Steven Olds

Credentials: Captain, Logistics

Position title: Assistant Professor of Military Science / US Army Reserve Liaison

Email: solds@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-890-1515

Captain (CPT) Steven J. Olds commissioned as a Logistics Officer from New Mexico Military Institute in 2012 and is a graduate of the Logistics Officer Basic and Advanced Course, Unit Movement Officer Deployment Planning Course, and Combat LifeSaver Course.

CPT Olds’s previous assignments include:

·       V Corps Forward at Camp Kosciuszko, Poznan Poland where he served as the Battle Captain for the V Corps Forward Element and Operations Officer.

·       310th Sustainment Command where he served as the Commander of the 261st Ordnance Company out of Charleston, WV.

·       310th Sustainment Command where he served as the Operations Officer for the 497th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion out of Salem, VA.

·       310th Sustainment Command where he served as the S4 out of Charleston, WV.

·       143rd Sustainment Command where he served as the Commander of the 489th Logistics Over the Shore Company out of Jacksonville, FL.

·       143rd Sustainment Command where he served as the XO for the 146th Movement Control Team out of Orlando, FL.

·       985th Quartermaster Company as a Platoon Leader out of Las Cruces, NM.

CPT Olds has combat and operational deployments to Syria, Iraq, Kuwait and Poland Theaters.

CPT Olds holds a Bachelors of Science in Public Health from University of South Florida, and a Masters in Occupational Safety and Health Association from the University of Columbia Southern.

CPT Olds arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to serve as an Assistant Professor of Military Science in September of 2025.