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COLONEL SAMUEL W. MORGAN III
COMMANDER, BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT
Col. 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,
Texas, Jan. 2001-May 2003; J4 Staff officer, JTF-Bravo, Honduras,
Marine Terminal Officer and Plans Officer, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea, April 2004-March 2006; Assistant Division
Transportation Officer, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, 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; and 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
Chris Lee currently serves as the Civilian Executive (Deputy Commander) of Blue Grass Army Depot. In his role as the senior civilian, 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, Lee is responsible for oversight of
Operations at Anniston Munitions Center, Anniston Alabama, and Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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, he traveled to Provo, Utah, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science 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.
Lee’s military assignments include Assistant Company Commander and Detachment
Officer in Charge with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 in Gulfport, Mississippi, with deployments to Okinawa, Puerto Rico, Dominica and Andros Island, Bahamas; and
Engineering Exchange Officer with 823rd Red Horse Squadron in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 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, California, 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, Lee was hired as the Supervisory Engineer for Facilities Management and Drydock Engineering at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in
Bremerton, Washington. 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, 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, he returned to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to head
the Facilities Management and Planning Branches for the Command. Following this assignment, Lee 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, he was selected to his current position.
Lee holds an Associate of Science Degree in Italian from Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California, a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering
from Brigham Young University, and a Master of Science in Leadership and Management from Western Governor’s University, Millcreek, Utah. He is Contracting Level 2
and Facilities Engineering Level 3 certified through Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act.
His 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. Lee’s 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
Blue Grass Army Depot provides America's Joint Warfighters with quality, timely, and reliable munitions,
chemical defense equipment, non-lethal combat equipment, and force provider sets, in support of the
full spectrum of Military Operations. Additionally, safeguard the storage and destruction of
contaminated secondary waste.
VISION
Provide responsive, agile, and innovative munition / material strategic support to the Joint Force.
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