Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Gray

Lieutenant Colonel C. Hunter Gray is a distinguished military graduate of the University of Mississippi's Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He has completed key developmental assignments as a platoon leader in Charlie Troop, 3-17 Cavalry, as the company commander of Delta Company, 2-158 Assault Helicopter Battalion, as the company commander of Bravo Company, 46th Aviation Support Battalion, and as an Assistant Product Manager. LTC Gray has completed a variety of broadening assignments, including the Assistant Executive Officer and Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Deputy Commanding General of Acquisition and Systems at US Army Futures Command.

LTC Gray deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009 as an air cavalry platoon leader. While deployed, he led missions in Regional Command East as a Kiowa Warrior pilot-in-command and air-mission-commander. In 2014, he deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom as an aviation maintenance company commander. While there, he led US Army aviation maintenance operations in Regional Commands West and Southwest

LTC Gray's program management experience includes major defense acquisition program development, procurement, platform integration, software integration, contractor logistics support, and organic sustainment. He has served in the US Army's Program Executive Office of Missiles and Space and the Program Executive Office of Aviation.

LTC Gray holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Mississippi, a Master of Business Administration from Auburn University at Montgomery, and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science from Air University. He recently earned a PhD in Technology at Purdue University through the US Army Acquisition Corps Advanced Civil Schooling program.

LTC Gray's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with Valor, the Air Medal with Numeral 2, the Army Commendation Medal with 3 Oak Leaf clusters, and the Army Achievement Medal, the Meritorious Unit Commendation with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Action Badge, the Senior Army Aviator Badge, and the Parachutist Badge. LTC Gray is rated in the OH-58D and the H-60A/L.

He is married to the former Miss Emily Williams of Oxford, MS. They have 4 daughters. They are members at Whitesburg Baptist Church.