Ransom to serve as Senior Enlisted Leader for Intelligence Command

Cass County Judge and U.S. Army Reserve Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Travis Ransom has been selected to serve as the next Senior Enlisted Leader for the Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC). He will assume responsibility at a ceremony at Fort Belvoir on Saturday, Dec. 13 with Brigadier General C. Ryan Gunst, MIRC Commander, presiding.

The MIRC is vital component of the U.S. Army Reserve’s adaptive and innovative intelligence enterprise. The MIRC provides trained, equipped, and ready Soldiers and units to meet the operational intelligence requirements of Combatant Commands and the national intelligence community. Army Reserve intelligence professionals play a critical role in supporting U.S. missions at home and abroad, providing timely and accurate intelligence to enable national defense and global security operations.

Formed in 2005, the MIRC consists of more than 6,300 Soldiers serving in over 40 units across the continental United States, Hawaii, and Europe. Since its inception, the MIRC has deployed approximately 6,000 Soldiers in support of named and unnamed operations worldwide, providing intelligence support to nearly every national intelligence agency and Combatant Command. CSM Ransom brings more than 28 years of military intelligence experience to his new role. He has served in a variety of leadership positions from Company First Sergeant through multiple Battalion and Brigade Command Sergeants Major positions and has been mobilized and deployed multiple times in support of peacekeeping and contingency operations around the world. In his civilian capacity CSM Ransom serves as the Cass County Judge in Northeast Texas.

He is a distinguished alumnus of Texas A&M-Texarkana and former Mayor of the City of Atlanta, Texas.