Executive Office Biographies

Colonel Alfred A. Pantano, Jr., District Commander

Colonel Alfred A. Pantano, Jr. assumed command of the Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District in July 2009.

COL Pantano recently graduated from the United States Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army Engineer School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. COL Pantano commanded the 94th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) in Germany, Iraq, and at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He was responsible for transforming the 94 ECB (H) to a modular structure and rebasing it from Germany to Fort Leonard Wood as part of the Army’s Global Rebasing and Restationing Initiative.

COL Pantano has served in a myriad of staff positions as a field grade officer to include Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, United States Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany; Executive Officer of the 1st Armored Engineer Brigade in Baghdad, Iraq; Executive Officer and Operations Officer, 94th ECB(H) in Vilseck, Germany; Operations Officer, North Atlantic Division, United States Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Hamilton, New York; and Project Manager, New England Division/District United States Army Corps of Engineers, Waltham/Concord Massachusetts. COL Pantano commanded the 887th Light Equipment Company, 326th Engineer Battalion (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell Kentucky.

COL Pantano is a native of Milford, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned into the Army Corps of Engineers on May 15, 1987. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Technology from Murray State University. He is a graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses and the Command and General Staff College.