Bio: Gilge, Eric, Lt. Col. (Promotion - 2016)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Gilge, McGowan

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 1/28/2016

Eric Gilge was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel on January 8 at the historic Memorial Chapel at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in a ceremony conducted by Col. Christopher McGowan.

Lt. Col. Eric Gilge is a 1995 graduate of Rib Lake High School and a 1999 graduate of UW-Stevens Point. Upon graduation, he was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers.

During his nearly 17 year career, he has served at Ft. Riley, Kansas, Ft. Stewart, Georgia and Ft. Lenard Wood, Missouri and deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan.

He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the School of Advanced Military Studies. He is currently assigned to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

 

 


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