Colonel Andrew McConachie

COL Andrew J. McConachie was commissioned in 1987 as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery through ROTC at Western Michigan University where he was a Distinguished Military Graduate and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA where he received a Master of Science in Strategic Studies. He concluded his 30-year career as Director, Army Financial Management Optimization Task Force, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller).

COL McConachie was first assigned to the 4th Battalion 14th Field Artillery in Bamberg, Germany where he served as a Fire Direction Officer (A Battery), Platoon Leader (C Battery), and Battalion S4. Following the Field Artillery Officers Advanced Course he served in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). There his assignments included, among others, Fire Support Officer, 3rd Battalion 502d Infantry; and Commander, C battery 1st Battalion 320th Field Artillery.

His previous Financial Management assignments include Budget Officer for the Office of Defense Cooperation in Athens, Greece; 4th Infantry Division Comptroller; 7th Infantry Division Comptroller; U.S. European Command Program - Budget Officer; Chief of both Proponency, and Doctrine and Combat Development at the U.S. Army Financial Management School; the Multi-National Corps - Iraq CJ8 Budget Officer at Camp Victory, Iraq; the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Deputy Chief of Staff - Resource Management (G8); the Third Army/U.S. Army Central, Deputy G8; and the U.S. Army Europe, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G8.

COL McConachie’s awards include the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal along with various other awards and decorations. He has earned the Army Staff Identification Badge and is Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger qualified. He and his wife Tracy are both originally from Kalamazoo.