CW5 Chris Cottrill, Command Chief Warrant Officer, 110th Aviation Brigade
Chief Warrant Officer Five Chris Cottrill is a native of Plymouth, Minnesota. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in June 1990 and completed USMC Basic at MCRD San Diego, California. Cottrill served as a CH-53 crew chief until June 1998 before being accepted into the U.S. Army flight training program. Cottrill attended the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Basic Course and U.S. Army Helicopter Flight Training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, in 1998. He completed UH-60 pilot qualification in October 1999.
Cottrill’s previous assignments include aviation standardization officer, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, New York; aviation standardization officer, 8th Army, Korea; battalion standardization officer, 2nd BN, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; standardization pilot, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Flight Detachment, Belgium; battalion and company standardization officer, 3rd BN, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii; Flight School XXI instructor pilot, Fort Rucker; and pilot in command, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Cottrill has logged over 6,000 flight hours including over 2,000 combat hours flown during deployments to Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Freedom Sentinel.