and Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment Commander. During this assignment, the unit deployed to Saudi Arabia and Iraq during Operations Desert Shield and Storm.

Following the Armor Officer Advanced Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, MG Coffman then served with 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment as Squadron Maintenance Officer, Adjutant, and Troop Commander with deployments to Haiti and Bosnia.

After Troop Command, MG Coffman served as an Observer Controller at the National Training Center with the Cobra Team and attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

He joined the 3rd Infantry Division in 2002 and deployed as an operations officer during the invasion of Iraq and later as a Brigade Operations Officer and Executive Officer during OIF III.

Following his assignment to Fort Stewart, MG Coffman joined Joint Inter-Agency Task Force South (JIATF-S) in Key West, Florida and conducted counter narcotics operations in the SOUTHCOM AOR.

MG Coffman next returned to Fort Stewart, Georgia and commanded 1-64 Combined Arms Battalion during its deployment to Northern Iraq, and later served as the 3rd Infantry Division G-3.

MG Coffman then attended Harvard University as an AWC National Security Fellow and Commanded 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division and the NTC’s Operations Group.

Following Command, MG Coffman served as the 1st Infantry Division’s Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver with service at Fort Riley, Kansas and Poland.

MG Coffman has been a member of incredible units that were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, The Valorous Unit Award, The Joint Meritorious Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Citation, and The Superior unit award.