Lieutenant Colonel Brent Lindeman currently serves as the Director of

Future Operations for Special Operations Command Central.

He is a graduate of Texas Christian University, receiving his

commission as an Infantry second lieutenant through the Reserve

Officer Training Corps in 1998.

Lieutenant Colonel Lindeman’s initial assignment was to the 82nd

Airborne Division, followed by the Special Forces Qualification

Course and assignment to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

where he commanded at the detachment, company, and battalion

level.  Lieutenant Colonel Lindeman deployed numerous times to

Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation

NEW DAWN; established Special Operations Command Central’s

forward command center in Jordan; and, established Combined

Joint Special Operations Task Force-Syria in support of Operation

INHERENT RESOLVE.

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Lieutenant Colonel Lindeman is a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School.  He holds a Masters of Science in Defense Analysis.