Director of the Joint Staff
Colonel Jason P. Mahfouz
Colonel Jason P. Mahfouz is the Director of the Joint Staff for the Louisiana National Guard. He serves as the chief advisor and principal assistant to The Adjutant General, State of Louisiana. He is responsible for directing, supervising, training, and coordinating the staff and assisting The Adjutant General in the deployment and coordination of programs, policies, and plans affecting the 11,000 members of the Louisiana National Guard. COL Mahfouz is also designated as the State’s Dual Status Commander, responsible for commanding all military forces while conducting emergency and contingency operations in Louisiana.
Colonel Mahfouz attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned into the Engineer Corps in 2001. His previous command and staff positions include: Adjutant, S-1, 769th Engineer Battalion; Commander, Headquarters and Service Company, 769th Engineer Battalion; Plans Officer, 769th Engineer Battalion; Engineer Plans Officer, 769th Engineer Battalion; S3, 769th Engineer Battalion; Military Personnel Officer (MILPO), Louisiana Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ); S3, 139th Regional Support Group (concurrent with MILPO); Commander, 199th Brigade Support Battalion, 256th IBCT (concurrent with MILPO); Deputy Construction Facilities Management Officer, JFHQ-LA; Construction Facilities Management Officer, JFHQ-LA; and Director of Joint Operations, Plans and Training (J3/5/7), JFHQ-LA.
Colonel Mahfouz mobilized into active federal service three times during his career. In 1990, he mobilized and deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield. In 2002, he mobilized and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2007, he mobilized and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Louisiana Tech University in 1992 and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2019. His military education includes the Engineer Officer’s Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Advanced Operations Course, the US Army War College, National Defense University’s Joint and Combined Warfighter Course, and the Harvard Kennedy School- Leadership in Homeland Security Seminar.
Colonel Mahfouz’s military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal with Bronze Service Stars, the Global War On Terror Expeditionary Medal, the Global War On Terror Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Stars, the Liberation of Kuwait Medal (Saudi Arabia), the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge, and the Army Engineer Association Bronze de Fleury Medal.
COL Mahfouz resides in New Orleans, Louisiana and is married to the former Alisha Annette Spillers, and they have two children: Julian Paul and Mason Cooper.