DRAPER, Utah – Sep. 12, 2024 — The Utah Army National Guard selects Col. Keir Scoubes
as the next land component commander. A ceremony is scheduled at the Joint Force
Headquarters Building at 12953 Minuteman Drive in Draper, at 10 a.m. on Saturday Sep.
14, 2024. During the ceremony Col. Scoubes will be promoted to Brigadier General and
accept command of the Utah Army National Guard’s Land Component from Col. Jason
Wilde.
“The Utah National Guard is proud of the strong leadership within our organization,”
said Maj. Gen. Daniel Boyack, adjutant general for the Utah National Guard. “I am proud
of leaders like Col. Scoubes who prepare themselves for the selfless service of leading at
high levels. I have full confidence in the leadership of Col. Scoubes as he assumes the
duties and responsibilities of his command.”
Colonel Keir A. Scoubes began his military service in 1997 in the Utah Army National
Guard as an enlisted Soldier. He joined the Army ROTC while studying at Brigham
Young University where he received his commission in late April 2001. Shortly after
graduation from his officer basic course, Col. Scoubes was deployed along with members
of the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion to Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He has deployed multiple times and has held many staff and command roles including
brigade command of the 640th Regiment Regional Training Institute.
In addition to his military service Col. Scoubes is a professional educator, having taught
elementary school for 15 years and High School for the past five years. He is the assistant
coach for his High School’s girls’ basketball team. He also served as city councilman for
Spanish Fork City for nearly 12 years, being re-elected for three terms before resigning to
accept a war college position. He is married to Robyn Felsted of Great Falls, Virginia.
They have four children Amber, Trevor, Jessica, Ashley and two grandsons Riley and Jett.
I am truly humbled by the opportunity to serve the men and women of the Utah National
Guard as the Land Component Commander,” said Col. Scoubes. “I am excited by the
challenges that face our Army and our Country. I am committed to doing all I can to
support our Army forces as they train and prepare for unpredictable times.”
Wilde, who is relinquishing command to Scoubes during Saturday’s ceremony, has
served in various positions in the Utah National Guard since 1994 including every level
of command from battery to brigade. He is a professional field artillery officer and has
spent more than 25 years dedicated to advancement and modernization of the field
artillery craft. He deployed to assist domestically during Hurricane Katrina response
efforts and understands the dual nature of the National Guard. He credits much of his
success to the support he received from his wife, Jennifer, their six children and two
grandchildren.
“It has been a great honor to serve the Utah National Guard as the Land Component
Commander,” said Wilde. “I have seen readiness built at the lowest level by the Soldiers
that make the Army and the Utah National Guard the great organization it is. We are an
organization that constantly gets better with the right leaders in the right places, at the
right times.”