Colonel Christian S. Newton is the Chief of Staff at the War Media Activity (WMA), Fort Meade, Maryland. She is a native of Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of South Alabama, a Master of Science in Adult, Occupational and Continuing Education from Kansas State University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
Her past assignments include Platoon Leader; Shop Officer and Maintenance Officer, 123d Main Support Battalion, Dexheim, Germany and Baghdad, Iraq; Movement Control Officer, 53d Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Eustis, Virginia and Bagram, Afghanistan; S3 Plans Officer and Company Commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 24th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Operations Officer and Battalion Executive Officer, 3d Battalion 345th Regiment, Fort Gillem, Georgia; Brigade Executive Officer, 403d Army Field Support Brigade, Army Sustainment Command, Daegu, South Korea; Support Operations Officer, 302d Brigade Support Battalion, Dongducheon, South Korea; Logistics Planner and Secretary of General Staff, U.S. Army South, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; Professor of Military Science and Leadership (Army ROTC) at Alcorn State University, a historically black college university (HBCU), Lorman, Mississippi; and Battalion Commander, 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
COL Newton’s military education includes the Ordnance Officer Basic Course; Combined Logistics Officer Advance Course; Joint Planners Course; Contracting Officer Representative Course; Master Resilience Trainer Course; Security Manager Course; Support Operations Course; Intermediate Level Education; Pre-Command Course; and U.S. Army War College.
COL Newton’s awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters; the Army Achievement Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters; the Valorous Unit Award; the Army Superior Unit Award with one Oak Leaf Cluster; the National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Korean Defense Service Medal; Overseas Service Ribbon with the four device; and the NATO Medal.