Major Andrew Hess graduated from Shepherd University in 2000 and received his commission in the Ordnance Corps after completing officer candidate school at Fort Benning, Ga. in 2001. He served as the direct support maintenance platoon leader, 84th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy); executive officer, HHC 45th Corps Support Group; and adjutant, 17th Corps Support Battalion during his first assignment at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He deployed to Mosul, Iraq, with the 17th CSB. At Fort Drum, N.Y., he served as company commander, Forward Support Company, 7th Engineer Battalion. His most recent assignment was logistics trainer for a military transition team advising an Iraqi army infantry brigade.