COL Ben A. Schneller is the Assistant Commandant at the U.S. Army Signal School. Prior to assuming this role, he completed an Army War College Fellow at the Syracuse University Institute for Security, Policy and Law.
COL Ben Schneller was born in Omaha Nebraska and raised in an Air Force family. He commissioned from the University of Portland ROTC program in 2003 as a distinguished Military Graduate. Upon earning his commission, COL Schneller attended the Armor Officer Basic Course at Fort Knox and received the Draper Leadership award. Following his first assignment in the Republic of Korea, COL Schneller transitioned to the Signal Corps.
COL Schneller’s leadership positions include Tank Platoon Leader, Company Commander for 472nd Signal Company, Detachment Commander for Deployable Communication Detachment Alpha 2nd NATO Signal Battalion, and Battalion Commander for 2nd NATO Signal Battalion; a joint and multi-national element comprised of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Service Members from nine Allied Nations, headquartered at Grazzanise Airbase, Italy. He has held a variety of staff positions including Battalion/Squadron Signal Officer (S6), Battalion Operations Officer (S3), Brigade Signal Officer (S6), Division Chief/Instructor US Army Signal School, and Professor of Military Science at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic Course, Signal Captain Career Course, Command and General Staff College, and and Army War College Fellow. COL Schneller has been stationed across the United States at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Gordon as well as overseas in Korea, Alaska, and Italy.
COL Schneller’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, NATO Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He is authorized to wear the Meritorious Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster, Parachutist Badge, Senior Army Instructor Badge, and the Combat Action Badge.
COL Schneller and his wife, Kim, have been married for nineteen years and have two children.