Dr. Darrell Collier joined the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command as the Chief Scientist in October 1993 following a tour in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army (Operations Research) as the Special Assistant for Forces and Program Evaluation since February 1993.
Before coming to the Pentagon, Dr. Collier was the director of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s (TRADOC) Analysis Command at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. As director, Collier controlled an organization of more than 200 analysts and staff members responsible for producing numerous studies of weapons effectiveness.
Dr. Collier earned a bachelor of science degree in physics in 1964 from Arkansas State College, a master of science degree (1967) and a Ph.D.(1970) in physics from the University of Arkansas. He was commissioned in the Ordinance Corps through the ROTC program and served on active duty with the U.S. Army from 1968 through 1970. He was involved in the testing of nuclear weapons effects at WSMR.
Beginning his career in Federal Civil Service in 1970, Collier continued his evaluation of nuclear effects as a scientist on the Safeguard technical staff at the Safeguard System Evaluation Agency (SAFSEA) also located at WSMR. After SAFSEA transitioned into the TRADOC Systems Analysis Activity, Dr. Collier remained with the activity and assumed positions of leadership. He held positions as chief of Command and Control Cost Effectiveness; chief of the Quality Assurance Branch; deputy division chief for Infantry Systems; and chief of the Battalion Model Development Branch.
Dr. Collier served as scientific advisor from 1977 to 1987 for the TRADOC Combined Arms Test Activity (TCATA) at Fort Hood, Texas. The TCATA designed, conducted, analyzed, and reported on field tests of proposed Organizational, Training, and Doctrinal concepts as well as new material. His duties involved the technical oversight of the test program as well as instrumentation development. Collier was promoted to the government’s Senior Executive Service in 1982. In January 1988, he returned to WSMR to assume the leadership of TRAC-WSMR, the TRADOC Analysis Command element at WSMR
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