Lieutenant Colonel Eric D. Brunken was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps in 1993 through the Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, Georgia. 
LTC Brunken’s military assignments include Team Leader, 552^nd and 463^rd MP Companies (S. Korea and Ft. Leonard Wood, MO); Platoon Leader, 549^th MP Company,  Aide de Camp to the USARSO DCG and Battalion Training officer, 92^nd MP Battalion (Republic of Panama);  Asst S3, 720^th MP Battalion, Commander, 411^th MP Company, and S4, 720^th MP Battalion (Ft. Hood, TX); Intern to the Joint Staff (J7) and Army Staff (DCSPER) (Pentagon); S4, 18^th MP Brigade and XO, 793^rd MP Battalion (Iraq, Mannheim and Bamberg Germany); MP Field Grade Assignment Officer, Chief, MP Branch, and Chief, Retention Branch (Army Human Resources Command, Alexandria, VA).
LTC Brunken holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma.  His military education includes the Military Police Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Airborne and Air Assault School, Combined Arms Services Staff School, and the Army Command and General Staff Officer Course.   (Continued)