HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Col. Matthew McFarlane will relinquish command of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division to Col. Scott A. Green in a change of command ceremony at JBER on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m.
McFarlane has served as the commanding officer since December 2012. He will be moving on to serve as Executive Officer to the Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. McFarlane led the brigade during a period of high operational tempo, with paratroopers from the brigade’s six battalions deploying on more than 100 missions to more than 20 countries.
Green comes to the Spartan Brigade after recently graduating from with a master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Green served as commander of the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, from August 2010 to February 2013 and deployed the battalion to the Kunar and Nuristan Provinces of Afghanistan in 2012.
Some other assignments and positions Green has held include the Battalion Operations Officer and Battalion Executive Officer for the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He also served as an Observer/Trainer and Chief of the Movement and Maneuver War-fighting Function for Operations Group Alpha for the Battle Command Training Program at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Green is married and has three children.
