Staff and Cadre
Major Patrick Mitchell
Major Pat Mitchell was born and raised in Foxboro, Massachusetts and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2013 with a B.S. in Economics. Upon graduation, Major Mitchell was commissioned into the United States Army as a Transportation Officer and attended the Basic Officer Leadership Course at Fort Lee, VA. He served as a Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Logistics Officer in the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. After graduating from the Logistics Captain’s Career Course, Maj. Mitchell served as the logistics plans officer for the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY. He later commanded Alpha Distribution Company, 526th Brigade Support Battalion, before being assigned to the University of Southern Maine as an Assistant Professor of Military Science.
Major Mitchell’s military decorations include the Expert Soldier Badge, the Pathfinder Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal (2OLC).
Major (Ret.) Brendan Fahey
Brendan Fahey was commissioned in May 1983 from the Army ROTC program at The Citadel. He attended the Infantry Officer Basic Course and graduated in September 1983. He graduated from the US Army flight school in September 1984 as a UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) pilot and was stationed at FT Hood, Texas. After attending the Aviation Officers Advanced Course and the UH-60 orientation course, Brendan Fahey was stationed in Uijongbu, Republic of Korea, from June 1988 through February 1990. He was then stationed at Fort Hood, Texas as an operational test officer conducting tests on new aviation systems such as the MH-60K Blackhawk and MH-47E Chinook helicopters.
After leaving the US Army Brendan Fahey joined the Texas Army National Guard in May 1995 as a traditional National Guardsman. He served in a number of aviation staff positions and deployed to Bosnia i Herzegovina twice as member of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) as well as Bratislava, Slovakia. Brendan Fahey became a fulltime member (AGR) of the Texas Army National Guard and deployed to Iraq from September 2006 to September 2007. He retired after 28 years of military service in October 2011.
Some of Brendan Fahey’s awards and decorations include the Senior Army Aviator Badge, Air Assault Badge, Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, NATO Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, and the Overseas Service Ribbon. Some of his assignment and deployment locations include Alabama, Texas, Alaska, California, Honduras, El Salvador, Republic of Korea, Germany, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iraq.
Mr. Fahey can be reached at (207) 581-1125 or at Brendan.fahey@maine.edu.
Sergeant First Class Kyle Anderson
SFC Kyle Anderson was born and raised in Northern California. SFC Anderson joined the Army and graduated from Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT) in 2007. SFC Anderson was then assigned to Charlie Company 2-87 Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade Combat Team 10th Mountain Division stationed at Fort Drum New York. In 2009 he deployed to RC East in the Wardak province of
Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2011 he again deployed to Afghanistan, this time to RC South in the Ghazni province in the Arghandab River Valley. Upon his return home in 2013, he was assigned to recruiting duty in Salt Lake City Utah where he served as a recruiter until 2016. SFC Anderson was then assigned to Charlie Company 1-75 Calvary Regiment 2nd Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). In 2019 SFC Anderson returned to recruiting duty in Northern California until 2020. SFC
Anderson was then assigned to Bravo Company 4-6 Infantry Regiment 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team at Fort Bliss Texas. In May of 2021, he deployed to South Korea until March of 2022. In August of 2023, SFC Anderson was assigned to the University of Southern Maine. SFC Anderson has served as Squad Automatic Rifleman, Fire Team Leader, Squad Leader, Platoon Sergeant and Company First Sergeant.
SFC Anderson’s military decorations include the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Recruiting Badge, the Army Commendation Medal (3OLC), and the Army Achievement Medal (1SLV 1OLC), the Army Good Conduct Ribbon 5th award, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with three combat stars, NATO medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon with 2 numerals, Army Service Ribbon, Korean Defense Service Ribbon, Armed Forces Service Ribbon, Valorous Unit Award, Overseas Service Ribbon 2 numeral.
In 2022, SFC Anderson married his wife, Annabell, in Tahoe, California. They enjoy many hobbies together including Rock Crawling, Hiking, Camping and exploring throughout Maine.