Maj. Demarius Thomas is the Armor Commandant’s Initiatives Group chief at the Armor School. He has served in armor, cavalry and infantry formations. Previous assignments include brigade operations officer, squadron executive officer, battalion operations officer and chief of operations, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. In combat, he served as strike director for the Combined Joint Force Land Component Command-Operation Inherent Resolve, Erbil Province, Iraq. He also commanded a rifle company in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and a tank platoon during the Surge in Iraq.