Colonel Frederick D. Thaden is the ROTC Commander for Detachment 855 at Brigham Young and Utah Valley Universities.  Colonel Thaden was previously the Director of the Talent Management Innovation Cell for Headquarters U.S. Air Force at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.  Colonel Thaden was commissioned in 1991 as a graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Brigham Young University. The colonel's assignments include duties as a behavioral scientist, social actions chief, manning division chief, squadron commander, vice commander, installation commander, and wing commander. He is a graduate of Squadron Officer School, the Air Command and Staff College and the National War College. Colonel Thaden is a veteran of Operations Joint Forge, Joint Guardian, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.