Major Troy Angell
Training Operations Officer
Major Troy Angell arrived at the UW-La Crosse Eagle Battalion in
February 2010. Immediately prior to this assignment he was the
fires and effects advisor for a Brigade Military Transition Team
in Kirkuk, Iraq. He enlisted in the Army in 1996 as a cannon
crewmember, and received his commission from the Officer
Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia in 2000. His
assignments include: company fire support officer, 1-15 Field
Artillery, 2d Infantry Division, Korea; platoon leader, battery
executive officer, battalion liaison officer and battalion fire
direction officer, 6-32 Field Artillery, 212 Field Artillery
Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; fires and effects advisor for a
Battalion Military Transition Team in Qayarrah, Iraq; gunnery
instructor, Field Artillery Basic Officer Leadership Course III,
and commander, C/1-78 Field Artillery, 478 Field Artillery
Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
MAJ Angell’s military education includes the Primary Leadership
Development Course, Field Artillery Officer Basic Course and the
Field Artillery Captains Career Course.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with
oak leaf cluster (2d award), Meritorious Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal
with four oak leaf clusters, Army Good Conduct Medal, National
Defense Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal,
Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army
Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with oak leaf cluster
and the Combat Action Badge.
MAJ Angell holds a master’s degree in education from Oral
Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
MAJ Angell is married to the former Carey Cox. They have a daughter pursuing a pharmaceutical doctorate at Southwest Oklahoma State University. MAJ Angell and Carey reside in Sparta, Wisconsin. His hobbies include reading, walking his dog, and fishing.