Gerard Eric Hill was born in Boston, Massachusetts . Lieutenant Colonel Gerard “Eric” Hill was commissioned through the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School as an Ordnance Officer on 26 May 1999, after more than 8 years of enlisted service. As a Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, he served as a platoon leader in the 721st Maintenance Company, at Camp Edwards for four years.  At the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Eric’s unit, the 110th Maintenance Company, was deployed to Talil, Iraq in 2003, where he served as the Base Maintenance platoon leader.  Eric was the Company Executive Officer for the 721st Maintenance Company before transitioning to the U.S. Army Reserves, where he soon took command of the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 719th Transportation Battalion.  Eric’s company then deployed to Balad, Iraq under the 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command. Eric was a graduate of Suffolk University Law School where he earned a Juris Doctor in Law in 2005, Northeastern University where he earned an MPA in Public Administration in 2007, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where he earned a BA in History in 1992.  Eric was also a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College, the Joint Operations Planning and Execution Course, the Captain’s Career Course and the Ordnance Officer Basic Course.