LTC TED M. LEBLOW

BORN: 17 January 1969 Torrance, California

ENTERED ACTIVE DATE: 14 June 1992

MILITARY EDUCATION:

Airborne

Rotary Wing Aviator

Aviation Officer Basic Course

Air Assault

AH-64 Combat Aviator Qualification

Aviation Officer Advanced Course

CAS3

AH-64D Aviator Qualification Course

Command & General Staff College

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Bronze Star Metal                                                   2

Meritorious Service Medal                                       3

Army Commendation Medal                                    4

Army Achievement Medal                                        3

National Defense Service Medal                             2

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Iraqi Campaign Medal

Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terror Campaign Service Medal

Korean Defense Service Medal

Army Service Ribbon

Overseas Service Ribbon                                        3

Airborne, Air Assault, & Combat Action Badges

Senior Army Aviator badge

ASSIGNMENTS:

Colonel Ted Leblow received a Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology and graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Oregon Army ROTC Battalion, at which time he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in June of 1992.  LTC Leblow also holds a Masters of Business Administration from Touro University International.  LTC Leblow entered active duty in June of 1992 at the home of Army Aviation at Fort Rucker, Alabama.  He graduated as the honor graduate of the Rotary Wing Aviator Course and Officer Basic Course and was assigned to the 3^rd Squadron, 6^th Cavalry at Fort Hood, Texas.  While stationed at Fort Hood he served as the Attack Platoon Leader and later as the Troop Commander for Alpha Troop.  The 3^rd Squadron, 6^th Cavalry was then mobilized for a unit movement to the Republic of South Korea where LTC Leblow served as the Battalion S2 at Camp Humphreys, Korea.  After attending the Aviation Officer Advanced Course and the Combined Arms and Services Staff School he was assigned to the 3^rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia.  While stationed at Fort Stewart he served as the Alpha Company Commander, Battalion S1 and Battalion Assistant S3 for the 1^st Battalion, 3^rd Aviation Regiment.  During this assignment the Battalion was mobilized and deployed to Kuwait for six months in support of Operation Desert Thunder.  Upon completion of Company Command LTC Leblow was nominated for and received an assignment as an exchange officer with the Singapore Air Force.  While stationed in Singapore he served as a unit trainer, advisor and maintenance officer in the Singapore Air Force Red Hawk Battalion flying the AS-550 Fennec scout helicopter.  After returning from Singapore LTC Leblow was assigned to the Center for Army Lessons Learned at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.  During this assignment he was attached to the 101^st Airborne Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as the G3 Air for the Assault Command Post.  Upon returning from Iraq and completion of the Command and General Staff College he was assigned to the 2-101^st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where he served as the Battalion S3 and Executive Officer and was again deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and returned from Mosul, Iraq in January 2006.  He began his assignment as Professor of Military Science with the Brigham Young University Army ROTC Program 23 May 2006.