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COLONEL SAMUEL W. MORGAN III
COMMANDER, BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT
Colonel Samuel W. Morgan III assumed command of Blue Grass Army Depot on June 27, 2024. Blue Grass Army Depot
provides America's Joint Warfighters with reliable, timely and cost-effective munitions and chemical defense
equipment in support of full-spectrum military operations.
In 2000, Morgan was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Transportation Corps from the Army ROTC program at
Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania.
He has earned a Master of Art in National Security and Strategic Studies and Master of Military Arts and Science from the Army’s Command and General
Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Master of Science in Management from the University of Phoenix, Arizona, and a Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering from Widener University.
His assignments include Medium Truck Platoon Leader, Heavy Equipment Transport Platoon Leader, and Company Executive Officer, Transportation Motor Company, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood (known as Fort Cavazos since 2023), Texas, Jan. 2001-May 2003;
J4 Staff officer, JTF-Bravo, Honduras, Jan.-July 2003; Marine Terminal Officer and Plans Officer, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea, April 2004-March 2006; Assistant Division Transportation Officer, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg (known as Fort Liberty since 2023), North
Carolina, April 2006-Sept. 2007; Commander, Distribution Company, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 2007-June 2009; Assistant S4, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, June
2009-May 2010; Group S4, 902nd Military Intelligence Group Counterintelligence, Fort Meade, Maryland, June 2010-June 2013; Joint Logistics Operations Officer, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Airforce Base, Florida, June 2013-July 2015;
Commander, Special Operations Logistics Support Element Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, July 2015-June 2018; Garrison Commander, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, June 2018-July 2021; G5 Director of Strategy and Plans,
Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Airforce Base, Illinois, July 2021-June 2024. Morgan’s deployments include tours to Honduras, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
His military education includes Transportation Officer’s Basic Course, Logistics Captains Career Course, Pre-Command Course,
Joint Planners Course, Support Operations Course, Northern Warfare Basic Mountaineering Course, Jumpmaster Advanced Airborne
School, SERE Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, and Naval War College.
Col. Morgan’s awards and achievements include Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster),
Meritorious Service Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service
Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Senior Parachutist Badge, Joint Meritorious Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit
Citation, German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge, and German Airborne Wings.
CHRIS LEE
DEPUTY TO COMMANDER
Mr. Chris Lee currently serves as the Civilian Executive (Deputy Commander) of Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD).
In his role as the senior civilian, Mr. Lee ensures munitions and chemical defense equipment are readily available
to support worldwide full-spectrum military operations. He also ensures safeguards are in place to secure the remainder
of the National Chemical Weapons Stockpile until demilitarization is complete. In addition, Mr. Lee is responsible for
oversight of Operations at Anniston Munitions Center, Anniston AL and Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, Scranton PA.
Chris Lee spent his early years in Florida and Guam before his Navy family settled in Silverdale, Washington, where Chris
graduated from Central Kitsap High School in 1991. From there, Mr. Lee traveled to Provo, Utah where he graduated with
a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University. Following Naval Officer
Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida, he was commissioned into the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps in 1997.
Mr. Lee’s military assignments include Assistant Company Commander and Detachment Officer in Charge with Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 74 in Gulfport, MS with deployments to Okinawa, Puerto Rico, Dominica and Andros Island, Bahamas;
and Engineering Exchange Officer with 823rd Red Horse Squadron in Fort Walton Beach, FL with deployments to Italy, Qatar,
Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, where he provided the first boots-on-ground engineering assessments of Afghan Air Bases after
9/11. Following language training at Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA he completed his military career with a
split tour as Planning Officer and Assistant Resident Officer in Charge of Construction at Naval Air Station Sigonella,
Italy in 2006.
Upon separation from the Navy, Mr. Lee was hired as the Supervisory Engineer for Facilities Management and Drydock Engineering
at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA. After a year in this position, he was recruited back to NAS Sigonella,
Italy to be the Supervisory General Engineer and Project Management and Engineering Branch Head. While there, Mr. Lee
was selected as the Installation Business Manager, the staff integrator responsible for Strategic Planning, Future Plans
and Financial Management for the base. At the conclusion of his overseas tour, Mr. Lee returned to Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard to head the Facilities Management and Planning Branches for the Command. Following this assignment, he was
again recruited to return to Sigonella to be the Business Manager for the installation. From there he was promoted to
be the Deputy Public Works Officer for NAS Sigonella. In 2022, Mr. Lee was selected to his current position.
Mr. Lee holds an Associate of Science Degree in Italian from Defense Language Institute, a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Master of Science degree in Leadership and
Management from Western Governor’s University. He is Contracting Level 2 and Facilities Engineering Level 3 certified
through Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act.
Mr. Lee’s numerous military awards include the Navy Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, National Defense
Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, and the Global War on Terror
Service Medal. His Civilian Awards include the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal for his work in Sigonella during
the 2011 NATO Operation Unified Protector supporting the liberation of Libya.
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MISSION
To provide America's Joint Warfighters reliable, timely and cost-effective munitions and chemical
defense equipment in support of full spectrum Military Operations. Safeguard the remainder of
the National Chemical Weapons Stockpile until demilitarization.
VISION
Become the Department of Defense's Center of Excellence for ammunition support to the Joint Warfighter.
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