Colonel Torrance G. Cleveland, a native of St. Petersburg, Florida was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps through the Bucknell University ROTC program. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from Susquehanna University and graduate degrees in Logistics Management (Florida Institute of Technology), and Strategic Studies (United States Army War College).
He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course, Combined Logistics Captains Career Course, Theater Logistics Studies Program, Joint Logistics Course, Command and General Staff Course – Intermediate Level Education, Maintenance Managers Course, Airlift Load Planners Course, Support Operations Phase I & II Course, and JOPES Support Personnel Course.
During his career, COL Cleveland’s earliest assignments between 2000 – 2004 were Platoon Leader and Battalion Maintenance Officer in 87th Corps Support Battalion at Fort Stewart, Georgia. During that time, he deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
From 2005 – 2018, COL Cleveland assumed roles of increasing responsibility at Fort Cavazos, Texas, including Brigade Logistics Plans Officer and Company Commander in 4th Infantry Division (mechanized); Company Commander and Battalion Operations Officer in 1st Calvary Division. He then served at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia in the 49th Quartermaster Group as the Support Operations Plans Officer, Support Operations Officer, and Battalion Executive Officer. Later he served, six years in Europe coordinating sustainment and host nation support activities in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. His assignments included Operations Officer, NATO Communications Information Systems Agency; Chief, Exercises and Deployment, Base Support Group at the Allied Joint Forces Command – Brunssum in the Netherlands; and the Supply and Services Branch Chief at U.S. Army European Command in Wiesbaden, Germany. During that time, COL Cleveland also served two tours in Iraqi, a tour in Afghanistan, and a humanitarian mission in Haiti.
COL Cleveland Commanded the 405th Army Field Support Battalion in Eygelshoven, Netherlands from 2018 -2020 managing Army Pre-Positioned Stocks enabling European deterrence. Following battalion command, he was assigned to the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia where he served as the Chief, Command Planning Group. COL Cleveland’s last assignment was Director, Joint Deployment Training Center, Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J-7 Joint Warfighting Division at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star (two Oak Leaf Cluster) and numerous other achievement awards. COL Cleveland is a Demonstrated Master Logistician; member of the Distinguished Order of Saint Martin, United States Quartermaster Corps; and a recipient of the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara, United States Field Artillery Association.
He is married to Lisa Cleveland, and they have two children: Savanna (16) and Kyle (10).