Army Brigadier General Landis C. Maddox assumed command of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on June 15, 2023. Under his leadership, DLA Troop Support annually provides more than $20 billion worth of food, clothing and textiles, construction and equipment, pharmaceuticals, along with medical supplies and equipment for America’s warfighters and other valued customers worldwide. To accomplish this mission, Maddox oversees a global workforce of more than 2,100 civilian and military personnel.
A Texas native, who was born in South Carolina, Maddox was commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1996. His first assignment was with the 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Georgia. After completion of the Captain’s Logistics Officer Advanced Course (CLOAC), Maddox served as a staff officer in South Korea in the 19th Theater Army Area Command. He left Korea and moved back to Fort Stewart, Georgia, where he served as a staff officer and a company commander in 24th Corps Support Group (Forward), Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Prior to going to Command and General Staff College (CGSC), Maddox moved to Ft. Drum, New York and served as the Support Operations Officer and XO in the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. Following Command and General Staff College in June 2012, he then moved back to South Korea and served as the Chief of Petroleum Operations and the Chief of Current Operations in the United States Forces Korea J4, Yongsan, Korea.
Maddox commanded the Special Troops Battalion 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and then assumed duties as a Strategic Staff Officer in the Logistics Initiative Group in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G4, Washington DC. After completion of the Army War College in 2018, he moved to Hawaii and served as the Assistant Chief of Staff G5 for the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, prior to assuming command of the 25th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. After command, Maddox served as the Executive Officer for the Army Materiel Command Commanding General, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. In his previous assignment, Maddox served as the Commander of the Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island, Illinois.
In addition, his operational experience includes five deployments to Iraq and one to Kuwait. Maddox’s military education and schools include Army War College, U.S. Army Command, and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Captains Career Course, and the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course.
His civilian education included a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 and in 2006 he earned a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from Webster University.