Malcolm B. Frost

Malcolm B. Frost
File:BG Malcolm B. Frost.jpg Frost in February 2013
Born	(1966-07-28) July 28, 1966 London, United Kingdom
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1988–present
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, later 3rd Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment 25th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Operation Joint Endeavor Global War on Terrorism Operation Enduring Freedom War in Afghanistan Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation New Dawn
Awards	Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal (3) Meritorious Service Medal (6) Air Medal Army Commendation Medal (6 incl 1 for Valor)
Spouse(s)	Patricia Jones Frost

Malcolm B. Frost (born July 28, 1966) is a United States Army brigadier general who currently serves as the Deputy Director for Operations at the National Military Command Center, J3 the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. In March 2014, Frost will start his new assignment as Deputy Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division.

In July 2012, he completed his assignment as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). Immediately prior to that, Frost commanded the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. From 2010 to 2011, the brigade deployed from Hawaii to Iraq's Diyala and Salah ad Din provinces in the Iraq War during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation New Dawn (OND).

Early life and education

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Frost adjusting his brother Gavin's uniform at the latter's 1991 USMA graduation.

Frost was born in London, United Kingdom where his father, a U.S. Navy petty officer, was serving at the U.S. Naval Communication Unit located there. Both parents are originally from Nebraska. In 1969 his father was stationed in Long Beach, California. The family lived in Torrance, California where Frost grew up and graduated from North High School in 1984. Frost received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. During his time at West Point, Frost was a four-year starting center midfielder and defender on USMA's Division I soccer team. He graduated and received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in May 1988.

Frost is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He holds Masters Degrees in Human Resources Development from Webster University and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

Career

Frost was first assigned with the 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado where he served as a Rifle and Support Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer.

Italy and Bosnia

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Frost presenting U.S. President Clinton with his company t-shirt during the President's visit to Tuzla Airbase in January 1996, a month after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords.

In 1993, Frost served with the 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT) in Vicenza, Italy where he served as the Battalion Logistics and Air Operations Officer and C Company Commander. His command tour included deployment to Bosnia-Hercegovina (former Yugoslavia) in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. On 18 December 1995, the company he commanded deployed from Aviano Airbase, Italy to Tuzla Airbase, Bosnia as the lead element from 3-325 ABCT, the first U.S. unit to deploy to Bosnia after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords. C Company was responsible for security on north side of Tuzla Airbase, including the Main Gate Entrance point. On 20 December 1995 his unit officially relieved the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) marking the transfer of authority to the NATO-led Implementaion Force (IFOR).

The Old Guard and the Aide-de-Camp to the Army Chief of Staff

In 1996 Frost was assigned to Fort Myer, Virginia where he commanded C Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as "The Old Guard". During his 18 months in command, C Company was responsible for memorial affairs and funeral support at Arlington National Cemetery, ceremonial support at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, The Washington, D.C. Ellipse between the National Mall and White House, and other locations on the east coast. Additionally, C Company conducted standard infantry company training as part of their mission set.

In 1998 Frost was assigned as the Aide-de-Camp to the 33rd Chief of Staff of the Army, General Dennis J. Reimer at the Pentagon.

82nd Airborne Division and the War in Afghanistan

Frost in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in January 2003, during Operation Mongoose.

In 2000, Frost was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he served as the Division Training Officer and Operations Officer for both the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) and 1st Brigade (504th PIR). His tour as Brigade Operations Officer was highlighted by 1st Brigade’s deployment to Afghanistan in 2002-2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. From December 2002 to May 2003, the 1st Brigade, 82D operated as the U.S. Army's sole combat brigade in Afghanistan and conducted over a dozen Brigade Air Assault operations, numerous Ground Assault Convoy operations, and several Air Drop and Civil Military operations. In support of the people of Afghanistan, the brigade operated with numerous coalition and special operations partners supporting Coalition Task Force-82 and Combined Joint Task Force-180 objectives against al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Hawaii and the Iraq War

From 2004-2005 Frost served as the G3 and later Chief of Staff for the 25th ID (Light) Rear and U.S. Army Hawaii. In 2003 Frost was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii where he served as the Chief of Exercises. Frost commanded the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment and later the 3rd Squadron, 4th US Cavalry Regiment, 25th ID from 2005-2008 to include 3-4 Cavalry’s deployment to Iraq in 2006-2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While deployed for 15 months during the Surge (Iraq War troop surge of 2007) in Iraq, 3-4 Cavalry was responsible for operations in Western Nineveh Province in the north of Iraq.

• Frost with Tal Afar, Iraq Mayor Najim walking streets of the marketplace after suicide vest bombing.
  Frost with Tal Afar, Iraq Mayor Najim walking streets of the marketplace after suicide vest bombing.
• Frost conducting an engagement with Western Ninewa Sunni Arab tribal leader, Sheikh Abdullah Al Yawar, at the sheikh's home in Rabiya, Iraq, in October 2006.
  Frost conducting an engagement with Western Ninewa Sunni Arab tribal leader, Sheikh Abdullah Al Yawar, at the sheikh's home in Rabiya, Iraq, in October 2006.
• Frost handing out school supplies to Iraqi children in Tal Afar, Iraq on 19 November 2006.
  Frost handing out school supplies to Iraqi children in Tal Afar, Iraq on 19 November 2006.

This twelve thousand square mile area included Iraq's borders with Syria and Turkey, the strategic Sunni and Shia Turkmen populated city of Tal Afar, and key lines of communication to Mosul and Baghdad. The 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre took place on March 27, 2007 during 3-4 Cavalry's deployment when two truck bombs targeted Shia areas of the town of Tal Afar, Iraq, killing 152 and wounding 347 Iraqis. Frost's unit was responsible for the immediate crisis response and consequence management that prevented rioting,looting, and retributional sectarian killings from thrusting Tal Afar back into a full scale sectarian battleground. Near the end of their tour, 3-4 Cavalry was deployed from Nineveh to the southern portion of Kirkuk Province and was responsible for the ethnically diverse city of Tuz Khurmato.

After the squadron returned from Iraq, Frost concluded his service in Hawaii with a six-month tour as the Chief of the Training and Exercise Division for the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

After attending the U.S. Army War College, Frost returned to Hawaii and commanded the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th ID at Schofield Barracks from 2009-2011. It included the brigade’s deployment to Iraq in 2010-2011 where it served in Diyala and Salah ad Din Provinces as an Advise and Assist Brigade (AAB) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and later Operation New Dawn. During their 12 month deployment to Iraq, the brigade area of responsibility included the cities of Tikrit, Baqubah, Bayji, Khanaqin, and Samarra and several strategic sites such as Camp Ashraf, home to the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK) (aka People's Mujahedin of Iran or PMOI), the Bayji Oil Refinery, and a Port of Entry between Iraq and Iran.

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  Frost with Brigadier General Diaa, the Commander of the 5th Iraqi Army Division during advise and assist oversight of Iraqi Army training in Diyala Province, in March 2011.
• Frost providing military advice on future operations to Lieutenant General Tariq, the Commander of the Diyala Operations Center (DOC) at the DOC headquarters in Baqubah, Iraq, March 2011.
  Frost providing military advice on future operations to Lieutenant General Tariq, the Commander of the Diyala Operations Center (DOC) at the DOC headquarters in Baqubah, Iraq, March 2011.
• Frost addressing soldiers from 1-14 Infantry near the end of their combat tour in Kirkuk, Iraq, in June 2011.
  Frost addressing soldiers from 1-14 Infantry near the end of their combat tour in Kirkuk, Iraq, in June 2011.

As an Advise and Assist Brigade, the 2-25 SBCT's responsibilities included training, advising, assisting and supporting Iraqi Security Forces, including Iraqi Army, Police, and Border Police forces across a twenty-thousand square mile area. The magnitude of the task was highlighted during The Battle of the Palm Grove, which took place from 10 September 2010 to 13 September 2010, which occurred when elements of the 2-25 Advise and Assist Brigade (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), 25th ID of the U.S. Army supported 200 Iraqi Army and Iraqi police in a search and sweep operation against 15-25 insurgents planting IEDs in Hudaidy, Diyala Province. During the fighting, attack helicopters and Air Force F-16 fighters were called in and the fighter jets dropped 500-lb. bombs in support of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). After three days of clashes, the insurgent force managed to withdraw, while up to 33 members of the ISF were killed or wounded. Many lessons were learned from the Battle of the Palm Grove resulting in new techniques and increased emphasis on live fire, combined arms maneuver training of the ISF.

USARPAC

In September 2011, subsequent to his tour as a brigade commander, Frost served for nearly a year as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (G3/5/7/9) for United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. In that post he was responsible for operations and plans during the initial American pivot towards the Asia-Pacific for 70,000 U.S. Army Pacific based forces including major subordinate commands in Japan, South Korea, Alaska, and Hawaii.

National Military Command Center

Frost presently serves as Deputy Director for Operations at the National Military Command Center, J3 the Joint Staff in the Pentagon.

Awards and decorations

U.S. military decorations Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (2 awards) Bronze Star (3 awards) Meritorious Service Medal (6 awards) Air Medal Army Commendation Medal (6 awards incl 1 for Valor) Army Achievement Medal (2 awards) National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Service Star) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Afghanistan Campaign Medal (with 1 Service Star) Iraq Campaign Medal (with 4 Service Stars) Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal Armed Forces Service Medal Army Service Ribbon Army Overseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral "5") U.S. Unit Awards Valorous Unit Award Meritorious Unit Commendation (2 awards) Superior Unit Award Other U.S. Government awards Dept. of State Meritorious Honor Award Foreign awards NATO Medal (for Bosnia-Hercegovina)

Other accoutrements Ranger Tab Combat Infantryman Badge Expert Infantryman Badge Senior Parachutist Badge Army Staff Identification Badge Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge 25th Infantry Division Patch worn as his Combat Service Identification Badge 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment worn as his Distinctive Unit Insignia 5 Overseas Service Bars, reflecting 2½ years overseas combat service

Personal life

Frost is married to Patricia Jones Frost from The Woodlands, Texas. His wife is a U.S. Army colonel and has been selected for promotion to brigadier general and currently serves as Deputy Commanding Officer for the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. They have one daughter.

External links

• Tan, Michelle (Feb 20, 2012). "More Pacific Exercises". Army Times. "What we’re seeing is a strategic rebalance that our nation is going through,” said Col. Malcolm Frost, the operations officer (G-3) for US Army Pacific. “The nation has always been focused on the Pacific, but we’re just seeing a refocus by the Army because our Army has, rightly so, for the last 10 years been focused on Iraq and Afghanistan. . . ."
• Walden, Walden (July 15, 2011). "Ceremony at Schofield Barracks". Hawaii Free Press. "Ceremony at Schofield Barracks marks the end of the Iraq mission for the post’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team. . . "
• William, Cole (July 14, 2011). "5 fallen Stryker soldiers honored with rite". Honolulu Star Advertiser. " As teary-eyed family members sat wearing purple-and-white orchid lei, Stryker Brigade Commander Col. Malcolm B. Frost recognized the soldiers for their sacrifice. . . ."
• Frost, Malcolm (Sep 14, 2010). "From combat to new dawn in Iraq". Washington Times editorial page. Finishing the job right honors the legacy of those who died. . . ."
• Cole, William (Sep 13, 2010). "Iraq is still a dangerous place". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. "Col. Malcolm Frost, the commander of Hawaii's Stryker Brigade, said the shooting death of two of his soldiers and wounding of nine others by an Iraqi army soldier. . ."
• Gordon, Michael R. (September 13, 2010). "In Iraq, Clearer Image of U.S. Support". The New York Times. “This operation demonstrates the importance and dangers of the mission in Iraq during Operation New Dawn,” Col. Malcolm B. Frost, the commander of the Second Advise and Assist Brigade, said in an e-mail response to a reporter’s questions. “The elements in close ground combat were about 25 U.S. assisting and advising approximately 200 I.A. and I.P.,” the colonel added, using the acronyms for the Iraqi Army and Iraqi police. . . "
• Frost, Malcolm (Oct 3, 2009). "Evolving Army Leader Training: Adapting for the GWOT Junior Leader". U.S. Army War College Strategy Research Project.
• Cole, William (July 8, 2009). "Strykers to help end era in Iraq". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. "It's a good news story, and it demonstrates that the Iraqis are continuing to take over responsibility, yet it's also going to be a significant challenge," Frost said. "We're going to be operating across greater distances so it's going to stretch our ability to command and control. . . ."
• Frost, Malcolm. "Merging Technology and Training: The 82d Airborne Division's Master Gunner Program". Infantry. Spring 2002
• Frost, Malcolm. "Security Operations SOP: A Rifle Company in Bosnia". Infantry. Jan-Apr 1999