Eric Crawford joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District as the Executive Officer/Legislative Liaison Officer in November 2024. Prior to joining the Mobile District, he served as an Administrative Officer for Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, AL for nearly two years.
Mr. Crawford humble beginnings as a federal civilian began in 2001 working with the Defense Commissary Agency (DECA), Heidelberg, Germany. There he served as a Store worker in produce for just over a year and was promoted to Work Supervisor within the Grocery Department. He remained in that position until his departure from Heidelberg, Germany in 2004.
After leaving Heidelberg, Germany, he served as a Test Score Technician with the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) in Lansing, Michigan from 2004-2007. There, he assisted with the oversight of the testing department, onsite and remote. His diligence with the MEPS earned him the honor of being named the Civilian of the Quarter and Year on multiple occasions.
Mr. Crawford continued his civilian career by serving as a Functional Area Records Manager (FARM) for the U.S. Air Force, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii for a brief stint. This stint as a FARM was cut short due to accepting and internship position with the U.S. Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) as a Manpower and Force Management Analyst. He proudly served as a Manpower and Force Management Analyst from 2007-2011. He was USARPAC’s subject matter expert on developing concepts plans, traveling throughout the USARPAC area of responsibility providing instructions.
He served as the Administrative Officer, 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) Command Group from 2012-2023. He proudly served and advised six Major Generals. While in this position, he served as their Trusted Agent. Mr. Crawford served as a focal point for continuity of knowledge and the subject matter expert on administrative matters for the Command Group which also encompassed the Division Command Sergeant Major, three Brigadier Generals and Chief of Staff. This position also provided him valuable experience with elected officials, local and foreign dignitaries.
Mr. Crawford is an Army Veteran, beginning his military career in 1989 as a Pneudraulics Specialist with Company F, 214th Aviation, Fort Novosel (Rucker). While serving with the 214th, he deployed to Desert Storm from 1990-1991. He then went on to join the War Eagle Battalion Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama. While in ROTC’s simultaneous membership program, he was assigned to the 1206th Quarter Master Detachment, Wetumpka, Alabama as a Cadet until his Commissioning in 1994 as a Field Artillery Officer. He attended Officer Basic Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and upon completion, join the 24th Infantry Division that would later be reflagged as 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Moore (Benning), Georgia where he would serve until 1997. In 2000, he was recalled out of the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) to join the Alabama National Guard’s 803rd QM Detachment, Opelika, Alabama until 2001 when he moved back to the IRR. From 2008-2009, Mr. Crawford would serve on his second deployment as a Captain with 1-114th Infantry Battalion at Forward Operating Base Cropper as their Resource Management Officer, Field Operating Officer and Lead Contracting Officer Representative.
Mr. Crawford holds a Bachelor’s Degree in General Business from Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama. He is a graduate of the Army Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advance Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Mr. Crawford is also a graduate of the Army’s Manpower and Force Management Course, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Mr. Crawford is a proud native of Alabama, hailing from the great city of Union Springs, Alabama. He is the proud Father of six children, Don, Derissa, Eric Jr., Breneé, Maurice, and Meilani.