Watervliet Arsenal

COL Alain Fisher became the 63rd commander of the Watervliet Arsenal on July 22, 2022. COL Fisher was commissioned from Kemper Military Junior College in 1998 as part of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Early Commissioning Program. Subsequently, he graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2000 and entered active duty as a Quartermaster Officer. COL Fisher’s first assignment was with the 725th Main Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), at Schofield Barracks Hawaii, as a Supply Platoon Leader, Battalion S1, and S4 until 2003.

After attending the Captain Logistics Career Course at Fort Lee, Virginia, COL Fisher served with the 19th Theater Support Command G4 at Camp Henry South Korea. In 2005 he was reassigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Headquarters at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. COL Fisher served with the Group Support Battalion (Airborne) as a Support Operations Plans Officer during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM in 2006. COL Fisher commanded the Service Detachment in 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), deploying again in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM in 2007 to southern Afghanistan. He returned to the GSB(A) to serve as the Battalion Operations Officer until 2008. COL Fisher was then assigned to the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in Alexandria, Virginia to serve as the Quartermaster Captains’ Assignment’s Officer and Future Readiness Officer.

Following Air Force Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama in 2011, COL Fisher served with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia as the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion Executive Officer, Support Operations Officer, and the Brigade S4. During this tour, he deployed in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM at Forward Operating Base Shank in 2013. Subsequently, COL Fisher was assigned to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Rapid Deployable Corps-Italy, from 2014-2017 in Solbiate Olona, serving as the Corps Information Knowledge Management Officer.

From 2017 to 2019, COL Fisher commanded the Army Field Support Battalion – Campbell, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He then served as the Chief of Proponency for the Office of the Quartermaster General at Fort Lee, Virginia. In 2020, COL Fisher attended the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Policy at Fort McNair. Prior to his command at Watervliet Arsenal, COL Fisher served as the Chief of the Concept and Sustainment Battle Lab as part of Futures and Concepts Center under Army Futures Command at Fort Lee, Virginia.

COL Fisher holds a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies from the University of Central Florida, a Master of Science in Military Operational Art and Science from the Air University Command and Staff College, and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.

COL Fisher’s awards and decorations include the: Bronze Star Medal (with two bronze oak leaf clusters), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with four bronze oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with two bronze oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with three bronze oak leaf clusters), Combat Action Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Parachutist Badge and others.