Battalion+Commanders

1st Military Intelligence Battalion Commanding Officers
Charles H. Fore..............Mar 62 – (?).........................First Battalion CO for 1st MI Bn (ARS) A.J. Deprez..........................before October 1962 - after June 1963

Tsutomu Matsumoto.......24 Sep 63 - 9 Jun 64 John Betz......................MM/YY - Aug 64...................Acting CO Michael Tymchak............Aug 64 – Dec 66...................Took the Battalion to Vietnam Eugene Kelley Jr.............Nov 66 – Jun 67 Anthony F. Matta...........Jun 67 – Mar 68 Jerry G. Wetherill............Mar 68 – Dec 68 James M. Myers.............Dec 68 – Oct 69 Albert F. P. Jones...........Oct 69 – Oct 70 William I. Ames Jr...........Oct 70 – Sep 71 James W. Higdon............Sep 71 – Apr 72.....................Last CO in Vietnam Thomas W. Fuller............Apr 72 – May 72 Albert W. Hamel.............May 72 – Jun 74 James D. Canfield...........Jun 74 – Dec 75 Michael L. O’Kane...........Dec 75 – Jun 77 George C. Campbell........Jun 77 – Nov 78 John (Tony) Lackey........Nov 78 – Jun 80 Billy Rea.......................Jun 80 – Summer 81................Died of heartattack during command Philip R. Harper..............Summer 81 – Jul 82.................CO when Bn was inactivated Bill Shaver....................Apr 83 - 1985.........................First CO of 1st MI Bn (AE) George Spiczak.............1985 - 1987 Dave Cowley.................1987 - 1990 Jerry Pooley..................1990 - 1992 Butch Erickson..............1992 - 1994 Jim Boland....................1994 - 1996 Steve Nicholas..............1996 - 1998 Vern Campbell...............1998 - 2000 Danny Durham...............2000 - 2001 Dan Godfrey..................2002 - 2004 Michael Popovich...........2004 - 2006 Neil Hersey...................2006 - 2008 Michael Huston..............2008 - 8/2010 Timothy B. Brown...........8/2010 - Current Battalion Commander When I took command of MIBARS, Major John Betz was the ACTING Commander. The appointed commander that I relieved was a Major with a Japanese name who left a month or two before I arrived.. To the best of my knowledge, Major Betz was never appointed as the MIBARS commander. He commanded the battation as an "ACTING" commander between regularly appointed commanders, but was never on written orders appointing him as the CO. –Michael Tymchak //Please note, these names and dates may not be entirely correct. We are working on a complete list, if you have any information please contact Don Skinner.//Return to Overview and History page