Chief of Staff
Military Chief of Staff
Colonel Jason M. Knapp
Col. Jason M. Knapp assumed duties as the Joint Munitions Command’s Chief of Staff on July 31, 2023. In this capacity, he supervises the Command General Staff, Munitions Logistics and Readiness Center and the Special Staff.
In April 1997, Knapp enlisted in the Army Reserve. In May 2002, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Ordnance Corps from the Army ROTC program at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
He has earned a Master of Science in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a Master of Science in Business Administration – Management from New Charter University, San Francisco, California, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Automotive Technology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
Knapp’s previous assignments include Assistant S4, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Q-West. Iraq, 2003; Mechanical Maintenance Platoon Leader, Maintenance Control Officer, B Company, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Q-West, Iraq, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 2004-2005; Logistics Operations Officer, Military Transition Team, 1st Battalion, 327 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
Division, FOB McHenry, Iraq, 2005-2006; Support Operation Maintenance Officer, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 2006-2007; Battalion S1, 832nd Ordnance Battalion, 59th Ordnance Brigade, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 2008; Company Commander, HQ/A Company, 832nd Ordnance Battalion, 59th Ordnance Brigade, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 2009-2010; Deputy Supply and Services Officer, G4, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, 2010-2011; Secretary of the General Staff, United States Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 2011-2013; Deputy Support Operations Officer, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 2014-2015; Support Operations Officer, 541st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion,1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Camp Beuhring, Kuwait, and Fort Riley, Kansas, 2015-2016 (OND/OIR/OEF 2015); Battalion Executive Officer, 601st Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 2016-2017; G4 Logistics Planner, US Army Europe, 2017-2019; Commander, Army Field Support Battalion - Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, 2019-2021; and Deputy Brigade Commander and Executive Officer, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, Fort Riley, Kansas, 2021-2022.
His military education includes the Ordnance Officer’s Basic Course, Air Assault Course, Combined Logistics Captain’s Career Course, Command and General Staff College, Support Operations Course Phase 2, Joint Planners Course, Defense Support to Civil Authority Course, Security Cooperation Planner’s Course, and the U.S. Army War College.
Knapp’s awards and achievements include Meritorious Service Medal (6 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal,
National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (4 campaign stars), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal (1 bronze star), Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, three Meritorious Unit Commendations, Overseas Service Ribbon (5 numerals), Combat Action Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe Medallion.
Chief of Staff
Deputy Chief of Staff
Corey Hotle
Mr. Corey J. Hotle currently serves as the acting Deputy
Chief of Staff for the Joint Munitions Command. In this
position, he supervises the Command General Staff and the
Environmental, Health and Safety Directorate.
Hotle ensures daily execution of the command mission and
strategic efforts are maintained for senior leadership. Hotle
provides specific focus and guidance in areas of finance,
personnel, audit, information technology, security and
safety/environmental domains across the command.
Hotle’s previous assignment was as the Director for Facilities
Readiness, where he was responsible for developing and
prioritizing the command’s facilities investment mission
supporting modernization, sustainment and divestiture
across the organic industrial base. He also oversaw supply
chain analysis and risk assessment in support of munitions
readiness and operational performance at Government-
Owned Contractor-Operated facilities.
Hotle’s additional past assignments include Director for Organic Industrial Base Support, Chief of JMC’s
GOGO Division, and Deputy Director for JMC’s Depot Optimization efforts.
Hotle holds a Master of Science in business administration from Saint Ambrose University, Davenport,
Iowa, and a Bachelor of Science in history from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
He is Practitioner level certified in Engineering and Technical Management and Foundational level
certified in Life Cycle Logistics.