John W. Troxell

Command Sergeant Major John Wayne Troxell is a member of the United States Army, slated to become Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He enlisted in the United States Army in September 1982 as an armored reconnaissance specialist and graduated One Station Unit Training at Fort Knox, Ky.

Army career
CSM Troxell has served in the Army over 30 years in numerous units throughout his career. They include the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Fort Bliss, Texas; 2 tours in Germany with the 3rd Armored Division, and the 3rd Infantry Division; 3 tours in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Campbell University ROTC in Buies Creek, North Carolina, and the Special Operation Division of Joint Task Force Six (Counterdrug) in El Paso, Texas. He has served as the Command Sergeant Major of the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York and in Iraq; the Regimental Command Sergeant Major of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in both Fort Polk, Louisiana and Fort Lewis, Washington; the Command Sergeant Major of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington and in Iraq; the 21st Command Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Armor Center and Fort Knox, Kentucky; the Command Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Accessions Command and Human Resource Center of Excellence at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the Command Sergeant Major of I Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington and the Command Sergeant Major of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command in Afghanistan. CSM Troxell has been selected to assume the duties of Senior Enlisted Adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and will assume the position after its current holder, SgtMaj Battaglia, retires.

CSM Troxell’s five combat tours of duty include making the combat parachute jump and service in Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, two tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

CSM Troxell’s military education includes Ranger, Airborne, Jumpmaster, Pathfinder, PLDC, BNCOC, ANCOC, and The First Sergeant Course. He is a graduate of Class 51 of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Course and the Command Sergeants Major Course. CSM Troxell is also a graduate of the National Defense University Keystone Joint Command Senior Enlisted Leader Course, the US Army War College Strategic Leader Development Course and the Army Strategic Leader Development Course (Intermediate) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Command Sergeant Major Troxell's civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from TUI University in California.

Command Sergeant Major Troxell is married with three children and two grandchildren.