Past Professors/Faculty of Military Science

Colonel Reid Grawe is the Commander of the Brigham Young University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Battalion. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on June 25th 1981 in the United States Regular Army and entered Active Duty in the Adjutant General Corps after successful completion of a four year ROTC program at Brigham Young University. 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 US Army School of Comptrollership and the Professional Military Comptroller Course. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Brigham Young University (1981) in Family Financial Planning and Counseling, and his MBA from Syracuse University (1990) in Organization and Management.

Colonel Grawe's initial assignment was in Germany as the Detachment Commander and Battalion S1 (Personnel Manager) for the Return of Forces to Germany (REFORGER) 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 11th Signal Brigade. Following early designation as a Comptroller, he was selected for Advanced Civilian Schooling and completed his MBA in conjunction with the US Army School of Comptrollership at Syracuse University.

Colonel Grawe was assigned to Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) 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 two billion dollars. 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, Colonel Grawe was assigned to First Corps Headquarters at Fort Lewis, Washington as the Chief of the Officer Management (Human Resources) Division on the Corps staff. He was later selected to serve as the Battalion Executive Officer of the 22nd Personnel Services Battalion and was instrumental in the successful completion of its first-ever Army Readiness, Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP).

Colonel Grawe was then selected for Joint Duty Assignment as a Comptroller for US 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.

Colonel 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 the former Julie Ann Riley and they have six daughters, Rachel, Erika, Katrina, RuthAnn, Stefanie, and Kimberly.