COL Seiber is a native of Amarillo, Texas, and entered the U.S. Army as an enlisted Soldier in 1987.  Upon completion of his enlistment, he used his G.I. Bill and Army College Fund benefits at Texas A&M University, where he received his commission as an armor officer via the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) in 1994.

Though originally commissioned as an armor officer, COL Seiber has served as a public affairs officer (PAO) since 2007.  He most recently served for a 2-year period as the Chief, Army Media Relations Division at OCPA and had a very brief stint from October-November 2015 as the Chief, Army Community Relations and Public Outreach division.  Prior to his return to OCPA, he served as the public affairs advisor to U.S. Army General John F. Campbell, commander for the NATO Resolute Support (formerly International Security Assistance Force Mission) and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan in Kabul.  Other strategic-level assignments in the Pentagon include serving as the public affairs advisor to the 34^th Army Vice Chief of Staff, Gen. John F. Campbell, and on the joint staff, where he served in the same capacity for the 9^th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr.

Other public affairs assignments include the 101^st Airborne Division (Air Assault), where he served as the public affairs chief at Fort Campbell, KY, and at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan (2009-2011).  He also served as the public affairs officer for the 506th Infantry Regiment, 4^th Brigade Combat Team, (CURRAHEE), 101^st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell and at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan (2007-2009).

As an armor officer, COL Seiber served as the ROTC Recruiting Operations Officer, and later as the S-3 operations officer for the Texas A&M Army ROTC program in College Station, TX (2003-2006).  He spent four years in Germany (1999-2003), initially serving as a G-3 operations officer at V Corps Headquarters in Heidelberg, where he had a brief deployment to Macedonia to support operations in Kosovo.  He later served as an assistant S-3 operations officer and commanded a tank company with 1^st Battalion, 63^rd Armor Regiment in Vilseck.  As he completed his tour in Germany, he deployed to Northern Iraq with the 173^rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team out of Vicenza, Italy, to serve as an armor planner and liaison officer in the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Bashur, and later in Kirkuk.

COL Seiber initially served as a scout platoon leader, and later as an anti-tank company executive officer in 3^rd Squadron, 2^nd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Polk, Louisiana (1995-1998).  While serving with the 2^nd Cavalry, he deployed to Camp Colt, Bosnia, to support Operation Joint Forge (1997-1998).

His awards and decorations include: Bronze Star (third award); Defense Meritorious Service Medal (second award); Meritorious Service Medal (third award); Army Commendation Medal (fourth award); Army Achievement Medal (third award); Armed Forces Service Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal;  Kosovo Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal (fourth award); Overseas Service Ribbon (fifth award); NATO Medal (five operations); Parachutist Badge; Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge; and Department of the Army Staff Identification Badge.  He holds a master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in Military Art and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from Texas A&M University.

COL Seiber is married and has two children.