Army Capability Manager – Strategic Missile Defense
Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
COL Thomas V. Petrini is a native of New Port Richey, Florida, and was commissioned as an Air Defense Artillery Officer in 2003 upon graduation from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
His first assignment was to the 6th Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Patriot), Ansbach, Germany, where he served as a Launcher Platoon Leader, Fire Control Platoon Leader, and Assistant Battalion S-3.
In 2008, following graduation from the Field Artillery Captain Career Course, COL Petrini returned to 6-52 ADA at Fort Sill, OK, and assumed command of C Battery. In 2009, he led the battery’s permanent change of station to Osan Airbase Republic of Korea. COL Petrini was then assigned to the G3/5/7 (G33) at the US Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, OK, where he served as a Current Operations Officer and later Deputy Chief of Current Operations from 2010 to 2013. From 2011 to 2012, he was deployed to Iraq as the Army Section Operations Officer/Foreign Military Sales Case Manager in the Iraq Security Assistance Mission, US Forces – Iraq, and later the Office of Security Cooperation – Iraq. In 2014 he was assigned as S-3 and later Executive Officer (XO) for the 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Patriot), Fort Bragg, NC, and Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield/Operation Inherent Resolve. COL Petrini later served as the Brigade Deputy Commanding Officer for the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bragg, NC.
From 2018-2019, COL Petrini served as the XO to the Director for Test, Missile Defense Agency, and later as the XO to the Army’s Director for Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space, and Rapid Acquisition, Redstone Arsenal, AL. COL Petrini commanded the 1st Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Patriot/THAAD), Fort Hood, TX, from 2019 to 2021, deploying the battalion to the Central Command Area of Responsibility. COL Petrini was most recently the Deputy G3 for the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI.
COL Petrini holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The Citadel, and master’s degrees from both the US Naval and US Army War Colleges. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (7OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and the Army Basic Space Badge.
June 2025
