Colonel Eric Tauch, a native of Texas, commissioned in
the US Army in May 1992, upon graduation from the United States Military
Academy, West Point, New York.
During his 23+ years of commissioned service, Colonel
Tauch held command and staff assignments in Korea, Colorado, Hawaii, Utah,
Washington, DC, California, and Virginia.
He deployed in support of INTRINSIC ACTION in Kuwait and Iraq, and
Operation STABILIZE in East Timor. He
also served as the Officer in Charge (OIC) for the Defense Intelligence
Agency’s Libya Task Force supporting Operation ODYSSEY DAWN.
Command and staff highlights include: Ground Section OIC
and CINC Command Intelligence Briefer, United States Forces Korea (USFK) J2;
Assistant Battalion S2, 3-68 Armor Battalion, 4th Infantry Division; Battalion
S-2, 1-12 Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Division; Analysis and Control
Element (ACE) Operations Officer and Command Intelligence Briefer, US Army
Pacific (USARPAC); Company Commander, Bravo Company (CI), 205th Military
Intelligence Battalion, 500th Military Intelligence Brigade; US Forces J2, East
Timor; Battalion S3, 3-360th Training Support Battalion, 91st Training Support
Division; G3/7 Operations Officer, 9th Mission Support Command; Chief of
Operations, Joint Reserve Intelligence Program, Defense Intelligence Agency;
Commander, Western Army Reserve Intelligence Support Center; G3/7 Chief of
Training, Military Intelligence Readiness Command; and G3/5/7 Director of
Operations, Plans & Training, Military Intelligence Readiness Command. He assumed his current role as the Deputy
Commanding Officer, Military Intelligence Readiness Command, in January 2016.
Colonel Tauch holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Management from the United States Military Academy, and a Master of Science in
National Resource Strategy from the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National
Security and Resource Strategy. He is a
graduate of the Military Intelligence Officers’ Basic and Advanced Courses; the
Counterintelligence Agent Course; Combined Arms and Services Staff School, and
Intermediate Level Education.
Awards and decorations include: Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious
Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with two oak
leaf clusters, and Army Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters. He is Airborne qualified and a recipient of
the Knowlton Award.
Colonel Tauch is married to Lieutenant Colonel Kimberly
Tauch of Hawaii. They have three
children.