Colonel Isaac B. Martínez, Chief of Joint Staff for the Colorado National Guard, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General during a ceremony on September 13, 2025, in Lone Tree, Colorado. (Photo: Courtesy Isaac B. Martínez)
Colonel Isaac B. Martínez, Chief of Joint Staff for the Colorado National Guard, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General during a ceremony on September 13, at the Marriott Hotel in Lone Tree, Colorado. The event included an 11-cannon salute, underscoring the historic milestone in Martínez’s long and distinguished career.
A seventh-generation Coloradan, Martínez was born in La Junta and attended high school in Fountain, Colorado before beginning his service in the Colorado Army National Guard, where he has spent his entire military career.
His first call to action came in 1999, when he led a National Guard security detail at Columbine High School in the aftermath of the tragic shooting. Shortly thereafter, he deployed for a nine-month assignment to Taszar, Hungary, serving as deputy provost marshal with U.S. forces from 1999-2000 as part of Operation Joint Forge…