LT. COLONEL REID E. GRAWE
Colonel Reid Grawe is the commander of the Brigham Young University ROTC Battalion. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Regular Army 25 June 1981 and entered active duty in the Adjutant General Corps after completing a four-year ROTC program at BYU. He is a graduate of the Adjutant General Corps Basic and Advanced Officer Courses, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, and the Command and General Staff College. He also completed the Military Comptrollership School, the U.S. Army School of Comptrollership, and the Professional Military Comptroller Course. He received his B.A. from BYU in family financial planning and counseling and his MBA from Syracuse University in organization and management.Grawe's initial assignment was in Germany as the detachment commander and battalion S1 (personnel manager) for the Return of Forces to Germany unit, Combat Equipment Battalion, West. Upon returning to the states, he was assigned to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, as the chief of the military personnel office and installation adjutant, and then as the personnel officer for the Eleventh Signal Brigade. Following early designation as a comptroller, he was selected for advanced civilian schooling and completed his MBA in conjunction with the U.S. Army School of Comptrollership at Syracuse University.
Grawe was assigned to Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia, serving first as an installation budget analyst and then as the base operations and support (BASOPS) team chief in his role as program budget officer. He was selected to serve as the chief of the BASOPS division responsible for financial programs and operations in excess of $2 billion. He was further assigned as the chief of the BASOPS Plans and Manpower Division to handle the dynamics of the military and civilian reduction in forces.
Upon completion of Command and General Staff College, Grawe was assigned to First Corps Headquarters at Fort Lewis, Washington, as the chief of the Officer Management (Human Resources) Division. He was later selected to serve as the battalion executive officer of the Twenty-second Personnel Services Battalion and was instrumental in the successful completion of its first-ever Army Readiness, Training, and Evaluation Program.
Grawe was then selected for joint duty assignment as a comptroller for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. He worked for the J5 Policy and Plans Directorate in the Programs and Budget Division responsible for ensuring CENTCOM's military operations in the Persian Gulf were financed.
Grawe has been awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Meritorious Service Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.
He is married to Julie Ann Riley and they have six daughters, Rachel, Erika, Katrina, RuthAnn, Stefanie, and Kimberly.
