Colonel Mike Hiller is a 1999 ROTC graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and commissioned as an Infantry officer. He served nearly eight years on active duty with 1-16th Infantry Battalion (Mechanized)/1st Infantry Division, Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment/75th Ranger Regiment, 1-501st Infantry (Airborne), and US Army Alaska Headquarters. Colonel Hiller deployed with the Rangers to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
In 2007, Colonel Hiller transferred to the Army Reserve and served as a foreign area officer for US Central Command and US European Command in Italy and the National Capital Region. He then served two years at the US Military Delegation to the NATO Military Committee at NATO Headquarters, a Joint Chiefs of Staff position.
In 2014, Colonel Hiller transferred to the 97th Training Brigade as an US Army Command & General Staff College (CGSC) adjunct faculty member with the Pennsylvania team. He has served as a class lead for all phases and Phase 3 lead at Fort Dix. In early 2018, Colonel Hiller transferred to the 7th Intermediate Level Education Detachment/7th Mission Support Command as a CGSC adjunct faculty member. Next, Colonel Hiller commanded the detachment from December 2018 to August 2020.
Following command, Colonel Hiller served on the Army Staff as the Deputy Division Chief for Army War Plans Division under the G-3/5, Strategy Plans & Policy. In August 2023, Colonel Hiller transferred to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Integration as an Assistant Director working on the Department’s next generation of the Total Force Policy.
Colonel Hiller is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Captains Career Course, the Command & General Staff College, and the Army War College with a Masters of Strategic Studies degree.