Rich C. Staats

Major General

Rich C. Staats
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Army
Years of service1978-2021
Rank Major General
Commands75th Innovation Command
316th Sustainment Command
211th Regional Support Group
Battles / warsIraq War
AwardsLegion of Merit
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal

Richard C. Staats is a retired U.S. Army major general and former commanding general of the 75th Innovation Command.

Career

Major General Rich Staats served as the Commanding General for the 75th Innovation Command, also known as the United States Army Reserve Innovation Command (USARIC).[1]

Staats was commissioned at the United States Military Academy[2] and served over 36 years of service in seven commands (2 companies, battalion, 2 brigades, 2 general officer commands) culminating in his command of 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)[3][4] and 75th Innovation Command. He served overseas in five commands including service in combat zones for three. Staats joint and interagency assignments include: Joint Staff, Defense Logistics Agency, Foreign Service Institute, and Multinational Force Iraq.

Staats military education consists of Quartermaster Corps company grade education, Joint and Combined Warfighting School, United States Army Command and General Staff College (Pershing Award), and the United States Army War College. Staats received a Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1994[5] from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Hertz Fellow,[6] and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College.

In civilian life Dr. Staats has been a contributor at think-tanks in the DC metro area for 25 years. Dr. Staats is a Distinguished Fellow for the Institute for Stability and Transition. He is a previous member of the Board of Trustees for the parent organization for the Texas A&M University system. His book contributions and published articles largely focus on artificial intelligence and the theoretical value of information.[7] He has been in the game design community since the 1970s and is a commercial music producer.[8][9][10]

He retired on July 15, 2021, after relinquishing command of the 75th Innovation Command on July 10.[11]

Awards and decorations

Staats' decorations[12] and medals include:

References

  1. ^ "MG Rich C. Staats". www.usar.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. ^ "General Officer Announcements". West Point Association of Graduates. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. ^ "Col. Rich Staats assumes command of the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)". DVIDS. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  4. ^ Tan, Michelle (2017-08-07). "Army Reserve one-star 'temporarily suspended' from command". Army Times. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  5. ^ Integration of predictive routing information with dynamic traffic signal control (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1994. hdl:1721.1/35433. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  6. ^ Celebrating 50 Years of the Hertz Graduate Fellowship (PDF). The Hertz Foundation. 2013.
  7. ^ emerging techniques (PDF). 2020.
  8. ^ "Staats*, Richard".
  9. ^ "Swamp Bound". zhalindor.com.
  10. ^ "Music Creation".
  11. ^ "Major General Richard Staats relinquishes Command of the 75th Innovation Command". Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  12. ^ "Brigadier General Richard C. Staats". www.usar.army.mil. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
Military offices
Preceded by
MG James V. "Boe" Young
 Commanding general, 75th Innovation Command
2019-Present 		Succeeded by
None