Colonel Uduak Udoaka

Chief Logistics Operations US AFRICOM

Colonel Uduak I. Udoaka is the Logistics Operations Division Chief, U.S. Africa Command. He is responsible for synchronizing Department of Defense logistics throughout 53 countries in the Combatant Command’s area of responsibility, with a focus on deployment, distribution, and sustainment. Colonel Udoaka was born in California but spent most of his youth growing up in Nigeria. He received his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He has served in logistics readiness roles at the Wing, Numbered Air Force, Major Command, Headquarters Air Force, and Geographic Combatant Command levels in addition to serving as a contingency planner for Operation Iraqi Freedom. His career includes assignments in Research & Development, Acquisition Logistics, Four-Star Executive Staff roles, deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, peacekeeping operations in West Africa, a regional Think-Tank, and security sector assistance.