Colonel Wade Reed currently serves as the commander of the 117^th Regiment, Regional Training Institute (RTI) in Smyrna, Tennessee. He commands the overall operation of the RTI which includes a Military Police Battalion, an Armor Battalion with a modular OCS Company and a Quartermaster Battalion.

The 117th Regiment (RTI) programs and provides institutional training within assigned Career Management Fields (CMF's), NCOES, and OCS missions based on the collective requirements identified by the One Army School System (OASS), NGB-ART-I (Individual Training Branch), the Army Program for Individual Training (ARPRINT) for the Army National Guard, the United States Army Reserve (USAR), the Active Component (AC).

Colonel Reed enlisted in the Tennessee Army National Guard, November 1994, serving as an enlisted Infantryman.  Upon completion of Officer Candidate School (Tennessee Military Academy), he was commissioned as a Field Artillery officer, August 2000.  Reed was previously assigned as an assistant in the G3 office at Joint Force Headquarters after completing the Air War College Class of ’23 at Maxwell AFB.

Colonel Reed’s other previous leadership and staff assignments within the Tennessee Army National Guard include: 117th MP BN Commander; Deputy Domestic Operations Officer at JFHQ; Defense Reform Advisor in Ukraine for 278th ACR; S1 194th EN BDE; S3 117th MP BN; Assistant S3 168th MP BN; S3 320th MP BN (deployed); Company Commander 251st MP CO; Battery Commander C Btry, 2/115th FA (deployed); Platoon Leader B Btry 2/115th FA; Fire Direction Officer B Btry 2/115th FA; Yellow Ribbon Program Director for J9 at JFHQ-TN; S3 Presidential Inauguration detail 2012;  AS3 Bulgarian NATO Creval 2011 and 2012; Liaison Officer Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts, New Orleans, LA; West TN Operations Officer TNARNG Counterdrug Division.

Colonel Reed holds a bachelor’s degree from Bethel University, a master’s degree from the University of Kansas, and a master’s degree from the Air University. Colonel Reed’s military education includes graduate of the Air War College, Army Command and General Staff Course, Military Police Captain’s Career Course, Military Police Officer Transition Course, Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Advanced Infantry and Basic Training, Fort Benning, Ga. and the US Army Airborne Course in Fort Benning, Ga.

His awards and decorations include:  Bronze Star Medal; Meritorious Service Medal; Army Commendation Medal (3); Army Achievement Medal (2); Army Reserves Component Achievement Medal (6); National Defense Service Medal (2); Iraqi Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal (2) w/ M Device; Humanitarian Service Medal; Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon; Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon; Parachutist Badge; and Excellence in Competition Badge-Pistol.

Colonel Reed’s civilian employment is as a regional director of Operations for Southern Orthodontic Partners. He is married to Shannon Reed and they reside in Lexington, Tenn. They have one daughter, Madison Reed Williams, who is a Physician Assistant in Jackson, Tenn.

(Current as of July 2024)