CSM Robert A. Winzenried assumed duties as the 9th Command Sergeant Major of the United States Army Corps of Engineers on 2 May 2005. He joined the army from High Bridge, New Jersey in September of 1977. He attended OSUT at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Upon graduation he was assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company 172nd Light Infantry Brigade, at Fort Richardson, Alaska as a Sapper. His assignments include: Squad Leader, Aco 15th Engineer Battalion at Fort Lewis, Washington; Drill Sergeant, Dco, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Squad Leader and Platoon Sergeant, Aco 307th Engineer Battalion (ABN), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Platoon O/C at the Combat Maneuver Training Center, Hohenfels, Germany; Engineer with the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion in Somalia; as a First Sergeant in the 307th Engineer Battalion (ABN), 82nd Airborne Division, 27th Engineer Battalion (ABN) and the HHC 20th Engineer Brigade (ABN) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; as a AC/RC Battalion Sergeant Major at Fort Knox, Kentucky and as a Battalion Command Sergeant Major in the 40th Engineer Battalion, 12th Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. His military education includes: Primary Non-Commissioned Officers course, Basic Non-Commissioned Officers course, Advanced Non-Commissioned Officers course, Battle Staff Non-Commissioned Officers course and the United States Army Sergeant Majors Academy Class# 49 at Fort Bliss, Texas, other schools include Basic and Advanced Airborne School, Drill Sergeant School, and Sapper School. He has completed over 3 years of college. His awards and decorations are: The Legion of Merit; Bronze Star; Meritorious Service Medal 4th OLC; Army Commendation Medal 2nd OLC; Army Achievement Medal 3rd OLC; Good Conduct Medal 8th award; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; United Nations Medal Somalis; Kosovo Campaign Medal; NATO medal; Joint Meritorious Unit Award; Master Parachutist Badge; and the Drill Sergeant Badge. CSM Winzenried was assigned to the Engineer Brigade, 1st Infantry Division as the Brigade CSM and participated as a member of TF Danger in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II in Tikrit, Iraq.