Profile Information

 Educational Background

AA General Studies
Columbia College 2022

BS General Studies
University of Missouri 2025

Profile

MSG Charles E. Felker is a native of Raleigh, NC. He entered the service in March of 2006 and attended One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri as a combat engineer. MSG Felker has held various leadership positions from Team Leader to First Sergeant.

Military assignments include: A Co, 37th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, Fort Bragg, NC from 2006-2009 as a Combat Engineer and Team Leader; 102nd Sapper Company (Combat) (Airborne), 307th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, Fort Bragg, NC from 2009-2011 as a Team Leader and Squad Leader; A Co, 425th BSTB, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, AK from 2011-2014 as a Squad Leader; C Co, 1-48th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Chemical Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, MO from 2014-2017 as a Senior Drill Sergeant; A Co, 307th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC from 2017-2018 as a Platoon Sergeant; HHC, 307th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC from 2018-2019 as the Battalion Operations NCOIC; B Co, 307th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC from 2019-2021 as the Company First Sergeant; Engineer Advanced Leader Course, Fort Leonard Wood, MO from 2021-2023 as the Course Chief. MSG Felker currently serves as Senior Military Science Instructor at Clemson University ROTC.

Military education includes: Airborne School, Basic Leader Course, Emergency Medical Technician Basic Course, Urban Mobility Breaching Course, Engineer Explosive Ordinance Clearance Course, Jumpmaster School, Advanced Leaders Course, Sapper Leader Course, Drill Sergeant School, Senior Leaders Course, and Master Leader Course.

Awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with 1- Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with 2- Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Commendation Medal with 4- Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with 6- Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Good Conduct Medal 5th Award, the National Defense Service Ribbon, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 2-CS, the Iraq Campaign Medal with 1-CS, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the NCO Professional Development Medal with numeral 4 device, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 4 device, the NATO Medal, the Sapper Tab, Combat Action Badge, the Senior Parachutist Badge, the Drivers Badge (wheeled), Basic Army Instructor Badge, Australian Foreign Jump Wings, and Thailand Foreign Jump Wings. He is a recipient of the Engineer Regiment’s Bronze De Fleury Medal.

MSG Felker has four combat deployments which include Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan (2006-2007), Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq (2009-2010), Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan (2011-2012), and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan (2019-2020).