U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion
Lieutenant Colonel Barbi L. Aleandre
Commander, U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion (CID)
LTC Aleandre started her military career as an ROTC cadet at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, the Fall of 1988. Her Sophomore year, she entered the Simultaneous Membership Program for 15 months and joined the Reserves in the 351st Surgical Hospital (Mobile Army). She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and was commissioned as a Military Police Officer in the Active Army in August of 1992.
She served as a Platoon Leader for the 527th Military Police Company and Battalion Training Officer and Deputy Chief of the Highway Transportation Division of the 27th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), in Friedberg and Wiesbaden Germany; Chief of a Movement Control Team in Zupanja, Croatia and Lukavac, Bosnia in support of IFOR; Brigade Training Officer for the 89th Military Police Brigade, and Commander of the 410th Military Police Company at Fort Hood, Texas; deployed her company ISO 1st Cavalry Division and SFOR to Tuzla, Bosnia; served as an Adjutant, Operations Officer and Logistics Officer for the 11th Military Police Battalion (CID), Fort Hood, Texas; Post Tasking Officer, Law Enforcement Commander and Commander of the Fort Sill Regional Corrections Facility, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Deputy Director of Operations for the United States Disciplinary Barracks and Operations Officer of the 705th Military Police Battalion (Internment/ Resettlement), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Operations Officer and Executive Officer of the 705th Military Police Battalion (Internment/ Resettlement), Camp Bucca, Iraq; and Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 347th Regiment, 158th Infantry Brigade in Orlando, Florida.
Military schooling includes the Military Police Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, and the Protective Services Training Course.
LTC Aleandre’s awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal 4 OLC, Army Commendation Medal 1 OLC, Army Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge and Air Assault Badge.