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Biographical Data Book

Class 2010-2
25 Jan – 5 Mar 2010
National Defense University
Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau, United States Navy
President, National Defense University
Vice Admiral Rondeau is the President, National Defense University. The National Defense
University is the premier center for Joint Professional Military Education and is under the direction
of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vice Admiral Rondeau graduated with a degree in history in 1973 from Eisenhower College,
where she was selected by the Board of Trustees as “Most Distinguished Graduate” and received
the Groben Award for Leadership. She has a master's degree in comparative government from
Georgetown University. She has served in leadership, staff and command assignments in myriad
mission areas: fleet operations (anti-submarine warfare, air operations, operations, intelligence,
maritime transportation and sealift), strategy and policy, training and education, business
enterprise and shore installations. She has served as a White House Fellow and as a Chief of
Naval Operations Fellow. Vice Admiral Rondeau is Surface Warfare qualified, earning
qualifications on both MSC Merchant Marine vessels and U.S. Navy combatants. She holds
subspecialty qualifications in political-military affairs, operational intelligence, operations analysis,
strategy and planning and military transportation and is a licensed private pilot. Vice Admiral
Rondeau is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is currently pursuing a
doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University. She has been conferred an honorary doctoral
degree in public service from Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin and received the New York
City USO 2008 Woman of the Year award.

EDUCATION

1973 Bachelor’s degree in history from Eisenhower College


1973 Officer Candidate School
1974 Information Systems Officers School and Nuclear Weapons School
1977 Naval Intelligence Officers School
1982 Master’s degree in comparative government from Georgetown University
1985 White House Fellow
1987 MTMC Port Operations Course
1995 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Fellow, Strategic Studies Group (Naval War College)
1997 Prospective Commanding Officer Shore Station Command Course
2000 Navy Executive Business Course (Naval Post Graduate School)
2001 Capstone (National Defense University)
2004 Leadership at the Peak (Center for Creative Leadership)
2004 Navy Corporate Business Course (Senior Executive Course, Keenan-Flagler School of
Business, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
2008 Pinnacle (National Defense University)

ASSIGNMENTS

1974 - 1976 Commander, Pacific Fleet, Fleet Communications


1976 - 1980 Patrol Squadron Fifty, Air Intelligence Officer and Operations Officer
1980 - 1982 Georgetown University
1982 - 1983 Navy Staff (Strategy and Policy/NATO-Europe Branch)
1983 - 1984 Office of Secretary of Defense (Policy Analysis)
1984 - 1985 Office of Secretary of Defense (African Affairs)
1985 - 1986 White House Fellow (Department of Justice)
1985 - 1987 Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to the United States Attorney
General
1987 - 1989 Executive Officer, Fast Sealift Squadron One and Officer in Charge, Military
Sealift
Command Unit, New Orleans
1989 - 1990 CNO Executive Panel
1990 - 1992 Battalion Officer, United States Naval Academy
1992 - 1994 Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity La Maddalena, Italy
1994 - 1995 CNO Fellow, Strategic Studies Group (Naval War College)
1995 - 1996 Military Assistant to Principal Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
1996 - 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review
1997 - 1999 Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity, Millington, TN
1999 - 2001 ACOS for Shore Installations (Commander, Pacific Fleet Staff)
2001 - 2004 Commander, Naval Training Command and Naval Service Training Command
2004 - 2005 Commander, Naval Personnel Development Command
2005 - 2006 Director, Navy Staff
2006 - 2009 Deputy Commander, United States Transportation Command
2009 - President, National Defense University

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Distinguished Service Medal


Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (4)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2)
Navy Meritorious Service Medal (3)
Navy Commendation Medal (3)
Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski
Senior Vice President
National Defense University

Thomas C. Krajeski began his assignment as the Senior


Vice President of the National Defense University (NDU) on
August 3, 2009. He oversees NDU’s international programs,
provides foreign policy perspective and advice to the University
community, and assumes the duties of the President of NDU in
her absence. Ambassador Krajeski also lectures on foreign
policy, national security issues, the interagency process, and the
role of the State Department.

Prior to this assignment, in 2008-09, Ambassador


Krajeski served at the US Embassy in Baghdad as the Senior
Advisor to the Ambassador on Northern Iraq Affairs, where he
worked closely with representatives of the Kurdistan Regional
Government, the Government of Iraq, and the United Nations
in ongoing negotiations of the permanent boundary of Iraqi Kurdistan.

In 2007-08, he was the Director of Career Development and Assignments for the State
Department in Washington, where he managed the assignment process for more than 12,000 US
Foreign Service Officers and Specialists.

On July 30, 2004, he was sworn in as the American Ambassador to the Republic of
Yemen where he served as the Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa until July 4, 2007.
Ambassador Krajeski managed the full range of U.S.-Yemen bilateral issues with special
emphasis on counter-terrorism and development. During his service in Yemen, he was promoted
to the personal rank of Minister Counselor.

From 2001 to 2004, Ambassador Krajeski was the Deputy Director, and subsequently,
the Director of the Office of Northern Gulf Affairs (Iran and Iraq) in the Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs. From July to October 2003, Ambassador Krajeski served as a political advisor on
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer’s staff at The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Baghdad.

From 1997-2001, Ambassador Krajeski was the Principal Officer and Consul General at
the U.S. Consulate General in Dubai, UAE. Since entering the Foreign Service in June 1979,
Ambassador Krajeski has served at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal (1980-82), as chief of
the consular section in Madras, India (1982-84); in the State Department Press Office (1985); and
as the deputy chief of the consular section in Warsaw, Poland (1985-88). In 1988, Ambassador
Krajeski returned to Washington for an assignment as the political desk officer on the India Desk
in the Bureau of Near Eastern and Asian Affairs. He followed this assignment with a stint as a
senior watch officer in the Operations Center during the first Gulf War in 1990. After completing
two years of Arabic language studies at the Foreign Service Institute, he served as a political
officer at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt until 1997. During his Cairo tour, Ambassador
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Krajeski was the US Embassy liaison to the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations that resulted in the
Gaza-Jericho Agreement in 1995 and the Palestinian Administrative Agreement of 1996.

Ambassador Krajeski received the President’s Distinguished Service Award in 2007 for
his service in Iraq and Yemen. The State Department awarded Ambassador Krajeski a Superior
Honor Award for his efforts to organize U.S. government assistance to the families of 160
American citizens killed in the crash of a Polish airliner in Warsaw in May 1987. His work on
the India desk also earned him a Superior Honor Award. He received two Superior Honor
Awards for his work with the Iraqi opposition prior to the 2003 Iraq War and for his service in
Iraq at the Coalition Provisional Authority. His received another Superior Honor Award in 2008
in recognition of his efforts to redesign the Foreign Service assignments process.

Ambassador Krajeski studied Russian language and literature at the University of


Massachusetts at Amherst and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is married
to Bonnie Palder Krajeski, a special education teacher in Arlington, Virginia. They have three
children and three grandchildren.
ASHY, JOSEPH W., GENERAL,
U.S. AIR FORCE (RETIRED)

General Joe Ashy graduated from Texas A&M


University with a degree in mechanical
engineering. After commissioning, he attended
flying school at Reese AFB, Texas, and gunnery
school at Luke AFB, Arizona. His first
assignment was to the 494th Tactical Fighter
Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England. He flew
289 combat missions in Southeast Asia with the
3rd Tactical Wing. Other aircraft he has flown
operationally include the A-7, F-4, F-5 and F-
16. He served in various staff positions: at HQ
USAF as a division chief in the deputate of
plans and operations; as executive officer to the
Air Force Chief of Staff; and, at Tactical Air command (TAC) Headquarters as IG,
chief of staff, director of plans, director of operations, and later as the vice
commander. He was the operations officer of an F-4 squadron in Korea,
commanded and F-4 fighter squadron, two fighter wings (the 37th Tactical Fighter
Wing "Wild Weasels" and the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis AFB), the
USAF Fighter Weapons Center, 16th Air force, two Air Force major commands
(Air Training Command and Air Force Space Command), a theater component
command (NATO's AIRSOUTH), and two combined/joint commands (NORAD
and U.S. Space Command). Before assuming command of the latter, he
commanded NATO air forces in the Mediterranean theater and directed the combat
air operations over the Balkans/Bosnia. Before his retirement in October 1996, he
was "triple hatted" as CINCNORAD, CINCUSSPACECOM and COMAFSPC. He
is a command pilot with over 3500 hours in fighter and attack aircraft. Decorations
include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Silver
Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster.
Currently, he is President of Ashy & Associates, L.L.C. and is a consultant
for several aerospace firms. Besides being a senior fellow for CAPSTONE, he
serves in the Independent Strategic Assessment Group (ISAG) process for the
commanders of NORTHCOM/NORAD and Air Force Space Command. He also
participates in other ongoing analyses projects including reviews of missile
defense, space launch, global positioning services, and joint command and control
integration.
EDNEY, LEON A., ADMIRAL,
U.S., NAVY (RETIRED)

Admiral Edney was commissioned as an Ensign in


1957, following his graduation from the U.S.
Naval Academy. He earned a Master of Science
Degree in Public Administration from Harvard
University in 1963. Admiral Edney's major
assignments include Commander Attack Squadron
Twenty-Seven. From 1970 to 1971, Admiral
Edney served as a White House Fellow. In 1974,
he became Commander Carrier Air Wing Two. Two years later,
he became commanding officer of the USS PONCHATOULA
(AO-145). In January 1980, he assumed command of the USS
CONSTELLATION (CV-64). Admiral Edney became the
Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in June
1981. In March 1984, he became Commander, Carrier Group
ONE. His next major assignments were as Director, Office of
Program Appraisal for the Secretary of the Navy, and Director,
Aviation Plans and Requirements. In 1987, he became Chief of
Naval Personnel, and then Vice Chief of Naval Operations in
1988. In May 1990, Admiral Edney assumed duties as NATO's
Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic and Commander in Chief,
U.S. Atlantic Command. He retired from that position in August
1992. Admiral Edney's decorations include the Defense
Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal w/
Gold Star, Legion of Merit w/2 Gold Stars, Distinguished Flying
Cross w/4 Gold Stars, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service
Medal w/Gold Star, Air Medal w/Gold 6 Numeral and Bronze
Numeral &quot30", Navy Commendation Medal with Combat
"V" and 2 Gold Stars, the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat
"V", and numerous foreign decorations. In addition to his duties
as a Capstone Senior Fellow, Admiral Edney serves as a Senior
Fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses, and is Director of the
Armed Forces Benefit Services, Inc. and The Retired Officers
Association.
ADM Hal W. Gehman, U.S NAVY
(Retired)

Admiral Harold W. (Hal) Gehman, Jr., USN


(ret), completed over 35 years of active duty in
the U.S. Navy in October 2000. His last
assignment was as NATO's Supreme Allied
Commander, Atlantic and as the Commander in
Chief of the U.S. Joint Forces Command, one of
the United States' five geographic Unified
Commands. Gehman was born in Norfolk, Va.
on 15 October, 1942 and graduated from
Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Industrial Engineering and a
commission in the Navy from the NROTC program. A Surface Warfare
Officer, he served at all levels of leadership and command in guided
missile destroyers and cruisers. During the course of his career, Gehman
had an unusual five sea commands in ranks from Lieutenant to Rear
Admiral. Admiral Gehman served in Vietnam as Officer in Charge of a
Swift patrol boat and later in Chu Lai as Officer in Charge of a
detachment of six Swifts. His staff assignments were both afloat on a
Carrier Battle Group staff and ashore on a fleet commander's staff, a
Unified Commander's staff and in Washington DC on the staff of the
Chief of Naval Operations (four tours). Promoted to four star Admiral in
1996, he became the 29th Vice Chief of Naval Operations in September,
1996. As VCNO he was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
formulated the Navy's $70B budget and developed and implemented
policies governing the 375,000 people in the Navy. Assigned in
September, 1997 as SACLANT and CINC US Joint Forces Command
he became one of NATO's two military commanders and assumed
command of al1 forces of all four services in the continental U.S. and
became responsible for the provision of ready forces to the other Unified
CinCs and for the development of new joint doctrine, training and
requirements. Admiral Gehman is married to the former Janet F.
Johnson and they have two children: Katherine and Christopher .
General Joseph P Hoar, USMC (Ret)

General Joseph P. Hoar retired from the Marine Corps 1 September


1994. His last active duty assignment was as the Commander in Chief, United
States Central Command, MacDill AFB, Florida.
General Hoar was born on 30 December 1934, in Boston,
Massachusetts. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine
Corps in 1957, after graduating from Tufts University in Medford,
Massachusetts. After completing The Basic School, Quantico, Virginia, his first
assignment was as a rifle platoon commander in the 5th Marines. He served
subsequently in the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines at Camp Pendleton, California,
and on Okinawa as a battalion staff officer.
His first non-Fleet Marine Force assignment was at Marine Barracks,
Yorktown, Virginia. Barracks assignments included platoon commander and
guard company commander. After a short tour at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as
Assistant Manpower, Personnel and Administration Officer, he reported to the 2d Marine Division. He
commanded Company M, 3d Battalion, 2d Marines and later served as a battalion and brigade advisor
with the Vietnamese Marines.
On returning to the United States, he reported to Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.
During his three-year tour, he served in Operations and as Special Assistant to the Assistant
Commandant of the Marine Corps.
In 1971, he returned overseas where he was Executive Officer of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines.
During the period 1972 to 1976, General Hoar was assigned as an instructor at the Marine Corps
Command and Staff College, then returned to Headquarters Marine Corps for duty in the Personnel
Management Division.
General Hoar returned to the 1st Marine Division in 1977 and commanded the 3d Battalion, 1st
Marines. Relinquishing command of the battalion, he was reassigned briefly to the Division Staff, and
during this time, was promoted to colonel. In 1979, General Hoar once again returned to the 1st Marines.
He commanded the regiment until April 1981. He then joined the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit and took
command on board the USS Belleau Wood in Freemantle, Australia, in June 1981. During the following
year, the MAU participated in three Indian Ocean deployments.
Upon returning to the United States, General Hoar was assigned to the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, San Diego, as the Assistant Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Administration. While
serving in this capacity, he was selected in February 1984 for promotion to brigadier general, and was
subsequently assigned duty as the Assistant Division Commander, 2d Marine Division. The next year he
was ordered to Washington as the Director, Facilities and Services Division, Installations and Logistics
Department, Headquarters Marine Corps. He served in this capacity until ordered to Parris Island, South
Carolina, in March 1987 as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot/Commanding
General, Eastern Recruiting Region. He was advanced to major general later that year. In the fall of 1988,
he reported to the Commander in Chief, United States Central Command and assumed duties as the
Chief of Staff. He returned to Headquarters Marine Corps for duties as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans,
Policies and Operations in June 1990, was appointed to the grade of lieutenant general on 1 July 1990,
and served in that capacity for one year. General Hoar assumed his final position on 9 August 1991.
General Hoar has a masters from George Washington University and is a graduate of the Marine Corps
Command and Staff College and the National War College.
His personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; the Bronze Star
Medal with Combat "V" and gold star; and the Meritorious Service Medal with gold star.
STINER, CARL W., GENERAL,
U.S. ARMY
(RETIRED)
General Stiner was commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the U.S. Army in May 1958, following
graduation from the Tennessee Polytechnical Institute
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture. He
later earned a Master of Science degree in Public
Administration from Shippensburg State College. His
major assignments include duty as Company
Commander, 5th Battalion, 1st Training Brigade. From
August 1964 until May 1966, he was assigned to 3rd
Special Forces Group as Detachment Command and
Company Operations Officer. Following a tour in Southeast Asia, General Stiner
reported for assignment to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel,
U.S. Army, Washington, D.C, as Personnel Staff Officer, and, in 1970, he
transferred to the Office of the Chief of Staff Army to serve as Assistant Deputy
Secretary of the General Staff. Following this tour, he served as Battalion
Commander and G-3 of the 82d Airborne Division. Upon graduation from the
Army War College in June 1975, he was assigned as Assistant Project Manager for
Training Management with the Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization
Program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 1977 he commanded the 1st Infantry Training
Brigade at Fort Benning, GA. In March 1980, General Stiner joined the Rapid
Deployment Joint Task Force at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida as its Chief of
Staff. Following this assignment, he returned to the 82d as the Assistant Division
Commander for Operations. In August 1983, he returned to Washington, DC for
assignment to the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Assistant Deputy
Director, Politico-Military Affairs, J-5, Plans and Policy Directorate with duty in
Beirut, Lebanon. He returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in August 1984 to
serve as Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command. In January
1987, he became Commanding General, 82d Airborne Division, and, in October
1988, he became Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps. General Stiner was
reassigned in June 1990 to serve as Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations
Command. He retired in June 1993. His decorations include the Defense
Distinguished Service Medal w/2 OLC, Distinguished Service Medal w/2 OLC,
Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit w/OLC, Purple Heart,
Meritorious Service Medal w/2 OLC, Air Medal, and Army Commendation Medal
w/2 OLC.
Since retirement he has participated in many defense related study groups and is
currently involved as:
-Senior Mentor for the Joint Forces Staff College
-Senior Mentor for the National Defense University CAPSTONE Course
-Senior Concept Developer for Joint Forces Command for Joint Warfighting
Experiments
-Senior Advisory Group for Army Transformation
-Senior Advisory Group for Study revising the Department of Defense Readiness
Reporting System.
United States Marine Corps
General Michael J. Williams

General Williams was born in Baltimore, MD and


enlisted in the Navy in 1960. He was commissioned a
second lieutenant upon graduation from the U.S. Naval
Academy in June 1967 and subsequently completed
Naval Flight Training and was designated a Naval
Aviator.

General Williams' operational tours include various


squadron assignments in the United States, Republic of Vietnam, and Okinawa;
Presidential Helicopter Pilot with Marine Helicopter Squadron One; executive officer
Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 16; commanding officer of Marine Helicopter
Training Squadron 301; 2d Marine Aircraft Wing Inspector; executive and commanding
officer of Marine Air Group 26, serving as commanding officer during Desert Shield and
Desert Storm; assistant Division G-3 for 3d Marine Division and Commanding General
of 2d Force Service Support Group and Commander Joint Task Force 160, responsible
for providing humanitarian relief for Haitian and Cuban immigrants in Guantanomo
Naval Base, Cuba.

His staff assignments include: company officer and executive assistant to the
Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy; Marine Corps Program
Development Officer and branch head in Requirements and Programs Division,
Headquarters Marine Corps; Vice Director for Operational Plans and Interoperability, J-
7, Joint Staff; Director of the Marine Corps Staff, Headquarters Marine Corps;
Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command and Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs
and Resources. He retired in 2002 after serving as the Assistant Commandant of the
Marine Corps.

He is a graduate of the Marine Corps' Amphibious Warfare School and Command and
Staff College. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and
Masters degrees from the University of Southern California and the College of Naval
Warfare. His personal decorations include: the Defense Superior Service Medal with
palm; Legion of Merit with gold star; Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"; the
Meritorious Service Medal; Air Medal with Strike Flight Numerals "25" and bronze star;
and Navy Commendation Medal with gold star and Combat "V".
Stephen R. Pietropaoli
Senior Director, CAPSTONE
Stephen Pietropaoli reported to the National Defense University in November of 2009 to become
Director of the CAPSTONE, KEYSTONE, and PINNACLE programs, which were created to prepare
senior military and civilian leadership to better deal with the challenges of working in a joint
environment. In an increasingly interconnected world, joint operations are required to meet rapidly
evolving national security needs. These programs examine major issues affecting national security
decision-making, Inter-agency issues, military strategy, joint/combined doctrine, interoperability, and the
international implications of national policy.

Prior to reporting to NDU, Pietropaoli was the Executive Director of the Navy League of the
United States, a position he assumed in October of 2003,, coincident with retirement after 26 years of
naval service. Founded in 1902 with the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy League is a
powerful voice for a strong maritime component to our national defense. The Navy League’s missions
include keeping the public and elected officials informed about the importance of seapower to national
security and economic prosperity and providing direct support to sea service personnel and their families
though our 250 Councils worldwide.

As the Navy’s Chief of Information from August 2000 until July 2003, Pietropaoli was
responsible for all aspects of the Navy’s public affairs program, and was the principal public affairs
counselor to the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations. Prior to his promotion to flag
rank, Pietropaoli was the special assistant for public affairs to Army Generals Hugh Shelton and John
Shalikashvili during their tenures as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A 1977 graduate of Cornell University, Pietropaoli began his career aboard surface combatants in
the Atlantic Fleet, serving as electrical officer aboard the destroyer USS HAWKINS and as anti-
submarine warfare officer aboard the frigate USS BOWEN, completing two deployments to the
Mediterranean and one circumnavigation of South America as part of the UNITAS exercises with South
American navies.

Following his initial sea tour, Pietropaoli reported to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at
the University of Pennsylvania as engineering instructor and freshman advisor. While there, Pietropaoli
was selected for re-designation as a public affairs specialist, one of only 200 such officers in the Navy.
Reporting to the Office of Information, he spent the next three years on the Navy's national news desk in
the Pentagon, working daily with the Pentagon press corps and media from around the world.

After completing a master's degree in Broadcast Journalism at American University, he returned to


the Navy Office of Information as the executive assistant to the Chief of Information.
In July 1989, Pietropaoli returned to the waterfront as the public affairs officer for the Commander of the
Second Fleet aboard the flagship, USS MOUNT WHITNEY, followed by a tour as media relations officer
for the commander of the Atlantic Fleet and the U.S. Atlantic Command.

Pietropaoli returned to Washington as head of the Navy's national news desk in July 1992 and
became assistant chief of information for media operations in April 1994. Upon graduation from the
National War College in June of 1997, where he was awarded the Master of Science in National Security
Strategy, Pietropaoli reported for duty in the office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Rear Admiral Pietropaoli is married to the former Dawn McInerney of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
Their first son, Daniel, was born in October 1992, and Matthew joined the family in August 1995.
Bonnie Swanson
Vice Director
Pinnacle / Capstone / Keystone

Bonnie Swanson is a native of Ellington, CT and a


graduate of Ellington High School. After her freshman year
at the University of Connecticut, she enlisted in the
USMCR. Upon completing recruit training at Parris Island,
SC, Bonnie returned to UCONN to continue her studies and
reserve service with 6th Motor Transport Battalion,
Providence, RI. In 1988 she graduated from UCONN with a
Liberal Arts degree (Sociological and Educational Behavior) and accepted her
commission in the USMC. After completion of The Basic School in 1989 and her
assignment as a Military Police Officer, Bonnie reported to MCAS Cherry Point,
NC for duty as a Platoon Commander and Services Officer.
In 1992, Bonnie was assigned as the Operations Officer for Recruiting
Station, Baltimore, MD. Serving as an OpsO for 3 years, Bonnie was selected as
the 4th Marine Corps District Contact Team Officer, Harrisburg, PA. Leading a
team of three Master Gunnery Sergeants, the Contact Team trained over 350
recruiters and command group members within a 7 state area.
In 1997 Bonnie received orders to MCB, Camp Lejeune, NC as the
Operations Officer, Provost Marshal’s Office. She simultaneously served as the
Commanding Officer, Military Police Company (330+ Marines) during this tour.
In May of 2000 after 11 years of service, Bonnie resigned her commission to
accompany her husband Bret on his USMC orders to Washington, DC. Bret
retired from the military in 2002 and now serves as the Assistant Sergeant at Arms
for Police Operations, US Senate.
In January of 2001, Bonnie was hired by the National Defense University as
the Executive Officer of Capstone. Over the years her position has evolved into
the Vice Director of Pinnacle (3 star course), Capstone, and Keystone (Command
Senior Enlisted course). She recently became a certified trainer for the new DoD
personnel system, National Security Personnel System (NSPS) and has taught both
employees and supervisors at NDU.
Bonnie has numerous military decorations and has attended many military
schools, including the Basic Law Enforcement Academy at Lackland AFB, TX and
the Advanced Military Police Academy at Fort McClellan, AL. She is a record
holder at UCONN for many soccer goalkeeping statistics, including the most
shutouts in a career (41).
In 2005 Bonnie completed a Masters Degree in Organizational Management
from the University of Phoenix. In 2008, she and Bret built their retirement home
in Capon Bridge, WV. There they have started Swanson Laser Engraving, custom
engraving for any occasion (www.swansonlaserengraving.com).
BIOGRAPHY COLONEL ARNOLD K. VEAZIE

Colonel Arnold K.Veazie is the Deputy Director of the CAPSTONE


General/Flag Officer program for Overseas Field Studies. In his
current position, his portfolio includes strategic planning and
execution of OCONUS field studies to enhance the Flag Officers’
understanding of major regional security issues. His last assignment
was Division Chief and Senior Program Manager for all software
development and data management in support of the Army’s Human
Capital Mission, US Army Human Resources Command,
Alexandria, Va. He has served in a wide variety of assignments to
include logistics, information systems, and acquisition management,
both in CONUS and overseas.

Early in his career, COL Veazie served as Logistics Staff Officer Army Materiel Command,
Alexandria, Virginia; Supply Platoon Leader and Property Book Officer, 45th Aviation
Intermediate Maintenance Company, 19th Theater Support Command, Korea; Supply and
Service Officer, 194th Maintenance Battalion, 19th Theater Support Command, Korea; Supply
and Operations Officer in the northern European port of Bremerhaven Germany, Military Traffic
Management Command; and Commander, 493rd Supply and Service Company, 2nd Corps
Support Command, 7th US Corps.

Other key assignments include: Operational Test and Evaluation Officer for Army Information
Systems, US Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command, Alexandria, Virginia, 1991 to
1993; Executive Officer, 2nd Forward Support Battalion in the forward deployed 2nd Infantry
Division, 8th Army Korea, 1994 to 1995; Information Systems/Materiel Management Officer
(AC/RC assignment) 321st Theater Materiel Management Center, in support of the 3rd US
Army's ARCENT mission in Southwest Asia, 1995 to 1998; Army Staff Officer and Project
Manager, G4, the Pentagon, responsible for Year 2000 compliance of all logistics systems, 1998
to 2000; subsequently, he provided departmental level management and oversight of all global
IT development efforts. In the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001, he was detailed to
the Army Operations Center, Crisis Action Team, supporting the Pentagon's recovery
operations, Homeland Defense, and Operation Enduring Freedom.

A native of Opelousas, Louisiana, he holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science


from Alabama A&M University and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the United States Army
War College. His military education includes the Quartermaster Officers Basic and Advanced
Course, the Combined Arms Services Staff School, the Army's Computer Science School, the
Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College.

His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, six Meritorious Service Medals, three
Army Commendation Medals, Joint Service Achievement Medal, four Army Achievement
Medals, the National Defense Medal with one star, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and the Army
Staff Identification Badge.
COLONEL THOMAS J. SKROCKI
Colonel Thomas J. Skrocki is assigned to the National Defense University as a Deputy Director
of CAPSTONE, Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington DC. Prior to his assignment with NDU, he
served as Deputy Commander of the 379th Expeditionary Operations Group, Southwest Asia.
The 379th Expeditionary Operations Group is responsible for providing combat airpower and
global mobility for United States Central Command operations supporting Operations Iraqi
Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.

Colonel Skrocki was commissioned in May 1989 through the Air Force Reserve Officer
Training Corps program at Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. He is a master
navigator with over 2,900 flying hours in the KC-135 and C-130. His staff experience includes
an assignment at Headquarters Air Mobility Command in the Plans and Programs Directorate.
He is married to the former Cheryl Rheinlaender of Fort Worth, Texas and they have two
daughters.

EDUCATION:
1989 - Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Marketing, Texas A & M University
1994 - Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry Riddle University
1994 - Squadron Officers School, Maxwell Air Force Base
2004 - Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air University
2004 - Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base
2008 - Master of National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, NDU
2008 – Supply Chain Program of Study, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, NDU

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. August 1989 – May 1990, Undergraduate Navigator Training, Mather Air Force Base, CA
2. May 1990 – Jul 1994, KC-135 Navigator, Training Flight Instructor Navigator, Assistant Flight Commander, and
Evaluator, 92nd Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, WA
3. Jul 1994– August 1995, Aide to the Wing Commander, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, WA
4. August 1995 – August 1998, KC-135 Instructor Navigator, Assistant Chief of Training, Evaluator, and Wing
Executive Officer, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, UK
5. August 1998 – Sep 2000, C-130 Navigator, Flight Commander, Instructor, and Group Evaluator Navigator, 40th
Airlift Squadron, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force Base, TX
6. Sep 2000 – Jun 2002, Director of Operations, 317th Airlift Control Squadron, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force
Base, TX
7. Jun 2002 – Jul 2003, Strategy and Policy Action Officer, Directorate of Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air
Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL
8. Jul 2003 – Jul 2004, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
9. Jul 2004 – Apr 2005, Executive Officer, 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, McGuire Air Force Base, NJ
10. Apr 2005 – Jun 2006, Commander, 817th Global Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, NJ
11. Jul 2006 – Jul 2007, Deputy Commander, 379th Expeditionary Operations Group, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
12. Aug 2007 – Jun 2008, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Ft McNair,
Washington DC
13. Jul 2008 – Present, Deputy Director, CAPSTONE, National Defense University, Ft McNair, Washington DC

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:


Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with two oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with three oak leaf cluster
Bio for LtCol Chris Sullivan
Phone: (202) 685-4263
Building, Room: Abraham Lincoln Hall, Suite 3500
Email: sullivanc4@ndu.edu

Personnel status: Staff


Department: CAPSTONE (CAPSTONE)
Position Title: Deputy Director for Scheduling
First day at NDU: 6/26/2007
Service: USMC
Spouse: Susan

Career Highlights/Assignments

From To Position, Organization, Location


2004 2007 Strategy and Policy (N5), Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, DC
2001 2004 Operations (G3), Marine Corps Forces Europe, Stuttgart, Germany
1998 2001 Air Warfare (N88) Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, DC
1995 1998 Marine All Weather Fighter-Attack Squadron 242, Miramar, CA
1990 1993 SPEAR Division, Office of Naval Intelligence, Suitland, MD
1986 1990 Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 121, El Toro, CA

Formal Education

Date School/College/University Study Degree


2008 University of Maryland Management Master of Science
1983 Tufts University History Bachelor of Arts

Military Education

Date Military Course


1998 Marine Corps Command and Staff College Non-Resident Program
1996 Marine Corps Tactical Air Control Party School
1994 Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School
1985 Naval Flight Officer School

Associations

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society


Tufts University Alumni Association
United States Naval Academy Sailing Association
Mr. Roy A. Austin
Program Manager
Keystone/Pinnacle

Telephone: 202 685 2649

Email: AustinR4@ndu.edu

NDU Status: Staff

DOB: MAR-31

POB: Omaha

Spouse Name: Austin, Caroline Sue

Formal Education

2006 University of Phoenix BS, Organizational Security Management

1989 El Paso Community College AA, Business Management

1987 University of Maryland Business Management


(European Division)

Military Education

1993 Joint US Army Special Operations Command Course

1993 US Army Command Sergeants Major Course

1989 US Army Sergeants Major Academy (Class 32)

1982 Special Forces Qualification Course


KANDACE L. MOORE
OFFICE MANAGER
CAPSTONE

Kandace Moore joined the Capstone staff as Office Manager


in March of 2008. Her previous position was as an
administrative specialist to the Program Executive Officer in
the Acquisitions Directorate at the United States Coast Guard
Headquarters. Before working with the Coast Guard,
Kandace was employed as an administrative assistant at the
Direct Reporting Program Manager’s Office/Expeditionary
Fighting Vehicles (DRPM/EFV) located in Woodbridge, VA.

This Chicago native enlisted in the United States Marine


Corps upon graduating from high school in 1990 into the
administrative field as a Unit Diary Clerk. Her duty station
assignments included: Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, Camp Pendleton, CA., Marine Security Guard
Battalion, Quantico, VA., Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron
36, Okinawa, JA., and, Marine Helicopter Squadron One
(HMX-1), Quantico, VA.

Kandace received a number of decorations and personal


awards while serving on active duty to include the Navy and
Marine Corps Achievement Medal, with gold star in lieu of
third award, and the Presidential Service Badge. Her military
career came to an abrupt end when she was medically
discharged at the rank of Sergeant in 2001.

Kandace currently resides in Maryland with her husband


Colin who is a Marine stationed in Washington, DC. and their
daughter Kendra.
Suzanne Hollands-Sibley
Research & Administrative Assistant

A native of the UK, Ms. Hollands-Sibley most recently worked as a translator and
office manager for a patent attorney. She was a double Chemistry and French
Studies Major at the University of Delaware where she graduated with a B.A.
(Dean’s List HHMI Nucleus Program (twice), Société d’Honneur Française,
Academic Achievement Award) and is fluent in French. A Boren Scholar, she
completed the Intensive Arabic Program at Al Akhawayn University, Morocco.
Having spent many years of her childhood and adolescence in the Middle East, she
is currently pursuing a Masters in Middle East Studies. She is the proud mother of a
kayaking-enthusiast daughter and future Williams College student and currently
resides in the D.C. metropolitan area.
United States Army
Brigadier General JEFFREY L. BANNISTER

Deputy Commanding General (Operations)


10th Mountain Division (Light)
Fort Drum, New York 13602-5047
Since: July 2009

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Campbell University – BS – Business
National Defense University – MS – National Security and Strategic Studies

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
National War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Aug 85 Nov 86 Rifle Platoon Leader, A Company, later Scout Platoon Leader, Combat Support Company, 1st
Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina
Oct 86 Oct 89 Platoon Leader, A Company, later Assistant S-4, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter
Army Airfield, Georgia
Nov 89 Apr 90 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning,
Georgia
Apr 90 Dec 90 S-4, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 5th Infantry, Eighth United States Army, Korea
Dec 90 Mar 92 Commander, C Company, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 5th Infantry, Eighth United States Army,
Korea
Mar 92 Jun 93 Assistant S-4, later S-4, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Jun 93 Jun 95 Commander, B Company, later Liaison Officer, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter
Army Airfield, Georgia, OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti
Jul 95 Jun 96 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jun 96 Jun 98 Liaison Officer, later S-3, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Jun 98 Oct 00 Operations Officer, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and
OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN, Balkans
Oct 00 Jun 03 Commander, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, United States Army Europe,
Germany, OPERATION ESSENTIAL HARVEST, Macedonia and OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq
Aug 03 Jun 04 Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC
Jun 04 Oct 05 Deputy Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia, OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Nov 05 Jul 08 Commander, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, reflagged as 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado and OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq
Jul 08 Jul 09 Executive Officer to the Commander, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq
Jul 09 Present Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New
York

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Operations Officer, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Jul 98 - Oct 98 Major
Carolina and OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN, Balkans
Executive Officer to the Commander, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Jul 08 - Jul 09 Colonel
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Commander, B Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Jul 94 - Sep 94 Captain
Army Airfield, Georgia, OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti
Operations Officer, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Jul 98 - Oct 98 Major
Carolina and OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN, Balkans
Commander, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, United States Nov 00 - May 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Army Europe, Germany, OPERATION ESSENTIAL HARVEST,
Macedonia
Commander, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, United States Mar 03 - Jun 03 Lieutenant Colonel
Army Europe, Germany, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Deputy Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia, Jul 04 - Oct 05 Lieutenant
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan and OPERATION Colonel/Colonel
IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Commander, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, reflagged as Oct 06 - Jan 08 Colonel
4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado and
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Executive Officer to the Commander, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Jul 08 - Jul 09 Colonel
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Infantryman Badge
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Ranger Tab
Rear Admiral David F. Baucom
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
For Acquisition & Logistics Management

Rear Admiral Baucom, a native of Blythewood, S.C.,


received his commission through the Naval Reserve Officer
Training Corps program at Auburn University in 1981. He
holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Management and
fulfilled all requisites for a second Bachelor's degree in
Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from
Auburn University. He earned a Master's degree in
Acquisition and Contract Management from the Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif., and a second
Master's degree in National Resource Strategy from the
Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National
Defense University in Washington.

Baucom is a graduate of the Executive Program at the


Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the
University of Virginia. He is also a graduate of the Executive
Program in Logistics and Technology at the Kenan-Flagler
Business School, at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Acquisition Professional
Community, a certified professional contracts manager in the National Contract Management
Association, and a designated joint specialty officer.

Sea duty assignments include service as the first supply officer on USS Ronald Reagan (CVN
76), stock control officer and material officer on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and supply
officer on USS Edward McDonnell (FF 1043).

Joint duty assignments include duty as the deputy assistant chief of staff for logistics at
Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation where he was responsible for leading
the strategic-level logistics transformation for 26 nations to ensure interoperability during NATO
and coalition operations. He also served as an action officer on the Joint Staff Logistics
Directorate, at the Pentagon, during Operations Desert Fox, Desert Thunder and the Bosnia,
Kosovo and East Timor contingencies.

Baucom served as department head, Customer Support Department, and department head, Far
East Contracting Department at Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Yokosuka, Japan. He served
in the Office of Supply Corps Personnel as the sea and overseas detailer, the head, Career
Development and Training Branch, and in the Enlisted Plans Division at the Bureau of Naval
Personnel. Baucom also served as the executive assistant to the Deputy Commander for
Logistics in the Naval Supply Systems Command, as an acquisition/contracting officer in the
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, and as a White House military aide to President
and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. Baucom served as commanding officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply
Center, Norfolk, from August 2006 to July 2008. Prior to his current assignment, he served as
Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (N4/7B) assistant deputy chief of staff for Fleet
Readiness and Training/Fleet Supply officer.

His military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), the Joint Service
Commendation Medal (2 awards), the Navy Commendation Medal (2 awards), the Joint Service
Achievement Medal the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the NATO Meritorious
Service Medal.

Updated: 27 October 2009


Mr Winston A. Beauchamp
Deputy Technical Executive
Technical Executive

Winston A. Beauchamp
Deputy Technical Executive

Mr. Beauchamp is the Deputy Technical Executive, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency


(NGA), Bethesda, MD., providing oversight, coordination and assessment of GEOINT
collection and technology programs and initiatives within the agency and across the
community.

Mr. Beauchamp previously served as the Technical Executive of the Acquisition Directorate,
NGA. In that position he ensured the appropriate use of technologies in the capabilities for
the National System of Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) and conducted studies on behalf of the Director, NGA.

Prior to that position, Mr. Beauchamp served as the Director of Systems Engineering, Acquisition Directorate where he
ensured the technical integrity of the NSG. Mr. Beauchamp was previously also the Director, InnoVision, Frontiers
Office (IF). In this capacity, he led future requirements and architecture analyses of the NSGI. These studies guided
major geospatial intelligence investment decision within the national intelligence community and the Department of
Defense, including the development of the NextView program and National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
involvement in the Space-Based Radar program. In 2001, he led the development of the Commercial Imagery
Strategy. He was responsible for development of transition requirements and collection strategies for next generation
collection systems.

Mr. Beauchamp began his career in the National Security field in 1992, as a systems engineer with General Electric
(GE) Aerospace. He worked in a number of positions with GE, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin Corporation
before joining the federal government as an intelligence operations specialist in 1996.

Mr. Beauchamp holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and a Master of
Science in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University.

Mr. Beauchamp is married to the former Michelle Townsend. They live leesburg, Va., with their children, Graham and
Rita.
United States Army
Brigadier General JEFFREY S. BUCHANAN
G-3/5/7
United States Army Reserve Command
Office of the Chief, Army Reserve
301-A Jackson Avenue
Fort McPherson, Georgia 30330
August 2009

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
University of Arizona – BS – Wildlife Conservation
United States Military Academy – MA – Leadership Development

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
Senior Service College Fellowship - Switzerland

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 17 May 82
1LT 26 Nov 83
CPT 1 Feb 86
MAJ 2 Sep 93
LTC 1 May 98
COL 1 Mar 04
BG 2 Oct 08

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Feb 83 Jan 84 Rifle Platoon Leader, B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 504th Infantry, 82d Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jan 84 Apr 85 Scout Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 504th Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Apr 85 Dec 85 Executive Officer, B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 504th Infantry, 82d Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jan 86 Jun 86 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benning, Georgia
Aug 86 May 88 Commander, Long Range Surveillance Detachment, 125th Military Intelligence Battalion, 25th
Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
May 88 Jan 90 Commander, B Company, later Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th
Battalion, 22d Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
May 90 May 91 Student, Eisenhower Program, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Jun 91 Jun 94 Company Tactical Officer, later Battalion Tactical Officer, United States Military Academy,
West Point, New York
Aug 94 Jun 95 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jun 95 May 97 S-3 (Operations), 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, later S-3, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
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BG Buchanan, Jeffrey S.
Jun 97 May 99 Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting, United States Pacific
Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
Jun 99 Jun 01 Commander, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Kentucky
Jul 01 Aug 02 Senior Light Infantry Task Force Trainer, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California
Oct 02 Jun 03 Student, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Bern, Switzerland
Jun 03 Jun 04 Director Combat Development, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
to include duty as Director of Operations, C-3, Coalition Military Assistance Training Team,
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Jun 04 May 06 Commander, 2d Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support), Fort Sam Houston, Texas to
include duty as Commander, Iraqi National Police Commando Division Transition Team,
Civilian Police Assistance Training Team, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq,
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
May 06 Nov 07 Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, United States Army North (Fifth Army), Fort Sam Houston,
Texas
Nov 07 Jun 08 Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New
York
Jun 08 May 09 Deputy Commanidng General (Operations), 10th Mountain Division (Light)/, Multi-National
Division-Center, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
May 09 Aug 09 Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New
York
Aug 09 Present G-3/5/7, United States Army Reserve Command, Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, Fort
McPherson, Georgia

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting, United Jun 97 - May 99 Major/Lieutenant
States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii Colonel
Director Combat Development, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Jun 03 - Jun 04 Lieutenant
Benning, Georgia to include duty as Director of Operations, C-3, Coalition Colonel/Colonel
Military Assistance Training Team, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
(No Joint Credit)

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Commander, 2d Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support), Fort Sam Jun 04 - May 06 Colonel
Houston, Texas to include duty as Commander, Iraqi National Police
Commando Division Transition Team, Civilian Police Assistance Training
Team, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, OPERATION
IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Deputy Commanidng General (Operations), 10th Mountain Division Jun 08 - May 09 Brigadier General
(Light)/, Multi-National Division-Center, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM,
Iraq

As of: 23 Nov 09 - Page 2 -


BG Buchanan, Jeffrey S.
US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Legion of Merit (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Combat Infantryman Badge
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
Ranger Tab

As of: 23 Nov 09 - Page 3 -


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL CHRISTOPHER F. BURNE


Brig. Gen. Christopher F. Burne is the Staff Judge
Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command,
Langley Air Force Base, Va. He is the principal
legal adviser to the ACC Commander and
headquarters staff on all legal issues involving
military justice, combat operations, civil litigation,
environmental law, claims, international law and
administrative law. He provides professional
guidance to more than 170 military and civilian
attorneys and more than 230 enlisted paralegals
and civilians. General Burne's office establishes
policy oversight for 21 legal offices, including five
general court-martial jurisdictions, which provide
legal services to more than 105,000 active-duty
members and civilians as well as their
dependents.

General Burne is a native of Dunmore, Penn. He


received a direct commission in 1983. Following
the lead of his father, a decorated World War II
8th Air Force B-24 bombardier, General Burne's
first assignment was to an 8th Air Force bomber
base in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Since then, he has
served in a variety of legal adviser and leadership
positions at every level of command, to include
seven tours as a Staff Judge Advocate and
Director of the Secretary of the Air Force's Executive Issues Team.

In 1991, General Burne deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Storm as the SJA for an
aerial refueling wing. For his service in three major commands, including a combat theater of operations, the
general was named the 1991 Air Force Outstanding Judge Advocate of the Year. In 1995, General Burne
again deployed to serve as the Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia Staff Judge Advocate. Immediately
following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he was the senior judge advocate on the Air Force Crisis
Action Team directing mobilization and response operations from the Pentagon. General Burne is admitted
to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

EDUCATION
1980 Bachelor of Arts degree in history and law enforcement, University of Scranton, Pa.
1983 Juris Doctor, The Dickinson School of Law, Pa.
1986 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

EDUCATION
1980 Bachelor of Arts degree in history and law enforcement, University of Scranton, Pa.
1983 Juris Doctor, The Dickinson School of Law, Pa.
1986 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1998 Air War College, by seminar
2003 Master of Science degree in national security strategy, National War College, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 1984 - April 1987, Chief, Civil Law and Chief, Military Justice, 380th Bomb Wing, Plattsburgh
AFB, N.Y.
2. April 1987 - August 1989, executive officer to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Strategic Air
Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
3. August 1989 - May 1990, Circuit Defense Counsel, 4th Judicial Circuit, Offutt AFB, Neb.
4. May 1990 - November 1991, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Western Space and Missile Center,
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
5. November 1991 - July 1992, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 20th Air Force, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
6. July 1992 - June 1993, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 1993 - July 1994, Staff Judge Advocate, 32nd Fighter Group, Soesterberg Air Base, the Netherlands
8. July 1994 - July 1997, Director, Operations Law, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
9. July 1997 - July 2000, Staff Judge Advocate, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C.
10. July 2000 - July 2002, Chief, Administrative Law, General Law Division, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
11. July 2002 - June 2003, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. June 2003 - July 2005, Staff Judge Advocate, Air Force District of Washington and 11th Wing, Bolling
AFB, D.C.
13. July 2005 - December 2005, Director, Air Force Executive Issues Team, Office of the Secretary of the Air
Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. December 2005 - July 2006, Vice Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Bolling AFB, D.C.
15. July 2006 - April 2007, Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.
16. April 2007 - present, Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


First Lieutenant Dec. 1, 1983
Captain July 6, 1984
Major Feb. 1, 1992
Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 1, 1997
Colonel May 1, 2002
Brigadier General Nov. 2, 2008

(Current as of December 2008)


Brigadier General
Steven W. Busby
Director, Joint Capabilities
Assessment and
Integration Directorate

Brigadier General Busby enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1979, completed
recruit training at MCRD San Diego and was subsequently selected for Officer Candidate
Training through the Enlisted Commissioning Program.

In October 1980, he reported to MCB Quantico where he completed Officer Candidate


School, followed by The Basic School and then transferred to NAS Pensacola, FL for
flight training. Brigadier General Busby was designated a Naval Aviator in May 1983
and received orders to VMAT-102 for training in the A-4 Skyhawk. Upon completion of
A-4M training he transferred to VMA-223, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.

Brigadier General Busby was assigned to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University by the


College Degree Program selection board in 1985 and graduated with a Bachelor of
Business Administration Degree in May 1987. He then reported 2d MAW where he
served as the Quality Assurance Officer and the Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Officer
for H&MS-32. Brigadier General Busby was then selected for transition to the KC-130
was assigned to 1st MAW for duty with VMGR-152. While at VMGR-152 he was
promoted to Major and served in multiple billets to include Aircraft Maintenance Officer
and Operations Officer.

Brigadier General Busby transferred to 2nd MAW in June 1994 for duty as the Executive
Officer at VMGR-252. In April 1996, he was then reassigned to II MEF as the 26th MEU
Assistant Operations Officer and Air Officer. While assigned to the 26th MEU he
participated in Operations Silver Wake, Guardian Retrieval and Dynamic Response.

Brigadier General Busby transferred to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in April 1999 and
served as the Commanding Officer of VMGR-352 from June 1999 to May 2001. During
this period VMGR-352 supported of both Operations Northern and Southern Watch and
then Lieutenant Colonel Busby was presented the 2002 Alfred A. Cunningham Award as
the Marine Corps Aviator of the Year.

He then transferred to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Departing ICAF in
June 2002 he reported to the Office of the Secretary of Defense for duty as a Senior
Advisor for Joint Experimentation and USMC matters in the office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans.

Brigadier General Busby assumed command of Marine Aircraft Group-36 in July 2003.
From July 2003 to July 2005, MAG-36 deployed as the Aviation Combat Element for
JTF-535 Humanitarian Assistance Operations in the Philippines, Exercises Crocodile 03,
Talon Vision 04, Balikatan 04 and Cobra Gold 04. From January to March 2005, the
Group Headquarters also deployed as the core of the Command Element for Special
Purpose MAGTF – Unified Assistance in support of South Asia Tsunami Humanitarian
Assistance Operations. Upon relinquishing command he assumed duties as the Assistant
Chief of Staff G-3 for 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.

Brigadier General Busby transferred from 1st MAW in July 2006 and reported for duty as
the CMC Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. Upon
completion of the Fellowship in June 2007, he assumed the duties as the Executive
Assistant for the Deputy Commandant for Aviation.

Brigadier General Busby is currently assigned as the Director, Joint Capabilities


Assessment and Integration Directorate, MCCDC.

Brigadier General Busby’s personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense
Meritorious Service Medal with gold star, Meritorious Service Medal with three gold
stars and the Navy Commendation Medal.
United States Army
Brigadier General JOSEPH CARAVALHO JR.
Commanding General
Brooke Army Medical Center/
Southern Regional Medical Command
3851 Roger Brooke Drive
Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6200
June 2009

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
United States Army War College – MSSI – Strategic Studies
Uniformed Service University of Health Sciences – MD – General Medicine
Gonzaga University – BA – Mathematics

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Army Medical Department Officer Advanced Course
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


CPT 21 May 83
MAJ 21 May 89
LTC 30 Sep 93
COL 30 Sep 99
BG 28 Jul 08

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Jul 79 May 83 Medical Student, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Jul 83 Sep 84 Transitional Intern, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii - Non-resident
Sep 84 Mar 87 Battalion Surgeon, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Okinawa, Japan
Jun 87 Jun 90 Internal Medicine Resident, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas
Jul 90 May 91 Internist, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia
Jun 91 May 93 Regimental Surgeon, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Jun 93 Jun 00 Fellow, later Staff Physician, Nuclear Medicine Service, later Cardiology Fellow, Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Jul 00 Jun 03 Staff Cardiologist, later Chief Cardiology Service, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
Jun 03 Jun 04 Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina
Jul 04 Jun 06 Commander, 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Chief Professional
Services, 44th MEDCOM, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Jun 06 Jul 07 Surgeon, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jul 07 Feb 08 Corps Surgeon, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Feb 08 Apr 09 Surgeon, Multi-National Force-Iraq and Multi-National Corps-Iraq, OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq
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Apr 09 May 09 Corps Surgeon, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jun 09 Present Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Clinic/Southern Regional Medical Command,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS: Joint duty tour requirement waived due to general officer promotion
selection as a Professional Branch officer.

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Commander, 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Jul 04 - Jun 06 Colonel
Chief Professional Services, 44th MEDCOM, OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq
Surgeon, Multi-National Force-Iraq and Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Feb 08 - Apr 09 Colonel/Brigadier
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq General

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES


Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Flight Surgeon Badge
Expert Field Medical Badge
Parachutist Badge
Scuba Diver Badge
Ranger Tab
Special Forces Tab

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Walter E. Carter, Jr.
Commander, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command

As the commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint


Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), Rear Adm. Carter
is charged with the readiness, training and deployment of
seven joint enabling capabilities provided by the Joint
Deployable Teams (JDTs), Joint Public Affairs Support
Element (JPASE), Joint Communications Support Element
(JCSE) and the Intelligence-Quick Reaction Team (I-QRT).

The JECC is designed to efficiently and effectively meet


joint task force commanders’ requirements for a rapidly
deployable, tailored team of experts in plans, operations,
information superiority and knowledge management,
logistics, public affairs, communications and intelligence.

Carter, a native of Pascoag, R.I., graduated from the U.S.


Naval Academy in 1981 and, following training at Naval Air
Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., was designated a naval flight
officer in 1982. He also graduated from the Navy Fighter
Weapons School (Top Gun) in the last all-Phantom class in
1985.

His sea assignments have included the Fighter Squadron (VF) 161 Rock Rivers aboard
USS Midway (CV 41) flying the F-4S Phantom II, VF-21 Freelancers flying the F-14A Tomcat
aboard USS Independence (CV 62), Carrier Air Wing 5 operations officer, and the VF-14
Tophatters as executive officer and commanding officer. He served as executive officer aboard
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and as commanding officer of USS Camden (AOE-2). He was
the commanding officer of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) from October 2006 to July 2009.

Shore assignments include instructor duty with the VF-124 Gunslingers flying the F-14A Tomcat,
and chief staff officer at Fighter Wing Pacific at NAS Miramar, Calif. He has served in Joint tours
at U.S. Central Command as executive assistant to the deputy commander and at U.S. Joint
Forces Command, Joint Warfighting Center where he served as chief of staff.

Carter is the recipient of the U.S. Navy’s prestigious Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale
Leadership Award while commanding VF-14 as well as the U.S. Navy League’s John Paul Jones
Award for Inspirational Leadership while commanding Carl Vinson.

Carter has accumulated over 5,750 flight hours in F-14 and F-4 aircraft with 1,815 carrier arrested
landings on board 18 different aircraft carriers including all 11 active carriers. His personal
decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying
Cross with Combat V, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service
Medal (four awards), Air Medal (two awards with Combat V and five Strike/Flight), as well as
numerous other commendations and awards.
Rear Admiral Dan Cloyd
Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for
Integration of Capabilities and Resources

Rear Admiral Cloyd is currently serving as special assistant


to the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Integration of
Capabilities and Resources. He’s a graduate of the United
States Naval Academy with a Bachelor’s degree in
Aerospace Engineering, the United States Naval Test Pilot
School, the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Program and the
National Defense University with a Master of Science
degree in National Resource Strategy.

Following initial training in the F-14 Tomcat he served at sea


with Fighter Squadron 31 embarked in USS John F.
Kennedy (CV 67), and Fighter Squadron 74 and Carrier Air
Wing 17 embarked in USS Saratoga (CV 60). He also
served as executive officer in USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN
72).

Cloyd commanded Fighter Squadron 84, Fighter Squadron


143 embarked in USS George Washington (CVN 73), the
fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) and the
aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

Ashore, he served as a test naval flight officer at the Pacific Missile Test Center; as an action
officer in Joint Operations Division and as executive assistant to the vice director for Operations,
the Joint Staff; as chief of staff, Naval Air Force, United States Atlantic Fleet; as director, Strategic
Actions Group, supporting the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and
Strategy; and as associate director, Assessment Division, staff of the chief of Naval Operations.

Updated: 2 November 2009


Cynthia Beck Conner 
Ms. Conner is a Senior Executive with the Department of Defense. She has 27 years of Federal 
Government service with the last 20 years served in management/leadership positions.  During 
her career, she has served overseas and has worked with multiple government agencies.   In her 
current assignment she is the Deputy Director, Joint Functional Component Command for 
Network Warfare.  She was appointed to the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service in 
August 2004. 
 
EDUCATION: Ms. Conner graduated from Auburn University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in 
Foreign Language‐International Trade.  In 1993 she received a Master of Science in Strategic 
Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College 
United States Army
Brigadier General RHONDA CORNUM
Director of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7
United States Army
400 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-0400
October 2008

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE DA

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
National Defense University – MS – Strategic Studies
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Maryland – MD – General Medicine
Cornell University – PhD – Biochemistry

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Army Medical Department Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Air Command and Staff College
National War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


CPT 13 Apr 81
MAJ 1 Oct 87
LTC 30 Sep 93
COL 30 Sep 99
BG 14 Apr 08

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Sep 78 Jul 82 Biochemist, Letterman Army Institute of Research, Presidio of San Francisco, California
Aug 82 May 86 Medical Student, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
May 86 May 87 Surgery Intern, Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, Washington, DC
May 87 Oct 87 Chief, General Outpatient Clinic/Chief, Primary Care Provider, United States Army
Aeromedical Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama
Oct 87 Jul 89 Chief, Physical Examination Service, later Chief, Department of Aviation Medicine, United
States Army Aeromedical Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama
Jul 89 Jul 90 Chief, Crew Life Support Branch and Flight Surgeon, United States Army Aeromedical
Research Laboratory, Fort Rucker, Alabama
Jul 90 Feb 91 Battalion Flight Surgeon, 2-229th Attack Helicopter Regiment, Fort Rucker, Alabama
Aug 91 Jun 92 Student, United States Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force
Base, Alabama
Jun 92 Jun 93 Flight Surgeon, United States Army Aeromedical Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama
Jun 93 Sep 97 Resident, Urology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Jul 98 Jul 00 Chief of Urology, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Clinic, Fort Gordon, Georgia
Sep 01 Jun 02 Commander, 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Aug 02 Jun 03 Student, National War College, National Defense University, Fort Leslie J. McNair, DC
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Jun 03 Jun 05 Commander, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, United States Army Europe and Seventh
Army, Germany
Jun 05 Jun 07 Surgeon, United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia
Jun 07 Jan 08 Chief, Department of Surgery, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky
Jan 08 Oct 08 Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington,
DC
Oct 08 Present Director of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, Office of the G-3/5/7, United States Army,
Washington, DC

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS: Joint duty tour requirement waived due to general officer promotion
selection as a Professional Branch officer.

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES


Legion of Merit (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Prisoner of War Medal
Expert Field Medical Badge
Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
Senior Flight Surgeon Badge

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL D. COX


Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Cox is the Commandant of
Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo. He commands the 4,400-member
cadet wing and more than 300 Air Force and
civilian support personnel. His responsibilities
include cadet military training and airmanship
education, supervising cadet life activities, and
providing support to facilities and logistics.

General Cox graduated from the U.S. Air Force


Academy in May 1984. After completing pilot
training, he served as a C-141 special operations
low level II flight examiner aircraft commander who
airdropped the initial insertion force into Panama
for Operation Just Cause. He has also flown a
significant number of missions in support of
operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and
deployed as operations officer with the 17th
Expeditionary Airlift Squadron supporting
Operation Allied Force. The 17th EAS aircrews
flew more than 1,000 sorties. The general's staff
assignments include Air Mobility Command in two
directorates; aide-de-camp to Commander, Air
Force Special Operations Command; and Deputy
Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense.

General Cox commanded the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C., which won the Lt. Gen. Joseph
Smith trophy for the most outstanding airlift squadron in AMC. He also served as operations group deputy
commander, wing vice commander, and Commander of the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover AFB, Del. During his
tenure at Dover AFB, he deployed as Deputy Director of Mobility Forces supporting operations Iraqi Freedom
and Enduring Freedom. Prior to his current assignment, General Cox was the Director, Air Force General
Officer Management Office, Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION
1984 Bachelor of Science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1992 Master of Arts in human resource development, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.
1996 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Air War College, by correspondence
2002 Master of Science degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, D.C.
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1992 Master of Arts in human resource development, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.
1996 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Air War College, by correspondence
2002 Master of Science degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1984 - May 1985, student, undergraduate pilot training, 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus AFB,
Miss.
2. June 1985 - August 1985, C-141 initial qualification training, 97th Airlift Wing, Altus AFB, Okla.
3. September 1985 - November 1989, pilot scheduler and instructor pilot, 41st Military Airlift Squadron,
Charleston AFB, S.C.
4. November 1989 - December 1990, assistant Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, 41st Military Airlift
Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.
5. December 1990 - November 1991, standardization and evaluation pilot, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston
AFB, S.C.
6. November 1991 - May 1993, Chief, C-141 Tactics, Directorate of Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility
Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
7. May 1993 - July 1994, plans officer, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Directorate of Plans and
Programs, Scott AFB, Ill.
8. July 1994 - August 1996, aide-de-camp for the Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command,
Hurlburt Field, Fla.
9. August 1996 - June 1997, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
10. June 1997 - November 1998, assistant Director of Operations, 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB,
S.C.
11. November 1998 - June 1999, operations officer, 437th Operations Support Squadron, Charleston AFB,
S.C.
12. June 1999 - February 2001, Commander, 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.
13. February 2001 - August 2001, Deputy Commander, 437th Operations Group, Charleston AFB, S.C.
14. August 2001 - June 2002, student, National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J.
McNair, Washington, D.C.
15. June 2002 - May 2004, Deputy Executive Secretary, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington,
D.C.
16. May 2004 - May 2005, Vice Commander, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C.
17. May 2005 - May 2007, Commander, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Del.
18. May 2007 - October 2008, Director, Air Force General Officer Management Office, Washington, D.C.
19. October 2008 - present, Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


1. June 2002 - May 2004, Deputy Executive Secretary, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.,
as a colonel

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 4,600
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, C-141, C-17 and C-5

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with bronze and two silver oak leaf clusters)
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with two oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with bronze star
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze stars
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant May 30, 1984
First Lieutenant May 30, 1986
Captain May 30, 1988
Major Dec. 1, 1995
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1998
Colonel Aug. 1, 2003
Brigadier General Dec. 9, 2008

(Current as of July 2009)


United States Army
Brigadier General JOHN A. DAVIS
Deputy Commander
Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations
Defense Information Systems Agency
P.O. Box 4502
Arlington, Virginia 22204-4502
August 2008

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE USMA

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
United States Military Academy – BS – General Studies
United States Army Command and General Staff College – MMAS – Military Operational Art and Science
United States Army War College – MS – Strategy

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) Spanish

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 28 May 80
1LT 28 Nov 81
CPT 1 Feb 84
MAJ 1 Mar 92
LTC 1 Feb 97
COL 1 Jul 03
BG 2 Mar 09

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Feb 81 May 83 Rifle Platoon Leader, later Mortar Platoon Leader, B Company, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 504th
Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jun 83 Jan 84 Long Range Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, 313th Military Intelligence Battalion
(Communications-Electronics Warfare Intelligence), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina and OPERATION URGENT FURY, Grenada
Feb 84 May 84 Assistant S-3 (Operations), 2d Battalion (Airborne), 504th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jun 84 Dec 84 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning,
Georgia
Feb 85 Jun 85 Assistant S-3/S-3 (Air), 4th Battalion, 502d Infantry, Berlin Brigade, United States Army
Berlin, Germany
Jun 85 Dec 86 Commander, C Company, 4th Battalion, 502d Infantry, Berlin Brigade, United States Army
Berlin, Germany
Jan 87 May 88 Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Berlin Brigade, United States Army
Berlin, Germany
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BG Davis, John A.
Nov 88 Feb 90 S-4 (Logistics), 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington and
OPERATION JUST CAUSE, Panama
Feb 90 Jun 91 Commander, C Company, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington
Jul 91 Jul 92 S-1 (Adjutant), United Nations Command Security Force-Joint Security Area, Panmunjom,
Korea
Aug 92 Jun 93 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jul 93 Jun 94 Secretary of the General Staff, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jul 94 Jun 95 Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 325th (Airborne) Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, North Carolina
Jun 95 Oct 95 Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina
Nov 95 Oct 98 Ground and Information Operations Planner, J-3, United States Atlantic Command, Norfolk,
Virginia
Oct 98 Jun 02 Regional Liaison Officer, J-5, later Chief, Information Operations Division, J-3, Joint Special
Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Chief, Current Operations, Joint
Special Operations Command, and OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Persian Gulf
Aug 02 May 06 Deputy Director of Information Operations, later Chief, Information Operations Division,
United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Jun 06 Jul 08 Commander, 1st Information Operations Command, Fort Belvoir Virginia
Aug 08 Present Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations, Arlington, Virginia

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Regional Liaison Officer, J-5, later Chief, Information Operations Division, Oct 98 - Jun 02 Lieutenant Colonel
J-3, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and
Chief, Current Operations, Joint Special Operations Command, and
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Persian Gulf
Deputy Director of Information Operations, later Chief, Information Aug 02 - May 06 Lieutenant
Operations Division, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Colonel/Colonel
Air Force Base, Florida

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Long Range Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, 313th Military Intelligence Jun 83 - Jan 84 First Lieutenant
Battalion (Communications-Electronics Warfare Intelligence), 82d Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and OPERATION URGENT FURY,
Grenada
S-4 (Logistics), 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Nov 88 - Feb 90 Captain
Washington and OPERATION JUST CAUSE, Panama
Regional Liaison Officer, J-5, later Chief, Information Operations Division, Oct 98 - Jun 02 Lieutenant Colonel
J-3, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and
Chief, Current Operations, Joint Special Operations Command, and
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Persian Gulf

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BG Davis, John A.
US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Infantryman Badge (with Star)
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge (with Bronze Star)
Pathfinder Badge
Ranger Tab

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Rear Admiral David A. Dunaway
Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force

Rear Admiral David Dunaway was born in El Paso, Texas.


He received his wings in April 1984 and subsequently
served as a Selectively Retained Graduate flight instructor
in Meridian, Miss. After completing FA-18 initial training, he
served in VFA-151, aboard the USS Midway in Yokosuka,
Japan, from 1986-1989, when he was selected for the U.S.
Naval Test Pilot School Class 96, Patuxent River, Md.

Dunaway’s test assignments include: VX-5 as the A-12


operational test director; F/A-18 branch head (during this
tour, he was selected as an aerospace engineering duty
officer); F/A-18 Weapon System Support Activity as the
deputy for Test and Evaluation; and, VX-9 as the F/A-18E/F
operational test director. In this position, Dunaway flew more
than 200 developmental test missions and was selected as
the Test Pilot of the Year.

His program management assignments include: PMA-265


as the F/A-18 Radar IPT lead for the APG-79 Active
Electronically Scanned Array radar, for which he and his team received the 2003 Aviation Week
and Space Technology Laureate Award in developing this state-of-the art radar; PMA-201 as the
program manager for the Precision Strike Weapons program office, for which the JSOW program
received the David Packard Award for innovative business practices; and, most recently, as the
deputy program executive officer, Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault and Special Mission
Programs.

Dunaway served as the Commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division China
Lake and Point Mugu, Calif., and the Naval Air Systems Command Deputy for Test and
Evaluation from September 2007 until January 2009. He currently serves as the Commander,
Operational Test and Evaluation Force in Norfolk.

Dunaway is a Class of 82 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a Bachelor of Science
in Mechanical Engineering, an Master of Science in Aviation Systems Management from the
University of Tennessee and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the Naval
Postgraduate School. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service
Medal, Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal. He has accrued more than
2,900 flight hours and 290 arrested carrier landings.

Updated: 6 February 2009


NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND
and UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND
Biography

Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters, NORAD/U.S. Northern Command,


250 Vandenberg, Suite B016, Peterson AFB, CO 80914-3808
Phone: (719) 554-6889, DSN: 692-6889

BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT J. FELDERMAN


Deputy Director for Plans, Policy & Strategy (J5)

General Robert Felderman is the Deputy Director (US)for Plans, Policy


& Strategy for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), stationed at
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He provides advice on
USNORTHCOM long range strategy, doctrine, policy and plans to
support national objectives in the Combatant Command’s Area of
Responsibility; and develops strategies and policies in support of US
objectives in support of Homeland Defense and Civil Support missions.
General Felderman provides advice on bi-national strategy, doctrine,
policy and need capabilities to conduct NORAD missions of air
sovereignty, aerospace warning and defense, and maritime warning
against traditional and asymmetrical attacks on North America.

General Felderman has commanded at the company, battalion and brigade level and is branch
qualified infantry, armor (cavalry), aviation, medical service corps and strategic plans. Felderman has
over twenty-two years of aviation duty serving in assault, attack, cavalry, medevac and maintenance
aviation units and commands. General Felderman was commissioned through Officer Candidate
School, Fort Benning, Georgia in 1977. He served as an enlisted soldier in the Army National Guard
achieving the rank of Sergeant, and a Senior Airman in the Air National Guard.

EDUCATION:
General Felderman has a Master’s of Science Degree in National Security Strategy from the National
Defense University, Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor’s Degree in Aviation Management and Flight
Operations from the University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa. He is a graduate of the National War
College, Army Command & General Staff College, Joint Task Force State Commanders Course,
Nuclear Weapons Joint Nuclear Surety Executive Course, Army Strategic Leadership Development
Program, Defense Support of Civil Authorities Course, Combat Service Support Senior Commander
Course, Armor Officer Advanced Course, Aviation Maintenance Officer Course, Medical Service
Officer Advanced Course, Aviation Safety Officer Course, Aviation Maintenance Managers Course,
Aviation Senior Commander Course, Armor Officer Basic Course and Rotary Wing Aviator Course.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Among his earlier assignments, General Felderman served as a brigade commander (which included
engineer, signal and medical battalions, and an Army band), a variety of command and staff aviation
assignments at company and battalion level (including active duty mobilization during Desert Shield
and Storm), battalion commander of an aviation intermediate maintenance battalion and was the
Internal Control Officer for the Iowa Army National Guard.

General Felderman supported contingency operations for Operation Enduring Freedom, from 2005 to
2007, while serving as the USNORTHCOM Current Operations Assistant Division Chief and a
Director of the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Center. His previous assignment was as the
USNORTHCOM J3 - Deputy Director of Operations for Land & National Guard Matters. General
Felderman has served as the Deputy Director for Plans, Policy and Strategy since the fall of 2007.

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Master Army Aviator


Flight Hours: More than 2,200
Aircraft Flown: TH-55, UH-1H, UH-1V, OH-58A, OH-58C, OH-58D
Pilot wings from: Fort Rucker, Alabama

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:


General Feldermans' awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service
Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, seven Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, the
National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, two Military Outstanding
Volunteer Service Medals, three Armed Forces Reserve Medals with Mobilization Device, the Army
Service Ribbon, the Iowa Meritorious Service Medal, the Iowa Commendation Medal, the Iowa
Humanitarian Service Ribbon, the Iowa Force Support Package Ribbon, the Iowa State Service
Ribbon, the Florida Commendation Medal and the Hawaii Commendation Medal.

General Feldermans civilian awards include the Iowa Association of REALTORS Gold Achievement
Award (multiple awards), National Defense University Writing Award, Iowa Association of
REALTORS Good Neighbor Award, National Guard Association of the United States Distinguished
Service Award, Governor of Iowa Volunteer Award, Army Aviation Association of America Order of
Saint Michael and the Iowa National Guard Officer Association CW4 Bruce A. Smith Superior
Achievement Award.

General Felderman has been published in several publications, most recently in the Combat Studies
Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS; “The US Army and the
Interagency Process: Historical Perspectives, the Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2008
Military History Symposium” and in the High Frontier Magazine for Air, Space and Missile Defense
Professionals. “Political-Military Implications of Space Warfare on Homeland Defense and Allied
Relations, August 2009.

(Current as of October 2009)


Vernon Foret
Executive Director
Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison
Office of Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Vernon Foret is a native of New Orleans and a graduate of Southeastern


Louisiana in Hammond. He began his federal career with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA-APHIS-PPQ) in 1989 as an
officer in New Orleans. In August of 1996, Mr. Foret transferred as an
officer to the Port of Gulfport, Mississippi. In 1998, he was promoted to
the position of Director, Port Operations for USDA-APHIS-PPQ in
Gulfport. As the Director, he was responsible for overseeing all
agriculture inspections for inbound cargo, conveyances, and passengers, as
well as export certification of regulated agricultural commodities for the
entire Mississippi Gulf Coast. In October of 1999, Mr. Foret transferred
back to New Orleans as a supervisor and in June of 2001 was promoted to
the position of Port Director for USDA-APHIS-PPQ in the Port of New
Orleans.

On March 1, 2003, Mr. Foret was transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the newly
formed Department of Homeland Security. In December of 2003, he was promoted to the
position of Border Security Coordinator in the New Orleans Field Office for Customs and Border
Protection (CBP). In his position as Border Security Coordinator, Mr. Foret was responsible for
overseeing all CBP, Office of Field Operations enforcement programs in Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas, and was the CBP primary point of contact for other federal,
state, and local law enforcement authorities.

In August of 2006, Mr. Foret was selected as the Area Port Director, Area Port of New Orleans,
Louisiana. In this position, Mr. Foret was responsible for operational activities in all ports of
entry in the State of Louisiana to include New Orleans, Gramercy, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge,
Morgan City, and Shreveport. Mr. Foret held this position until August of 2008 when he
reported to CBP headquarters as the Executive Director, Agriculture Programs and Trade
Liaison. Today, Mr. Foret and his staff coordinate with USDA-APHIS-PPQ to develop
consistent and effective policy that is implemented at all U.S. ports of entry and ensure CBP
succeeds in its efforts to meet the agriculture mission at the national level. As executive director,
Mr. Foret is also responsible for oversight of the Fines Penalties and Forfeitures Division within
the Office of Field Operations and monitors this program so that activities are carried out
according to established policies and directives.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER D. GIVHAN


Brig. Gen. Walter D. Givhan is Commandant, Air
Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio. The institute supports national
defense by providing graduate, post-graduate, and
professional education and research programs for
Air Force, sister service, and foreign officers and
civilians in pertinent scientific and technical
disciplines.

General Givhan, a native of Safford, Ala.,


graduated from Morgan Academy in Selma, Ala.,
and the University of the South in Sewanee,
Tenn., where he was a National Merit Scholar. He
served as the U.S. air liaison officer to the
commanding general, French ground forces, for
operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The
general has commanded a combat training
squadron, an operations group, an air base wing
and an air expeditionary wing.

General Givhan's previous staff assignments


include deputy military assistant to the Secretary
of the Air Force; Chief of the Congressional Action
Division for Air Force Legislative Liaison; Chief,
Combat Forces Division, Directorate of Programs;
and Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief
of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He was also a Military Fellow at the Council on
Foreign Relations. He is a command pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours in the T-37, T-38, T-1, AT-38, F-
15 and A-10 aircraft.

EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Arts degree in history, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1989 Master of Science degree in international relations, Troy State University
1994 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1995 Master of Airpower Art and Science degree, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort
Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2005 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2007 National Security Fellow, Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1981 - April 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
2000 Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort
Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2005 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2007 National Security Fellow, Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1981 - April 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
2. May 1982 - August 1982, student, pilot instructor training, Randolph AFB, Tex.
3. August 1982 - January 1986, T-37 instructor pilot, Columbus AFB, Miss.
4. February 1986 - April 1986, student, lead-in fighter training, Holloman AFB, N.M.
5. May 1986 - September 1986, student, F-15 Replacement Training Unit, Luke AFB, Ariz.
6. October 1986 - October 1989, F-15 pilot and wing executive officer, Bitburg Air Base, West Germany
7. October 1989 - September 1990, fighter liaison officer, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Nuremberg,
Germany
8. October 1990 - April 1991, U.S. air liaison officer to the French ground commander for operations Desert
Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia
9. April 1991 - July 1993, F-15 flight commander and assistant operations officer, 58th Fighter Squadron,
Eglin AFB, Fla.
10. July 1993 - June 1994, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 1994 - June 1995, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. July 1995 - June 1996, Chief, Campaign Development, Checkmate Division, Directorate of Operations,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
13. June 1996 - June 1997, Deputy Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon,
Washington, D.C.
14. July 1997 - June 1999, Commander, 549th Combat Training Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
15. July 1999-June 2000, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, D.C.
16. June 2000 - July 2001, Chief, Congressional Action Division, Legislative Liaison Directorate, Office of the
Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
17. July 2001 - July 2002, Commander, 71st Operations Group, Vance AFB, Okla.
18. August 2002 - July 2003, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, N.Y.
19. August 2003 - July 2004, Vice Commander, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
20. August 2004 - March 2006, Commander, 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.
21. March 2006 - September 2006, Chief, Combat Forces Division, Directorate of Programs, Headquarters
U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
22. September 2006 - September 2008, Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive
Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
23. September 2008 - September 2009, Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force,
Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
24. October 2009 - present, Commandant, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


1. October 1990 - April 1991, U.S. air liaison officer to commanding general, French ground forces, for
operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, as a captain
2. September 2008 - September 2009, Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force,
Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 2,500
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, T-1, AT-38, F-15A/B/C/D and A-10

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze stars
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
NATO Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait)
French Croix de Guerre with silver star

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Top honor graduate, Officer Training School
1984 ATC Flying Instructor of the Year

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS


Member, Council on Foreign Relations

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant May 6, 1981
First Lieutenant May 6, 1983
Captain May 6, 1985
Major April 1, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1997
Colonel April 1, 2001
Brigadier General Nov. 2, 2007

(Current as of October 2009)


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL RUSSELL J. HANDY


Brig. Gen. Russell J. Handy is the Commander,
57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev. He is responsible for
35 squadrons at 12 installations comprising the Air
Force's most diverse flying wing, flying and
maintaining more than 130 aircraft of the following
types: A-10, F-15C/D, F-15E, F-16C/CG/CJ, F-
22A and HH-60G. The wing also utilizes E-3, RC-
135, E-8, B-1, B-2, B-52, AC-130U and MC-130P
aircraft at 12 stateside bases to support the USAF
Weapons School syllabus. General Handy is
responsible for four groups: the 57th Adversary
Tactics Group, 57th Operations Group, 57th
Maintenance Group and USAF Weapons School.
In addition, he oversees the USAF Advanced
Maintenance and Munitions Officer School; Air
Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the
Thunderbirds; and the Red Flag and Green Flag
exercises.

General Handy was commissioned in 1983


through Officer Training School after graduating
from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He
has held a variety of flying, staff and command
assignments, including the 58th Fighter Squadron,
Eglin AFB, Fla.; 3rd Operations Group, Elmendorf
AFB, Alaska; and 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB.
The general is a graduate of and has been an instructor at the USAF Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB.
He has also served at North American Aerospace Defense Command as Chief, Headquarters NORAD
Advanced Programs, Peterson AFB, Colo.

General Handy is a command pilot with more than 3,500 hours, primarily in the F-15. He led combat missions
during operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Desert Fox, Southern Watch and Noble Eagle.

EDUCATION
1982 Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona
Beach, Fla.
1988 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1989 USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1995 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
1995 Master of Science degree in administration, Central Michigan University
1996 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2003 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1988 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1989 USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1995 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
1995 Master of Science degree in administration, Central Michigan University
1996 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2003 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1983 - April 1984, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. May 1984 - June 1984, student, fighter lead-in training, Holloman AFB, N.M.
3. July 1984 - December 1984, student, F-15 conversion training, Luke AFB, Ariz.
4. January 1985 - December 1987, instructor pilot and assistant Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 44th Tactical
Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan
5. January 1988 - February 1988, student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
6. March 1988 - July 1991, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va.
7. August 1991 - May 1994, instructor pilot, USAF Weapons School; and flight safety officer, 57th Wing,
Nellis AFB, Nev.
8. June 1994 - May 1995, student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
9. June 1995 - May 1998, Chief, Headquarters NORAD Advanced Programs; and Chief, Aerospace Missile
Defense Operations, Peterson AFB, Colo.
10. June 1998 - June 2002, Commander, 58th Fighter Squadron; Chief of Safety, 33rd Fighter Wing; and
Director of Operations, 60th Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
11. July 2002 - June 2003, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. July 2003 - August 2005, Commander, 3rd Operations Group, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
13. August 2005 - June 2006, Vice Commander, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va.
14. June 2006 - January 2008, Commander, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
15. January 2008 - present, Commander, 57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


1. June 1995 - May 1998, Chief, Headquarters NORAD Advanced Programs; Chief, Aerospace Missile
Defense Operations, Peterson AFB, Colo., as a major

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,500
Aircraft flown: F-15A/B/C/D/E, C-130H, AC-130, E-3B/C, B-1, B-52, C-17, HH-60, T-37 and T-38

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Distinguished Flying Cross
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant April 22, 1983
First Lieutenant April 22, 1985
Captain April 22, 1987
Major March 1, 1994
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1998
Colonel July 11, 2003
Brigadier General Dec. 9, 2008
BRIGADIER GENERAL TIMOTHY
J. KADAVY

Deputy Director, Army National Guard

Brigadier General Timothy J. Kadavy assumed duties


as the Deputy Director, Army National Guard, National Guard Bureau,
Washington, District of Columbia on August 26, 2009. As Deputy Director, he is
responsible for assisting the Director, Army National Guard in formulating,
developing and coordinating all programs, policies and plans affecting the Army
National Guard and its more than 350,000 Citizen-Soldiers. Prior to his current
assignment, General Kadavy served as The Adjutant General of Nebraska,
responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating, policies, programs and
plans affecting more than 4,800 Army and Air National Guard personnel.

General Kadavy received his commission from the University of Nebraska -


Lincoln, Army Reserve Officers Training Corps on 12 May 1984. He has
commanded at the Troop, Squadron and Task Force Level. He commanded
Bravo Troop, 1-167th Cavalry, First Squadron, 1-167th Cavalry and the Northern
United States Task Force - SFOR 13 (Task Force Huskers) in Operation Joint
Forge, Bosnia Herzegovina. General Kadavy deployed to Iraq in 2006 and
served as the Senior Reserve Component Advisor to the Commander Multi-
National Corps - Iraq (MNC-I).

EDUCATION:

1987 University of Nebraska, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration,


Lincoln, Nebraska
1996 Webster University, Master of Arts, Procurement and Acquisition
Management, Saint Louis, Missouri
2004 United States Army War College Fellowship Program, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Washington, District of Columbia

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. December 1984 - April 1988, Platoon Leader, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,
167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Fremont, Nebraska
2. April 1988 - December 1989, Executive Officer, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron,
167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska
3. December 1989 - October 1990, Liaison Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry,
Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
4. October 1990 - June 1991, S-3 Air, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska
Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
5. June 1991 - December 1993, Commander, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th
Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska
6. December 1993 - May 1994, Personnel Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry,
Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
7. May 1994 - December 1996, Operations Officer, Operational Readiness
Evaluations, Headquarters, Fifth United States Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
8. January 1997 - June 1998, Executive Officer, Deputy Commanding General,
United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia
9. July 1998 - March 2000, Program Fielding Officer, Army National Guard
Distributive Training Technology Program, Arlington, Virginia
10. April 2000 - August 2001, Branch Chief, Policy and Reporting, Readiness
Branch, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
11. September 2001 - October 2002, Commander, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry,
Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
12. November 2002 - September 2003, Task Force Commander, 1st Squadron,
167th Cavalry, Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina
13. September 2003 - June 2004, Student, Army War College Fellowship
Program, Headquarters, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, District
of Columbia
14. July 2004 - March 2006, Chief, Plans Readiness and Mobilization, Army
National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
15. April 2006 - September 2006, Chief, Reserve Component Support Division,
Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq
16. September 2006 - October 2007, G3, Army National Guard, Arlington,
Virginia
17. November 2007 - August 2009, The Adjutant General, Joint Force
Headquarters, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
18. August 2009 - Present, Deputy Director, Army National Guard, Arlington,
Virginia

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)


Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf
Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Operation Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medal (with Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hour Glass and “M” Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 3)
NATO Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Army Superior Unit Award
Army Staff Identification Badge

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 12 May 1984


First Lieutenant 11 May 1987
Captain 10 October 1990
Major 9 August 1995
Lieutenant Colonel 25 February 2000
Colonel 28 July 2004
Brigadier General 28 January 2009

(Current as of September 2009)

The date of publication indicated on this biography reflects the most recent update. It does not
necessarily reflect the date of printing.
2004 United States Army War College Fellowship Program, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Washington, District of Columbia

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. December 1984 - April 1988, Platoon Leader, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,
167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Fremont, Nebraska
2. April 1988 - December 1989, Executive Officer, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron,
167th Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska
3. December 1989 - October 1990, Liaison Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry,
Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
4. October 1990 - June 1991, S-3 Air, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry, Nebraska
Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
5. June 1991 - December 1993, Commander, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 167th
Cavalry, Nebraska Army National Guard, Omaha, Nebraska
6. December 1993 - May 1994, Personnel Officer, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry,
Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
7. May 1994 - December 1996, Operations Officer, Operational Readiness
Evaluations, Headquarters, Fifth United States Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
8. January 1997 - June 1998, Executive Officer, Deputy Commanding General,
United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia
9. July 1998 - March 2000, Program Fielding Officer, Army National Guard
Distributive Training Technology Program, Arlington, Virginia
10. April 2000 - August 2001, Branch Chief, Policy and Reporting, Readiness
Branch, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
11. September 2001 - October 2002, Commander, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry,
Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
12. November 2002 - September 2003, Task Force Commander, 1st Squadron,
167th Cavalry, Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina
13. September 2003 - June 2004, Student, Army War College Fellowship
Program, Headquarters, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, District
of Columbia
14. July 2004 - March 2006, Chief, Plans Readiness and Mobilization, Army
National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
15. April 2006 - September 2006, Chief, Reserve Component Support Division,
Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq
16. September 2006 - October 2007, G3, Army National Guard, Arlington,
Virginia
17. November 2007 - August 2009, The Adjutant General, Joint Force
Headquarters, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Nebraska
18. August 2009 - Present, Deputy Director, Army National Guard, Arlington,
Virginia

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:


Legion of Merit (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf
Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Operation Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medal (with Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hour Glass and “M” Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 3)
NATO Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Army Superior Unit Award
Army Staff Identification Badge

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 12 May 1984


First Lieutenant 11 May 1987
Captain 10 October 1990
Major 9 August 1995
Lieutenant Colonel 25 February 2000
Colonel 28 July 2004
Brigadier General 28 January 2009

(Current as of September 2009)

The date of publication indicated on this biography reflects the most recent update. It does not
necessarily reflect the date of printing.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL RANDY A. KEE


Brig. Gen. Randy A. Kee is the Vice Commander,
618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott Air Force
Base, Ill. The 618th TACC is responsible for
planning, scheduling, and directing a fleet of more
than 1,300 aircraft in support of combat delivery
and strategic airlift, air refueling and aeromedical
operations around the world.

General Kee received his commission in 1985


through the ROTC program at Oregon State
University. Following graduation, he served in a
variety of operational assignments as a B-52
navigator and later as a C-130 pilot. The general
has commanded at the squadron, group and wing
levels, and has flown multiple combat missions in
support of operations in Southwest Asia, the
Balkans and Afghanistan. In 2005, he deployed as
Commander of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing
at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan.

The general's staff assignments include Chief of


the Strategic Policy Division with the Joint Staff
Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate, as well as
executive assistant to the Director, Strategic Plans
and Policy. Prior to assuming his current
assignment, he served as the Assistant Deputy
Director of Global Operations with the Joint Staff Operations Directorate. General Kee is a command pilot
and previously qualified navigator with more than 4,300 flight hours, including 330 in combat.

EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor's degree in mathematics, Oregon State University
1991 Master's degree in administrative management, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash.
1991 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 Master's degree in transportation management/air mobility, USAF Air Mobility Warfare Center and Air
Force Institute of Technology, Fort Dix, N.J.
1999 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2002 Master's degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 National Security Studies Program, Elliott School of Government, George Washington University,
Washington, D.C.
2008 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2009 Leadership Development, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
1999 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2002 Master's degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 National Security Studies Program, Elliott School of Government, George Washington University,
Washington, D.C.
2008 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2009 Leadership Development, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1985 - June 1986, student, undergraduate navigator training, Mather AFB, Calif.
2. July 1986 - February 1987, student, B-52 navigator training, Castle AFB, Calif.
3. February 1987 - September 1989, B-52 standardization and evaluation navigator, 325th Bombardment
Squadron, Fairchild AFB, Wash.
4. October 1989 - November 1990, student, undergraduate pilot training, Vance AFB, Okla.
5. December 1990 - March 1991, student, C-130 pilot training, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
6. April 1991 - July 1994, C-130 pilot and aircraft commander, 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Rhein-Main Air
Base, Germany
7. August 1994 - July 1995, C-130 evaluator pilot and flight commander, 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron,
Ramstein AB, Germany
8. August 1995 - November 1996, student, USAF Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, N.J.
9. December 1996 - September 1997, joint transportation plans officer, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott
AFB, Ill.
10. October 1997 - June 1998, Joint Exercise Program Director, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott AFB,
Ill.
11. June 1998 - May 1999, student, Army Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
12. June 1999 - November 1999, Assistant Director of Operations, 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
13. December 1999 - June 2001, Commander, 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
14. July 2001 - May 2002, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
15. June 2002 - August 2003, Chief, Special Programs Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force,
Washington, D.C.
16. September 2003 - October 2003, Vice Commander, Air Mobility Operations Control Center, Ramstein
AB, Germany
17. November 2003 - January 2004, Vice Commander, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan
18. January 2004 - June 2005, Commander, 86th Operations Group, Ramstein AB, Germany
19. June 2005 - June 2006, Commander, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan
20. July 2006 - July 2007, Chief, Strategic Policy Division, Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff, the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
21. July 2007 - July 2008, executive officer to the Director, Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff, the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
22. July 2008 - June 2009, Assistant Deputy Director of Global Operations, Operations Directorate (J3), Joint
Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
23. June 2009 - present, Vice Commander, 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Ill.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


1. December 1996 - September 1997, joint transportation plans officer, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott
AFB, Ill., as a major
2. October 1997 - June 1998, Joint Exercise Program Director, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott AFB,
Ill., as a major
3. July 2006 - July 2007, Chief, Strategic Policy Division, Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff, the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
4. July 2007 - July 2008, executive officer to the Director, Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff, the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
5. July 2008 - June 2009, Assistant Deputy Director of Global Operations (J3), Joint Staff, the Pentagon,
Washington, D.C., as a colonel

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot, navigator
Flight hours: More than 4,300, including 330 combat hours
Aircraft flown: B-52, C-21A, C-37A, C-130E, C-130H and KC-135R/T

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze star
Kosovo Campaign Medal with bronze star
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant Aug. 2, 1985
First Lieutenant Aug. 2, 1987
Captain Aug. 2, 1989
Major Aug. 1, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1999
Colonel Aug. 1, 2003
Brigadier General July 22, 2009

(Current as of August 2009)


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL JEFFREY B. KENDALL


Brig. Gen. Jeffrey B. Kendall is the Deputy
Director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear
Integration for Flying Training, Headquarters Air
Education and Training Command, Randolph Air
Force Base, Texas. He is responsible for
developing policies and programming resources
for aircrew training programs. These include
undergraduate flying, post-graduate combat crew,
and supplemental training for the Air Force, Navy,
Marine Corps, Army, Reserve and Guard
personnel; international partners; and Euro-NATO
Joint Jet Pilot Training. Along with formulating
training policy, he maintains the ability to respond
to peacetime contingencies and expeditionary
requirements, and to execute AETC command
and control in peace and war.

General Kendall was commissioned in 1983 as a


graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has
commanded an operational F-15C squadron, a
flying training group at the U.S. Air Force
Academy, and the international 80th Flying
Training Wing at Sheppard AFB, Texas, home of
the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program.
He has served in various operational and staff
assignments in Europe, the Pacific and the United
States, and he flew for two years as the Air Combat Command East Coast F-15 demonstration pilot. General
Kendall was the Senior Air Force Military Fellow to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, and
he recently led the Joint Advanced Warfighting Program at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria,
Va.

The general is a command pilot with nearly 3,300 flying hours, primarily in the F-15, including 323 combat
hours during operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Southern Watch.

EDUCATION
1979 U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1983 Bachelor of Science degree in human factors engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1992 Master of Aeronautical Science degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1996 RAND Corporation Fellowship, Santa Monica, Calif.
2002 Master of Science degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, D.C.
1983 Bachelor of Science degree in human factors engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1992 Master of Aeronautical Science degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1996 RAND Corporation Fellowship, Santa Monica, Calif.
2002 Master of Science degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, D.C.
2007 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
2008 Senior Air Force Military Fellowship, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, N.Y.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1983 - August 1984, student, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2. August 1984 - January 1985, student, AT-38B lead-in fighter training, 436th Tactical Fighter Training
Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.
3. January 1985 - June 1985, student, F-15A/B Replacement Training Unit initial qualification, 1st Tactical
Fighter Training Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
4. June 1985 - August 1988, F-15C/D mission commander and instructor pilot, 53rd Tactical Fighter
Squadron, and wing executive officer, 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, Bitburg Air Base, Germany
5. August 1988 - February 1990, air liaison officer, 4th Air Support Operations Group, 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Armored Division, Friedberg Army Installation, Germany
6. March 1990 - June 1990, student, F-15A/B Replacement Training Unit requalification, 426th Tactical
Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
7. June 1990 - January 1993, F-15C/D flight commander, instructor pilot, mission commander and flight
examiner, 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va.
8. January 1993 - August 1995, F-15C/D instructor pilot, mission commander and flight examiner; Air Combat
Command F-15C demonstration pilot; and Chief of Standardization and Evaluation Division, 1st Fighter
Wing, Langley AFB, Va.
9. August 1995 - June 1996, student, RAND Corporation Fellowship (Project Air Force), Santa Monica, Calif.
10. June 1996 - June 1998, air operations officer, Operations Division (CJ3), Combined Forces
Command/U.S. Forces Korea/United Nations Command, Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea
11. June - August 1998, student, F-15C/D Flying Training Unit requalification, 2nd Fighter Training Squadron,
Tyndall AFB, Fla.
12. August 1998 - May 2000, operations officer and F-15C/D instructor pilot, 44th Fighter Squadron, Kadena
AB, Japan
13. May 2000 - May 2001, F-15C/D instructor pilot and Commander, 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena AB,
Japan
14. May 2001 - August 2001, special assistant to the operations group commander, F-15C/D instructor pilot,
mission commander and flight examiner, 18th Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan
15. August 2001 - June 2002, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
16. June 2002 - June 2003, Assistant Director for Training Ranges and Areas, Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Readiness, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
17. June 2003 - October 2004, Commander, 34th Operations Group, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo.
18. October 2004 - January 2005, Commander, 306th Flying Training Group, U.S. Air Force Academy,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
19. January 2005 - August 2007, Commander, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas
20. August 2007 - June 2008, Senior Air Force Military Fellow to the Council on Foreign Relations, New
York, N.Y.
21. June 2008 - April 2009, Director of the Analytical Projects Office, Joint Advanced Warfighting Program,
Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Va.
22. April 2009 - present, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear Integration for Flying
Training, Headquarters AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


1. August 1988 - February 1990, air liaison officer, 4th Air Support Operations Group, 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Armored Division, Friedberg Army Installation, Germany, as a captain
2. June 1996 - June 1998, air operations officer, Operations Division (CJ3), Combined Forces
Command/U.S. Forces Korea/United Nations Command, Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea, as a major
and lieutenant colonel
3. June 2002 - June 2003, Assistant Director for Training Ranges and Areas, Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Readiness, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant
colonel and colonel
4. June 2008 - April 2009, Director of the Analytical Projects Office, Joint Advanced Warfighting Program,
Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Va., as a colonel

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,200
Aircraft flown: TG-10B/C, TG-14A, T-37, T-6, AT-38B, T-38A/C, T-41D, UV-18B and F-15A/B/C/D

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with silver and bronze oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with three bronze stars
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait)

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant June 1, 1983
First Lieutenant June 1, 1985
Captain June 1, 1987
Major Nov. 1, 1994
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1998
Colonel June 1, 2003
Brigadier General June 19, 2009

(Current as of July 2009)


United States Army
Brigadier General PAUL J. LACAMERA
Deputy Commanding General
Joint Special Operations Command
Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28307
July 2009

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE USMA

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Naval War College – MA – National Security & Strategic Studies

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Naval War College
Senior Service College Fellowship Course

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 22 May 85
1LT 22 Nov 86
CPT 1 Nov 89
MAJ 1 Mar 96
LTC 1 May 00
COL 1 May 05
BG 2 Aug 09

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Feb 86 Mar 88 Rifle Platoon Leader, A Company, later Executive Officer, C Company, 3d Battalion
(Airborne), 504th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Apr 88 May 90 Rifle Platoon Leader, A Company, later Support Platoon Leader, later Assistant S-4 (Supply),
1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia and OPERATION JUST
CAUSE, Panama
Jul 90 Dec 90 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning,
Georgia
Feb 91 Apr 92 Commander, B Company, 4th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade, Fort
Benning, Georgia
Apr 92 Jul 93 Plans/Liaison Officer, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Jul 93 Jun 96 S-3 (Air), later Commander, B Company, later Liaison Officer, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger
Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington and OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti
Aug 96 Jun 97 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jun 97 Jul 98 Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 2d Infantry Division, Eighth United States
Army, Korea
Jul 98 Feb 00 S-3 (Operations), later Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army
Air Field, Georgia
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Feb 00 Feb 01 Regimental S-3 (Operations), 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Feb 01 May 03 Commander, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New
York and OPERATION ANACONDA, Afghanistan
Jun 03 May 04 Commander, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia and OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan
Aug 04 Jun 05 Student, College of Naval Warfare, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
Aug 05 Aug 07 Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia and OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq
Aug 07 Jul 09 Director of Operations, United States Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina and Joint Task Force in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM,
Afghanistan and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Jul 09 Present Deputy Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, United States Special
Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Joint Task Force in support of
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM,
Iraq

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Deputy Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, United Jul 09 - Present Brigadier General
States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Joint
Task Force in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM,
Afghanistan and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Assistant S-4 (Supply), 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Nov 89 - May 90 Captain
Air Field, Georgia and OPERATION JUST CAUSE, Panama
Commander, B Company, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Jun 94 - Nov 94 Captain
Washington and OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti
Commander, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Oct 01 - Apr 02 Lieutenant Colonel
Fort Drum, New York and OPERATION ANACONDA, Afghanistan
Commander, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia Jun 03 - May 04 Lieutenant Colonel
and OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan
Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia and Aug 05 - Aug 07 Colonel
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

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US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Silver Star
Defense Superior Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Bronze Star Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Infantryman Badge (with Star)
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge (with Bronze Star)
Pathfinder Badge
Ranger Tab

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Rear Admiral Brian L. Losey

Rear Admiral Brian L. Losey is a native of


Tacoma, Washington. He was commissioned in
1983 following graduation from the United States
Air Force Academy.

He is currently assigned to Commander, U.S.


Second Fleet as Prospective Commander,
Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa.

His operational assignments have included a full


range of duties in SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV)
Teams, Special Boat Teams, and SEAL Teams.
He commanded SDV Team One, and served as
Deputy Commander and Commander of Naval
Special Warfare Development Group.

RDML Losey completed multiple deployments to


command Combined/Joint Special Operations
Task Forces in Afghanistan, and deployed as a Naval Special Operations Component
Commander to Combined/Joint Special Operations Task Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. He
served as the Deputy Director for Operations to Special Operations Command Central, where he
was responsible for the coordination of three Combined/Joint Special Operations Task Forces
during the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has deployed on contingency or named
operations to Central and South America, the Horn of Africa, the Caribbean, the Balkans, and the
Pacific. He has worked extensively with international partners in enhancing security cooperation
relationships, capabilities and capacities.

His staff assignments include duty as Deputy Commander, Naval Special Warfare Task Group,
U.S. Sixth Fleet, Maritime Operations Officer and Deputy Chief of Current Operations in the
Joint Special Operations Command, and U.S. Seventh Fleet Special Warfare Officer in USS Blue
Ridge (LCC-19). He recently completed an assignment in the Executive Office of the President
as a Director on the National Security Council Staff.

RDML Losey holds a Masters in National Security Strategy from the National War College. He
is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute, the Armed Forces Staff College, and Air
Command and Staff.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS J. MASIELLO


Brig. Gen. Thomas J. "Tom" Masiello is the Deputy
Director, Strategic Effects, Multi-National Force-
Iraq, U.S. Central Command, Baghdad, Iraq.

General Masiello was commissioned in 1981 as a


distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force
Academy. A command pilot, he has logged more
than 3,300 flying hours in more than 20 different
aircraft. He has served as an experimental test
pilot and test squadron commander conducting
developmental flight tests on a wide variety of
weapon systems. He has been Director of the
Munitions Directorate at the Air Force Research
Laboratory, Wing Commander of a classified unit,
and the Command Inspector General for Air Force
Materiel Command. He has also served as Deputy
Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command, where he
spent the bulk of his tour at CENTCOM's Forward
Headquarters in Southwest Asia.

Before assuming his current position, he was


Deputy Director for Operations - Operations Team
Two, National Military Command Center, Joint
Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION
1981 Distinguished graduate, Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
1986 Distinguished graduate, Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1987 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1990 Distinguished graduate, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
1990 Master of Science degree in aeronautical science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1991 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1995 Advanced Program
Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
1999 Distinguished graduate, master's degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed
Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2005 General Management Program, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass.
2007 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1981 - May 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. April 1983 - September 1987, F-111F instructor pilot; Chief of Weapons and Tactics, 492nd Tactical
Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
2005 General Management Program, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass.
2007 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1981 - May 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. April 1983 - September 1987, F-111F instructor pilot; Chief of Weapons and Tactics, 492nd Tactical
Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
3. October 1987 - December 1989, F-111 operational test and evaluation instructor pilot, 431st Test and
Evaluation Squadron, McClellan AFB, Calif.
4. January 1990 - September 1990, student, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
5. October 1990 - July 1993, F-15A, F-15E and F-111 experimental test pilot, 3247th Test Squadron, and
Flight Commander, 40th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
6. August 1993 - June 1994, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 1994 - August 1996, F-16 program element monitor, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. September 1996 - July 1998, operations officer and F-16 experimental test pilot, 39th Flight Test
Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
9. August 1998 - June 1999, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington D.C.
10. July 1999 - June 2000, Commander, 40th Flight Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
11. July 2000 - May 2002, Commander, Eglin Research Site, and Director, Munitions Directorate, Air Force
Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, Fla.
12. May 2002 - March 2004, Wing Commander, classified unit
13. March 2004 - July 2005, Command Inspector General, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio
14. July 2005 - June 2007, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla. (October 2005 -
March 2006 and October 2006 - December 2006,
Forward Headquarters, USCENTCOM, Southwest Asia)
15. June 2007 - January 2009, Deputy Director for Operations - Operations Team Two (J3), National Military
Command Center, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
16. January 2009 - present, Deputy Director, Strategic Effects (CJ9), Multi-National Force-Iraq, U.S. Central
Command, Baghdad, Iraq

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


1. July 2005 - June 2007, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla., as a colonel
2. June 2007 - January 2009, Deputy Director for Operations (J3), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington,
D.C., as a brigadier general
3. January 2009 - present, Deputy Director, Strategic Effects (CJ9), Multi-National Force-Iraq, U.S. Central
Command, Baghdad, Iraq, as a brigadier general

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: 3,300
Aircraft flown: More than 20 different types including the F-15, F-15E, F-16, F-111, C-12 and HH-60

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Aerial Achievement medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS


Society of Experimental Test Pilots

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant May 27, 1981
First Lieutenant May 27 1983
Captain May 27, 1985
Major Sept. 1, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1997
Colonel April 1, 2001
Brigadier General Aug. 3, 2007

(Current as of July 2009)


United States Army
Brigadier General ROBERT M. MCCALEB
Deputy Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8
United States Army
700 Army Pentagon 3E362
Washington, DC 20310-0700
July 2008

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE USMA

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
United States Military Academy – BS – No Major
Georgia Institute of Technology – MS – Operations Research
United States Army War College – MS – Strategic Studies

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Armor Officer Basic Course
Aviation Officer Advanced Course
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 26 May 82
1LT 26 Nov 83
CPT 1 Jan 86
MAJ 1 Mar 94
LTC 1 Dec 98
COL 1 Jan 05
BG 15 Jul 09

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Mar 83 Jan 87 Platoon Leader, C Company, later Headquarters and Headquarters Company, later Flight
Operations Officer, B Company, 9th Aviation Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis,
Washington
Mar 87 Jul 87 Student, Aviation Officer Advanced Course, United States Aviation Center, Fort Rucker,
Alabama
Aug 87 Nov 89 Battalion S-1 (Adjutant), later Commander, B Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Nov 89 May 90 Assistant S-3, Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Kentucky
Jun 90 Jun 92 Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 92 Jun 95 Instructor, later Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, Staff & Faculty,
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Jun 95 Aug 97 Program Analyst, Program Analysis and Evaluation Directorate, Office of the Chief of Staff,
Army, Washington, DC
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Aug 97 May 00 Student, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Jun 00 Jul 04 Operations Research Analyst/Systems Analyst, Program Analysis and Evaluation Directorate,
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC
Aug 04 Jun 05 Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Jun 05 Apr 07 Chief, Program Development Division, Program Analysis and Evaluation Directorate, Office
of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs, Washington, DC
May 07 Jul 08 Chief, Congressional Budget Liaison, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial
Management & Comptroller), Washington, DC
Jul 08 Present Deputy Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8,
Washington, DC

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Operations Research Analyst/Systems Analyst, Program Analysis and Jun 00 - Jul 04 Lieutenant Colonel
Evaluation Directorate, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES


Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
Army Aviator Badge
Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL JIMMY E. MCMILLIAN


Brig. Gen. Jimmy E. McMillian is Director of
Security Forces, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Logistics, Installations and Mission Support,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
He is the focal point for ensuring the physical
security of nuclear assets within the Air Force and
planning and programming for more than 30,000
active-duty and Reserve components' security
forces at locations worldwide. He provides policy
and oversight for protecting Air Force resources
from terrorism, criminal acts, sabotage and acts of
war, and he ensures Security Forces are trained,
equipped and ready to support contingency and
exercise plans.

General McMillian earned his commission after


graduating from the ROTC program at North
Carolina Agriculture and Technical State
University in 1981. During his career, he has
served in a variety of security forces operations
and instructor assignments in Montana, Texas,
New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota Turkey and
Washington, D.C. He has also served in major
command headquarters positions at Air Combat
Command, Air Mobility Command and Air Force
Space Command. He has commanded at the
squadron, group, and wing levels.

EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor's degree in business administration, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro
1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1986 Advance Criminal Justice Course, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
1988 Master's degree in public administration, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant
1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Air War College, by correspondence and seminar
2003 Master of Science degree in strategic studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Saint Petersburg, Fla.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1982 - July 1985, flight security officer and operations officer, 341st Missile Security Squadron,
Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
2. October 1985 - September 1986, instructor and course chief, Air Force Security Police Academy, Camp
Bullis, Texas
2009 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Saint Petersburg, Fla.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1982 - July 1985, flight security officer and operations officer, 341st Missile Security Squadron,
Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
2. October 1985 - September 1986, instructor and course chief, Air Force Security Police Academy, Camp
Bullis, Texas
3. September 1986 - December 1989, training officer, Air Force Security Police Air Base Ground Defense
School, Fort Dix, N.J.
4. December 1989 - February 1990, Security Police Chief, 7392nd Munitions Support Squadron, Eskisheir
Air Base, Turkey
5. February 1990 - July 1993, Commander, 4554th Ground Combat Training Squadron, and Commander,
554th Security Police Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
6. July 1993 - July 1995, staff action officer, Security Police Staff, and Chief, Inspector General Inspection
Section, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
7. July 1995 - July 1997, Police Chief, Bolling AFB, D.C.
8. July 1997 - August 1998, Commander, 321st Security Forces Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
9. August 1998 - November 2001, Division Chief, Security Forces Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility
Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
10. November 2001 - June 2002, Deputy Commander, 99th Security Forces Group, Nellis AFB, Nev.
11. July 2002 - June 2003, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. July 2003 - May 2005, Commander, 91st Security Forces Group, Minot AFB, N.D.
13. May 2005 - April 2006, executive officer to the Commander, Headquarters Air Force Space Command,
Peterson AFB, Colo.
14. May 2006 - August 2009, Commander, 10th Air Base Wing, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
15. August 2009 - present, Director of Security Forces, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and
Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with silver and bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant Dec. 18, 1981
First Lieutenant Dec. 15, 1983
Captain March 5, 1986
Major May 1, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1998
Colonel May 1, 2003
Brigadier General June 19, 2009

(Current as of September 2009)


(Admiral Select) Stephen E Mehling
Chief of Staff
U.S. Coast Guard District 14
Honolulu, Hawaii

Captain Steve Mehling is a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and first served
as Deck Watch Officer and Operations Officer aboard USCGC SWEETGUM. In 1982, he
was selected for Naval Flight Training at Naval Air Station Pensacola and was designated a
Coast Guard Aviator in 1983. From 1983 until 1987, he served as the Administration
Department Head and as an HH-52A Aircraft Commander at Coast Guard Group/Air Station
Cape May, New Jersey. This assignment was followed by a four year tour at Group/Air
Station North Bend, Oregon, where he qualified as an HH-65A Instructor Pilot and played a
major role in establishing the Coast Guard’s Air Facility at Newport, Oregon. He then served
as a Platform Manager at Coast Guard Headquarters where he directed the shipboard testing
of the HH-60J helicopter aboard Coast Guard cutters, and participated in the Commission on
Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces. From 1995 until 1999, he served as Operations
Officer and then Executive Officer at Air Station Houston, Texas. In 1999, he returned to
Coast Guard Headquarters as the Deputy Chief, Office of Aviation Forces, where he provided
programmatic oversight for 214 aircraft operating from 30 Coast Guard Air Stations and
Facilities, and participated in a number of Department of Defense Aviation Workforce
studies. From July 2001 until July 2003, he returned to Air Station Houston, serving as the
unit’s nineteenth commanding officer. From July 2003 to April 2006, he served as the
Assistant Chief and Chief of the Officer Personnel Management Division at the Coast Guard’s
Personnel Command. From April 2006 to July 2008, he served as the Commanding Officer of
Air Station Miami, Florida where he flew the HU-25 Falcon jet. Captain Mehling assumed
the duties as the Chief of Staff for the Fourteenth Coast Guard District on August 21, 2008.

Captain Mehling holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Coast Guard Academy and a Master’s
Degree from the University of Maryland. His personal decorations include the Meritorious
Service Medal with three Gold Stars and Operational Distinguishing Device, Air Medal with
Gold Star, U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal with Gold Star and Operational
Distinguishing Device, 9-11 Medal, and numerous other team, unit and individual awards.
United States Army
Brigadier General AUSTIN S. MILLER
Deputy Director for Special Operations, J-37
The Joint Staff
3000 Joint Staff Pentagon 2C841
Washington, DC 20318-3000
June 2008

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE USMA

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Marine Corps University – MS – Strategy
United States Military Academy – BS – No Major

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Marine Corps War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) Spanish

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 25 May 83
1LT 25 Nov 84
CPT 1 May 87
MAJ 1 Dec 94
LTC 1 Jun 99
COL 1 May 04
BG 15 Jun 09

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Jan 84 Dec 85 Tactical Officer, later Platoon Leader, C Company, later S-3 (Air), 3d Battalion, 325th Infantry
(Airborne), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jan 86 May 87 Platoon Leader, later Executive Officer, A Company, 2d Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry, Fort
Lewis, Washington
May 88 Dec 88 S-3 (Plans and Operations), United States Army Garrison, Fort Lewis, Washington, with duty at
Joint Task Force Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
Jan 89 Jun 89 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning,
Georgia
Aug 89 Apr 91 Commander, D Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry (Mechanized), 2d Infantry Division
(Mechanized), Eighth United States Army, Korea
Apr 91 Apr 92 Instructor, Special Operations Division, United States Army School of the Americas, Fort
Benning, Georgia
Jun 92 Nov 92 Student, Operator Training Course, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
(Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Nov 92 May 93 Squadron Operations Officer, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne),
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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May 93 Jun 96 Troop Commander, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne), Fort Bragg,
North Carolina
Aug 96 Jun 97 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jun 97 Jul 99 Operational Support Troop Commander, later, Selection and Training Commander, 1st
Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jul 99 Jul 01 Squadron Commander, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne), North
Carolina
Jul 01 Jul 02 Chief, Advanced Force Operations Division, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina
Aug 03 Jun 05 Deputy Commander, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne), Fort
Bragg, North Carolina
Jun 05 Jul 07 Commander, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North
Carolina
Aug 07 Jun 08 Director of the Interagency Task Force, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill
Air Force Base, Florida
Jun 08 Present Deputy Director for Special Operations, J-37, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Chief, Advanced Force Operations Division, Joint Special Operations Jul 01 - Jul 02 Lieutenant Colonel
Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Director of the Interagency Task Force, United States Special Operations Aug 07 - Jun 08 Colonel
Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Deputy Director for Special Operations, J-37, The Joint Staff, Washington, Jun 08 - Present Colonel
DC

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES


Defense Superior Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device
Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Purple Heart (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Infantryman Badge (with Star)
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Military Free Fall Parachutist Badge
Ranger Tab

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Rear Admiral William F. Moran
Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group

Rear Admiral Bill Moran was born and raised in New York
State. He is a graduate of Valley Central High School and
holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States
Naval Academy (1981) and a master's degree from the
National War College (2006).

Moran's operational Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance


Aircraft (MPRA) tours span all four MPR sites including his
first in Patrol Squadron 44, Brunswick, Maine; department
head, Patrol Squadron 45, Jacksonville, Fla.; command of
Patrol Squadron 46, Whidbey Island, Wash., and command
of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2, Hawaii. He has
deployed to Sigonella, Sicily; Rota, Spain; Lajes Azores;
Keflavik, Iceland; Misawa, Japan; Diego Garcia; Masirah,
Oman; Bahrain; and numerous detachments around the
world. His other operational tours include flag lieutenant and
Battle Group tactical watch officer for commander, Carrier
Group 6, Mayport, Fla., completing a Mediterranean
deployment aboard USS Forrestal and a subsequent
deployment to the Caribbean aboard numerous cruisers as
part of the first deployed staff in support of Counter
Narcotics Operations. He has served extensively as an instructor pilot in multiple operational tours
and two tours with Patrol Squadron 30, the Fleet Replacement Squadron.

Moran's shore assignments include: Patrol Wing 11, Jacksonville, Fla., as safety officer and
assistant maintenance officer; the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, as assistant
Washington placement officer and assistant flag officer detailer; deputy executive assistant and
executive assistant to commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, from July 2000
to July 2003; deputy director, Navy staff from July 2006 until June 2007 and as executive
assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations from June 2007 until August 2008.

Upon selection to flag rank, Moran assumed the duties as commander, Patrol and
Reconnaissance Group in August 2008.

Updated: 10 April 2009


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES J. MUSCATELL JR.


Brig. Gen. James J. Muscatell Jr. is Commander,
403rd Wing, Air Force Reserve Command,
Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. He commands the
only Reserve flying unit in Mississippi and the
largest tenant unit on Keesler AFB, a wing of more
than 1,400 Reservists. The wing's mission is to
train, equip and employ airlift forces in worldwide
support of the nation's interests. This primarily
includes tactical air-land and air-drop of personnel,
supplies and equipment. Other missions include
providing trained support personnel to augment
active-duty personnel, support of aeromedical
evacuations and humanitarian flights. In addition,
he is responsible for the only aerial weather
reconnaissance squadron in the Department of
Defense.

A graduate of the U.S. Air Force


Academy, General Muscatell was awarded his
bachelor's degree in humanities and
commissioned in 1979. He entered the Air Force
Reserve unit program in 1986 after seven years
active duty in a variety of assignments. During his
22 years in the unit program, the general has seen
duty as a pilot, operations support flight
commander and operations officer. He has
commanded at the group and wing levels.

General Muscatell served on the Air Force Crisis Action Team for civil support following Sept. 11, 2001;
coordinated Air Force Reserve Command's first wartime command deployment package during Operation
Enduring Freedom; and deactivated the last C-141 squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C. He commanded the
first C-17 European strategic intratheater deployment as well as the 409th Aerospace Expeditionary Group
during Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Muscatell was also the Commander, 934th Airlift Wing,
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minn. Prior to assuming his current position,
he was the Commander, 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo., responsible for ensuring medium range
airlift for tactical airland and airdrop, modular airborne firefighting and aeromedical evacuation.

EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Arts degree in humanities, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1983 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1997 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Master of Arts degree in ministry leadership, Crown College, St. Bonafacius, Minn.
airdrop, modular airborne firefighting and aeromedical evacuation.

EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Arts degree in humanities, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1983 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1997 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Master of Arts degree in ministry leadership, Crown College, St. Bonafacius, Minn.
2008 Joint Forces Reserve Orientation Course, Joint Forces War College, Norfolk, Va.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1979 - August 1980, student, undergraduate pilot training, Reese AFB, Texas
2. December 1980 - May 1986, C-141 pilot, scheduler, safety officer and simulator examiner, 62nd Military
Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash.
3. May 1986 - August 1998, C-141 squadron standardization and evaluation, chief pilot, chief of current
operations, operations support flight commander, operations officer and Deputy Commander, 446th
Operations Group, 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash.
4. August 1998 - February 2001, C-17 operations officer and Deputy Commander, 315th Operations Group,
Charleston AFB, S.C.
5. February 2001 - September 2003, Commander, 514th Operations Group, McGuire AFB, N.J.
6. September 2003 - April 2006, Commander, 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport Air
Reserve Station, Minn.
7. April 2006 - January 2009, Commander, 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo.
8. January 2009 - present, Commander, 403rd Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss.

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 7,100
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, C-141, C-130, C-17 and KC-10

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and silver oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with two devices
Air Force Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal with two bronze stars
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border
Air Force Longevity Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" device and oak leaf cluster
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait)

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant May 30, 1979
First Lieutenant May 30, 1981
Captain May 30, 1983
Major March 8, 1990
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 18, 1998
Colonel Feb. 27, 2002
Brigadier General April 3, 2009

(Current as of August 2009)


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL KURT F. NEUBAUER


Brig. Gen. Kurt F. Neubauer is Commander, 56th
Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The 56th
Fighter Wing's mission is to train F-16 pilots and
maintainers while deploying mission-ready
warfighters. As part of Air Education and Training
Command, and home to more than 165 F-16
aircraft and 25 squadrons, the 56th is the largest
fighter wing in the U.S. Air Force and graduates
more than 400 F-16 pilots and 470 crew chiefs
annually. The wing oversees the Gila Bend Air
Force Auxiliary Field and is steward of the Barry
M. Goldwater Range, a military training range
spanning more than 1.7 million acres of Sonoran
desert.

General Neubauer is a 1981 graduate of the U.S.


Air Force Academy. He has served in numerous
operational flying and staff assignments, including
USAF Weapons School instructor pilot and Chief
of F-22 Operational Requirements. He has
commanded the 34th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB,
Utah; 8th Operations Group, Kunsan Air Base,
South Korea; and 11th Wing, Bolling AFB,
Washington, D.C.

He is a command pilot with more than 3,500 flying


hours in the F-16, including combat operations over Iraq.

EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Science degree in engineering mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1985 Tactical Fighter Electronics Combat Officer Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
1987 USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1994 Master of Aeronautical Science degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1996 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Master's degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington,
D.C.
2006 Seminar XXI Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1981 - August 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
D.C.
2006 Seminar XXI Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1981 - August 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. August 1982 - October 1983, student, F-16 Replacement Training Unit, 62nd Tactical Fighter Training
Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.
3. October 1983 - January 1986, pilot, 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
4. January 1986 - January 1987, instructor pilot, 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South
Korea
5. January 1987 - October 1989, Chief of Weapons and Tactics, 311th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron,
Luke AFB, Ariz.
6. October 1989 - October 1992, flight commander, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
7. October 1992 - June 1995, assistant operations officer; later, Chief of Safety; later, Chief of
Standardization and Evaluation, 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AFB, Utah
8. June 1995 - June 1996, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 1996 - October 1998, assistant Chief of Flight Safety; later, Chief, F/A-22 Operational Requirements
Branch, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
10. October 1998 - July 2000, operations officer, 4th Fighter Squadron; later, Commander, 34th Fighter
Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
11. August 2000 - June 2001, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. August 2001 - June 2003, Deputy Commander, 35th Operations Group, Misawa AB, Japan
13. June 2003 - June 2004, Commander, 8th Operations Group, Kunsan AB, South Korea
14. June 2004 - June 2006, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Chair, National War College, Fort Lesley J.
McNair, Washington, D.C.
15. June 2006 - June 2008, Commander, 11th Wing, Bolling AFB, D.C.
16. July 2008 - present, Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


June 2004 - June 2006, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Chair, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, D.C., as a colonel

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,500, including 88 combat hours
Aircraft flown: F-16

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1982 Distinguished Graduate, Undergraduate Pilot Training
1987 Outstanding Graduate, USAF Fighter Weapons School
1989 Daedalian Instructor Pilot of the Year, 58th Tactical Training Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz.
1989 Tactical Air Command Instructor of the Year, 58th Tactical Training Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz.

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant May 27, 1981
First Lieutenant May 27, 1983
Captain May 27, 1985
Major Oct. 1, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1998
Colonel May 1, 2003
Brigadier General Dec. 9, 2008

(Current as of July 2009)


Brigadier General
Christophe S. Owens
Chief of Staff, Naval
Striking and Support
Forces NATO

BGen Christopher Owens grew up in Oregon and was commissioned in 1982. Earning his
“wings of gold” in September 1984, 2ndLt Owens was assigned to HML-367 as an AH-1
pilot, where he served in various billets, deployed with the squadron twice and attended
Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course in 1987. He was promoted to captain in
November of that year.

In July 1988, Capt Owens reported to 1st Tank Battalion as a forward air controller and
later as the Air Officer. He returned to MAG-39 and HMT-303 in August 1989, where he
served as AH-1J and AH-1W NATOPS Officer.

In February 1992 Capt Owens rejoined HMLA-367, and served as DOSS, Logistics
Officer, and AMO. He deployed with the squadron in 1992, and with HMM-166 (REIN)
as part of 15th MEU in 1994, participating in operations in Somalia. He was promoted to
major in September 1994.

Maj Owens attended USMC Command and Staff College in 1995. A distinguished
graduate, he was selected to attend the School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW) the
following year. Upon graduation, he joined I MEF, where he was responsible for the
development of I MEF’s supporting plan for operations in the Pacific Region.

Promoted in July 1999, LtCol Owens reported to MAG-39 the same month, and was
assigned as Executive Officer, HMLA-267. In 2000, LtCol Owens took command of
HMLA-169. He deployed the Vipers to Okinawa, with detachments to 15th MEU, which
participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, and to 31st MEU. During his tenure,
HMLA-169 received the CNO Safety Award and was selected as Marine Corps Aviation
Association Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron of the Year.

LtCol Owens completed Marine Corps War College in 2003 as a distinguished graduate,
and was assigned as Deputy, then Director, of SAW. He was promoted to colonel in
October 2004.
Col Owens assumed command of MAG-29 in July 2005. In January 2007, he deployed
with MAG-29 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08. Col Owens relinquished
command of MAG-29 in July 2007 and reported to USJFCOM, where he served as a
department head, then Chief of Staff for the Joint Concept Development and
Experimentation Directorate.

BGen Owens reported to his current assignment as Chief of Staff, Naval Striking and
Support Forces NATO in August of 2008. His personal decorations include the Legion of
Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, Strike/Flight Air Medal, Navy and
Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and Navy Achievement Medal. He has
accumulated over 4000 flight hours in a variety of type/model/series aircraft.

BGen Owens and his wife Rita have been married for 27 years and have two sons, David,
20, and Mark, 18
United States Army
Colonel (Promotable) JAMES F. PASQUARETTE
Deputy Commander (Support)
4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Fort Carson, Colorado 80913
August 2009

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Furman University – BA – Business Administration
Harvard University – MPA – Public Administration
United States Army Command and General Staff College – MMAS – Advanced Military Studies
United States Army War College – MA – Strategic Studies

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 25 May 83
1LT 28 Feb 85
CPT 1 Aug 87
MAJ 1 Apr 95
LTC 1 Mar 00
COL 1 May 05

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Dec 83 Jun 87 Platoon Leader, A Company, 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division,
later Assistant S-1, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, later Executive Officer, B Company,
later Battalion S-1, 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Germany
Jul 87 Dec 87 Student, Armor Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Armor School, Fort Knox,
Kentucky
Jan 88 May 89 Assistant G-3 (Operations), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
May 89 Aug 89 Assistant Brigade S-4, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Aug 89 Apr 90 Commander, C Company, 2d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas
Apr 90 Apr 91 Commander, C Company, 1st Battalion, 72d Armor, 2d Infantry Division, Korea
May 91 Jul 91 Student, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, United States Army Command and
General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Aug 91 Jun 92 Student, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
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Jun 92 Jul 94 Staff Officer, War Plans Division, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate, later Executive
Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Army, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Pentagon, Washington DC
Aug 94 May 96 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
May 96 Jul 99 G-3 (Plans), 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), later S-3, 3d Battalion, 69th Armor, 3d
Infantry Division (Mechanized), and OPERATION DESERT THUNDER, Kuwait, later S-3,
1st Brigade, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
Aug 99 Nov 99 G-3 (Plans), Third United States Army, Fort McPherson, Georgia
Nov 99 Jun 01 Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command,
Headquarters, Fort McPherson, Georgia
Jun 01 Jun 03 Commander, 2d Squadron, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Jun 03 May 05 Combat Identification Assessment Analyst, J-8, The Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, DC
Jun 05 Jun 07 Commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Hood
Texas and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Aug 07 Jun 08 Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Jul 08 Aug 09 Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, Army, Washington, DC
Aug 09 Present Deputy Commander (Support), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Combat Identification Assessment Analyst, J-8, The Joint Staff, Pentagon, Jun 03 - May 05 Lieutenant
Washington, DC Colonel/Colonel

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


S-3, 3d Battalion, 69th Armor, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), Jan 98 - Jun 98 Major
OPERATION DESERT THUNDER, Kuwait
Commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Jan 06 - Dec 06 Colonel
(Mechanized), Fort Hood Texas, OPERATION IRAQ FREEDOM, Iraq

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES


Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Action Badge
Parachutist Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge

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United States Army
Brigadier General ROSS E. RIDGE
Commandant
United States Army Field Artillery School
United States Army Fires Center of Excellence
1210 Northwest Schimmelpfennig Road, Suite 172
Fort Sill, Oklahoma 73503-5001
September 2008

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Indiana University Bloomington – BA – Political Science
Central Michigan University – MSA – Administration
United States Army War College – MSST – Strategy

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 10 May 80
1LT 28 Nov 81
CPT 1 Dec 83
MAJ 1 Feb 92
LTC 1 Dec 96
COL 1 Sep 02
BG 29 Dec 08

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Oct 80 Dec 83 Air Defense Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, later Fire Direction
Officer, later Assistant Executive Officer, B Battery, later Executive Officer, C Battery, later
Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 36th Field Artillery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, VII Corps,
United States Army Europe, Augsburg, Germany
Jan 84 Aug 84 Student, Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Field Artillery School,
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Aug 84 May 87 Assistant S-3, later, Commander, A Battery, later 1st Brigade, Fire Support Officer, 2d
Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Kentucky
May 87 Jul 89 Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Kentucky
Aug 89 Jun 92 Battalion Fire Direction Center Combat Trainer, later Firing Battery Combat Trainer, later Field
Artillery Battalion S-3 Combat Trainer, United States Army National Training Center, Fort
Irwin, California
Aug 92 Jun 93 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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Jul 93 Nov 93 Assistant Fire Support Coordinator, Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light),
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Nov 93 Jan 95 Brigade Fire Support Officer, 2d Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division
(Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Jan 95 May 95 Brigade Fire Support Officer/S-5, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division(Light), Hawaii and
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY
May 95 May 96 Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii
Jun 96 Jun 98 Officer-in-Charge, Forward Detachment, Joint Interagency Task Force West, Alameda,
California and United States Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
Jun 98 Jun 00 Commander, 2d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantyr Division (Light), I
Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington
Jun 00 Jun 01 Chief, Effects Division, Initial Brigade Coordination Cell, United States Army Training and
Doctrine Command, Fort Lewis, Washington
Jul 01 Jun 02 Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Jun 02 May 03 Deputy Commander, Operations Group, United States Army National Training Center, Fort
Irwin, California
May 03 Jun 06 Commander, Division Artillery, later Chief of Staff, 2d Infantry Division Artillery, Eighth
United States Army, Korea
Jun 06 Jun 07 Executive Officer to the Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces
Command/United States Forces Korea
Jul 07 Sep 08 Chief of Staff, Strategic Effects, Multi-National Forces- Iraq, OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM, Iraq
Sep 08 Present Commandant, United States Army Field Artillery School, United States Army Fires Center of
Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Officer-in-Charge, Forward Detachment, Joint Interagency Task Force Jun 96 - Jun 98 Major/Lieutenant
West, Alameda, California and United States Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Colonel
Executive Officer to the Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Jun 06 - Jun 07 Colonel
Forces Command/United States Forces Korea
Chief of Staff, Strategic Effects, Multi-National Forces- Iraq, OPERATION Jul 07 - Sep 08 Colonel
IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Chief of Staff, Strategic Effects, Multi-National Forces- Iraq, OPERATION Jul 07 - Sep 08 Colonel
IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

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BG Ridge, Ross E.
US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge

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Rear Admiral Clifford S. "Cliff" Sharpe
Commander, Naval Service Training Command

Rear Admiral Cliff Sharpe is a native of Lumberton, N.C.,


and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, N.C.

Afloat, Sharpe commanded Destroyer Squadron 2 and


deployed with the Enterprise Strike Group in 2006 in support
of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. He
commanded USS Stout (DDG 55) from September 2000 to
March 2002. As commanding officer of mine
countermeasure ship (MCM) Rotational Crew Echo, he
commanded both USS Chief (MCM 14) and USS Dextrous
(MCM 13), completing a six-month Persian Gulf deployment
in the latter. Operations officer tours in COMDESRON 22
and USS Thomas C. Hart (FF 1092) were highlighted by
extended operations in the Red Sea in support of Desert
Shield and Desert Storm. His initial sea assignment upon
completion of officer candidate school was aboard USS
Josephus Daniels (CG 27).

Ashore, Sharpe’s last assignment was as director, Surface Warfare Distribution, Naval Personnel
Command. He served on the Joint Staff, Washington, in the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate
(J-5) as assistant deputy director for International Negotiations and Arms Control. Prior to the
Joint Staff, he was assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel as the surface warfare officer
community manager. Previous tours include: Instructor in the Command Department at the
Surface Warfare Officer School, assistant surface captain detailer and english and assistant track
coach at the Naval Academy Preparatory School.

Sharpe holds a Master of Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island. He attended the
Naval War College where he graduated with distinction and served as the U.S. representative to
the Naval Staff College (Class 47), a program of work, travel and study with international officers.

In August 2008, he assumed Command of Naval Service Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Updated: 30 September 2008


United States Army
Brigadier General JEFFOREY A. SMITH
Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Middle East), J-5
The Joint Staff
5100 Joint Staff Pentagon 2E782
Washington, DC 20318-5105
August 2009

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Ohio State University – GS – Sociology
Columbus State University – BS – Business Administration
Central Michigan University – MS – Public Administration
United States Army War College – MS – Strategic Studies

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 26 May 82
1LT 6 Feb 85
CPT 1 Aug 87
MAJ 1 Jul 94
LTC 1 Jun 98
COL 1 Jun 03
BG 2 Mar 09

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Sep 83 Feb 84 Student, Infantry Officer Basic Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning,
Georgia
Apr 84 Apr 86 Mortar Platoon Leader, later Executive Officer, B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th
Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Multinational Force and
Observers, Sinai, Egypt
Apr 86 Feb 87 S-3(Air), 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina
Mar 87 Aug 87 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning,
Georgia
Sep 87 Mar 89 Student, Columbus College, Columbus, Georgia
Mar 89 Jun 91 Commander, A Company, 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky and OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM,
Saudi Arabia
Jun 91 Dec 91 Assistant S-3(Operations), 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Kentucky
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BG Smith, Jefforey A.
Dec 91 Jun 93 Junior Military Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Manpower
and Personnel Policy, Washington, DC
Aug 93 Jun 94 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jun 94 May 95 Force Integrator, Force Modernization Branch, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations and Plans, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Jun 95 May 97 S-3(Operations), 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, later S-3(Operations), 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry
(Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and OPERATION MARATHON(Pacific), Wake Island
Jun 97 May 99 Lieutenant Colonels Assignment Officer, Infantry Branch, United States Total Army
Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia
Jun 99 Jun 01 Commander, 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Kentucky and TASK FORCE FALCON, Kosovo
Jun 01 Jun 02 Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 101st Airborne Division ( Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Kentucky
Jul 02 Jun 03 Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Jun 03 Apr 05 Commander, 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Apr 05 Mar 07 Executive Officer to the Commander, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force
Base, Florida
Jun 07 May 08 Chief of Staff, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York
May 08 May 09 Deputy Commanding General (Support), 10th Mountain Divison (Light) and Multi-National
Division - Center, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
May 09 Aug 09 Deputy Commanding General (Support), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New
York
Aug 09 Present Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Middle-East) J-5, The Joint Staff, Washington,
DC

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Junior Military Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Dec 91 - Jun 93 Captain
Military Manpower and Personnel Policy, Washington, DC
Executive Officer to the Commander, United States Central Command, Apr 05 - Mar 07 Colonel
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Middle-East) J-5, The Joint Aug 09 - Present Brigadier General
Staff, Washington, DC

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Commander, A Company, 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Mar 89 - Jun 91 Captain
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky and
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, Saudi Arabia
Commander, 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina Jun 03 - Apr 05 Colonel
and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
Deputy Commanding General (Support), 10th Mountain Divison (Light) and May 08 - May 09 Colonel
Multi-National Division - Center, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

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US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Bronze Star Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge (with Star)
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
Army Aviation Badge
Ranger Tab
Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge

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United States Army
Brigadier General LESLIE C. SMITH
Commandant, United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and
Nuclear School/
Deputy Commanding General, Material and Technology
United States Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence
401 MANSCEN Loop, Suite 1041
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473-8926
June 2008
SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE ROTC

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Georgia Southern University – BBA – Accounting Auditing
Central Michigan University – MS – Administration
National War College – MA – National Security and Strategic Studies

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED


Chemical Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Army Command and General Staff College
National War College

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT


2LT 25 May 83
1LT 24 May 86
CPT 1 Apr 89
MAJ 1 Mar 96
LTC 1 May 00
COL 1 May 05
BG 2 Sep 09

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Jul 86 Jun 89 Chemical Officer, 3d Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery, 32d Army Air Defense Command,
United States Army Europe, Germany
Jul 89 Dec 89 Student, Chemical Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Chemical School, Fort
McClellan, Alabama
Dec 89 Jul 90 Director, Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Center, 21st Chemical Company, 82d Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jul 90 Aug 92 Chemical Officer, Division Artillery, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and
OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND STORM, Saudi Arabia
Aug 92 Dec 93 Commander, 21st Chemical Company, Division Support Command, 82d Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Mar 94 Jun 96 Assignment/Future Readiness Officer, later Company Grade Assignment Officer, Chemical
Branch, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia
Aug 96 Jun 97 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jun 97 Jun 99 S-2/3(Intelligence/Operations), later S-3(Operations), later Executive Officer, 23d Chemical
Battalion, 19th Theater Area Command, Eighth United States Army, Korea
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Jul 99 Jun 01 Nonproliferation Planner, Weapons Technology Control Division, Strategic Plans and Policy
Directorate, J-5, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
Jun 01 Jun 03 Commander, 83d Chemical Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Polk, Louisiana, and
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Kuwait and Iraq
Jul 03 Aug 04 Chief, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Team, G-8, United States Army, Pentagon,
Washington, DC
Aug 04 Jul 05 Student, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, DC
Jul 05 Jul 07 Commander, 3d Chemical Brigade, United States Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard
Wood, Missouri
Aug 07 Jun 08 Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 20th Support Command (Chemical, Biological, Radiological,
Nuclear and High Yield Explosives) , Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland
Jun 08 Present Commandant, United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School/,
Deputy Commanding General, Material and Technology, United States Army Maneuver
Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Nonproliferation Planner, Weapons Technology Control Division, Strategic Jul 99 - Jun 01 Major/Lieutenant
Plans and Policy Directorate, J-5, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC Colonel

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE


Chemical Officer, Division Artillery, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, Jul 90 - Aug 92 Captain
North Carolina and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND STORM,
Saudi Arabia
Commander, 83d Chemical Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Polk, Jun 01 - Jun 03 Lieutenant Colonel
Louisiana, and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Kuwait and Iraq

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES


Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Senior Parachutist Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge

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Rear Admiral
Sandra L. Stosz
United States Coast Guard

Director, Coast Guard Enterprise Strategic Management and


Doctrine

Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz currently serves as Director, Coast


Guard Enterprise Strategic Management and Doctrine. She is
responsible for aligning enterprise level strategy and management
functions with the Commandant’s strategic intent, and for
enhancing executive decision support for the Vice Commandant,
the Service’s Chief Operating Officer.

Rear Admiral Stosz is a surface operations officer with 12 years at


sea, including command of two cutters – an icebreaking tug on the
Great Lakes and a medium endurance cutter that patrolled North
Atlantic and Caribbean waters. She and her crews executed many
of the Coast Guard’s 11 missions such as drug and alien migrant
interdiction, fisheries enforcement, search and rescue, polar and
domestic icebreaking and ports and waterways security.

Between sea duty tours Rear Admiral Stosz specialized in personnel and resource management and
program review. She served tours of duty as Chief of Officer Assignments and as Program Reviewer
and Acquisition Funds Coordinator for Coast Guard major systems acquisitions, including the 225-
foot buoy tenders and 87-foot coastal patrol boats. She had the opportunity to broaden her experience
when selected to serve as the Secretary of Transportation’s military assistant and years later as the
Commandant’s executive assistant. In a recent position as Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard’s
recruit training center in Cape May, New Jersey, Rear Admiral Stosz led development of the
Guardian Ethos, which unifies Coast Guard members with a common identity as Guardians.

Rear Admiral Stosz graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1982 with a bachelor of science
degree in Government. She was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree from
Northwestern University’s J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in 1994. In 2000 she
completed an executive fellowship in national security through the MIT Seminar XXI program, and
she earned a Master of National Security Strategy from the National War College in 2004. Most
recently, in 2009 she attended the Navy’s Executive Business Course at University of North Carolina’s
Kenan-Flagler business school.

Rear Admiral Stosz’s personal awards include the Legion of Merit, four Meritorious Service Medals,
two Coast Guard Commendation Medals and two Coast Guard Achievement Medals.
Brigadier General
Gregg A. Sturdevant
Deputy Director for
Operations, J-3 (NMCC-
3), Joint Staff

Brigadier General Sturdevant is currently assigned as a Deputy Director for Operations,


J-3 (NMCC-3), Joint Staff. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, he enlisted in the Marine
Corps in 1975 and served in southern California and Okinawa, Japan before being
honorably discharged as a Sergeant in July 1979. He then returned to school receiving a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Southeast Missouri State
University in July 1982 and was commissioned through the Platoon Leader Class (PLC)
program. Upon completion of The Basic School, he reported to NAS Pensacola for flight
training and was designated a Naval Aviator in April 1984.

He has served in the following operational squadrons: HMM-364, HMM-162, HMM-365,


and was the commanding officer of HMM-165 from July 2001 to May 2003.
Deployments include Unit Deployments to Okinawa, LF6F Deployments, 5th Fleet
Deployments, and participation in OEF and OIF I. Additionally, he served as a flight
instructor in Pensacola, Florida and did a tour with 2nd Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison
Company (ANGLICO) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

His most recent operational assignment was as the commanding officer, 26th Marine
Expeditionary Unit from May 2006 to May 2008. During that time the 26th MEU
deployed in support of LF6F/LF5F and served as the landing force for the LPD-17
Operational Evaluation.

His major staff tours include duty at Headquarters Marine Corps in the Aviation
Department's Plans, Policies, Joint Doctrine and Budget Branch (APP) where he served
as the Landing Force Programs Officer focusing on rotary wing budget matters and a tour
on the Joint Staff in the Operations Directorate where he served as an Assistant Deputy
Director for Global Operations.

His first General Officer assignment was the Director of Public Affairs, Headquarters
Marine Corps from August 2008 to December 2008.

He attended the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (1987), earned a Master of
Science Degree in Management from Troy State University (1990), attended the Army
Aviation Officer Advanced Course (1991), received a Masters Degree in Military Studies
from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College (1997), completed the Air Force Air
War College (Non-resident program) (2000), and graduated from the National War
College with a Masters Degree in National Security Strategy (2004).

Brigadier General Sturdevant's personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service
Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with 2 gold stars, Air
Medal with a gold star, “V” and the number 2, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Medal with one gold star, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Good
Conduct Medal.
Rear Admiral Robert L. Thomas, Jr.
Director, Strategy and Policy Division (N51)

Rear Admiral Robert L. Thomas Jr., the son of a career


Marine, graduated from the University of California with a
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He holds a
Masters of Science in National Security Studies from the
National War College.

As a career submarine officer, Thomas has served on fast


attack submarines operating in both the USPACOM and
USCENTCOM theaters of operation. His assignments
included USS Guitarro (SSN 665), USS Permit (SSN 594),
USS Asheville (SSN 758) and USS Bremerton (SSN 698)
where he served as commanding officer (CO). Additionally,
he took command of USS Tucson (SSN 770) to fill in for an
injured CO while serving as deputy commander, Submarine
Squadron 11. Thomas served as commander Submarine
Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Representative West Coast and
commander, Submarine Squadron 11 from April 2004
through July 2005.

Ashore, Thomas served as flag aide to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (OP-07); program
analyst in the Secretary of the Navy’s Office of Program Appraisal; director of Operational Support
(CNO N23); assistant deputy director for Politico-Military Affairs, Western Hemisphere, J5, on the
Joint Staff; and director, Plans and Policy (N5) for Naval Special Warfare Command.

He reported to the OPNAV Staff as the director, Strategy and Policy Division (N51) in July 2008.

Updated: 21 January 2009


Rear Admiral (Lower Half) CARI B. THOMAS
A 1984 graduate of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, Rear
Admiral Cari Batson Thomas has extensive experience in leading
officers and enlisted members through many preparation, response
and recovery operations as well as in transformational, personnel,
resource and training endeavors. In developing and applying her
skills, Rear Admiral Thomas served aboard cutters VIGOROUS,
VALIANT, and commanded MANITOU. Additionally, other
operational assignments included Group-Air Station Atlantic City and
as plankowner and Commander, Sector Miami, Response Operations.
Highlights of these responsibilities included transitions to the RB-S,
47’ MLB, 49’ BUSL, and 87’ CPB as well as numerous USCG, joint
DOD, and interagency operations in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, Caribbean, Bahamas, Straits of Florida, New Jersey coast and
Delaware Bay. Rear Admiral Thomas also served in the Enlisted
Personnel Division of the Personnel Command, Admissions at the
Coast Guard Academy, as a Program Reviewer at Headquarters and as
the Executive Assistant to the Atlantic Area, Fifth District and Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic
Commanders. Extending her expertise in leading new Department of Homeland Security response regimes,
she served two years as the Chief of Staff to Principal Federal Official (PFO), Northeast Region and as the
predesignated Deputy PFO, Florida (collateral duty). Completing assignment as the Atlantic Area Resource
Director, she reports to Training Center Cape May, her 13th permanent duty station in 25 years of service.
Rear Admiral Thomas graduated with distinction from the Naval War College with a Masters of
Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. She also holds a Masters of Science in Educational
Leadership from Troy State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the
Coast Guard Academy. She served on the Board of Directors for the Academy Alumni Association, and
participated in various Coast Guard studies, including Project Kimball, Academy Task Force and as co-lead
for the Force Readiness Command design team. Her awards include four Meritorious Service Medals, a
Joint Service Commendation Medal, and four Coast Guard Commendation Medals among many other
personal, unit and campaign awards. She earned permanent cutterman status in 1994.
The daughter of a Korean War Marine Sergeant, Rear Admiral Thomas is married to Commander
Gary Thomas, Commanding Officer, Loran Support Unit. They have one daughter, Andi.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JONATHAN T.
TREACY

Deputy Director, Antiterrorism and Homeland Defense, J-34,


Joint Staff

Brigadier General Jonathan T. Treacy is the Deputy Director for


Antiterrorism and Homeland Defense, J-34, Joint Staff. He serves
as the primary advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, in
his duties as principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the
President for all matters relating to antiterrorism, force protection,
homeland defense and defense support to civilian authorities. General Treacy directs the
efforts of three divisions and leads more than 65 hand-picked Joint Staff officers, non-
commissioned officers and civilians in the planning and support of worldwide antiterrorism
and force protection measures, as well as homeland defense and domestic military support
operations.

General Treacy was commissioned in 1980 as a Second Lieutenant in the United States
Marine Corps, through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, New York. After initial assignment as an advanced jet flight instructor, he
joined Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 where in 1986 he participated in combat
operations off the coast of Libya, Operation ELDORADO CANYON. In 1988 General Treacy
joined the 101st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts
Air National Guard, where he held numerous positions including Alert Force Scheduler,
Instructor Pilot, Weapons Officer and Standardization and Evaluation Officer. He also
commanded the 102nd Operations Support Flight, the 101st Fighter Squadron and the 101st
Expeditionary Fighter Squadron through two combat deployments to Operations NORTHERN
and SOUTHERN WATCH. On 11 September 2001 he was the 102nd Fighter Wing Battle-
Staff Fighter Officer during the initial air defense force response to the terrorist attacks on
New York City. Prior to his current assignment General Treacy held positions as the Air
National Guard Advisor to the Director of Requirements, Air Combat Command, the Air
National Guard Advisor to the Director of Air and Space Operations, Air Combat Command,
the Director, Air National Guard Forces, Air Combat Command and most recently, the
Assistant Adjutant General, Hawaii Air National Guard. There he was responsible for
ensuring all Hawaii Air National Guard combat and combat support units, as well as the over
2,500 Hawaii Air National Guardsmen were organized, trained, equipped and operationally
ready to accomplish their assigned federal and state missions, in times of war, national
emergency or response to natural disaster. He is a command pilot with 189 arrested landings
and more than 3,300 flying hours primarily in the F/A-18 and F-15.
EDUCATION:

1980 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Troy,


New York
1991 United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School, F-15, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
2001 Air War College, by correspondence
2006 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, by seminar
2007 Defense Support to Civil Authorities Course, Joint Forces Headquarters, Saint
Augustine, Florida
2007 Joint Forces Reserve Orientation Course, United States Joint Forces Command,
Norfolk, Virginia

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. May 1980 - October 1980, Student, United States Marine Corps Basic School, Marine
Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
2. October 1980 - June 1981, Student, Primary Pilot Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola,
Florida
3. June 1981 - March 1982, Student, Basic Jet Pilot Training, Training Squadron 23, Naval
Air Station Kingsville, Texas
4. March 1982 - August 1982, Student, Advanced Jet Pilot Training, Training Squadron 22,
Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas
5. August 1982 - March 1984, Instructor Pilot, Advanced Jet Pilot Training, TA-4J, Training
Squadron 4, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida
6. March 1984 - December 1984, Student, Operational Training, F/A-18, Strike Fighter
Squadron 125, Naval Air Station Lemoore, California
7. December 1984 - January 1987, Personnel Officer and Pilot, F/A-18, Marine Fighter Attack
Squadron 323, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California
8. January 1987 - June 1987, Flight Line Officer and Instructor Pilot, F/A-18, Marine Fighter
Attack Squadron 323, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California
9. June 1987 - December 1987, Services Officer and Instructor Pilot, F/A-18, Marine Wing
Headquarters Squadron 3, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California
10. December 1987 - March 1988, Inactive Status, Marine Corps Reserve Support Center
Overland Park, Kansas
11. March 1988 - June 1988, Student, Operational Training, F-15, 95th Tactical Fighter
Training Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
12. June 1988 - January 1991, Alert Force Scheduler and Instructor Pilot, F-15, 101st Fighter
Interceptor Squadron, Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts
13. January 1991 - June 1991, Student, Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, F-15, Nellis Air
Force Base, Nevada
14. June 1991 - April 1992, Weapons and Tactics Officer, 101st Fighter Squadron, Otis Air
National Guard Base, Massachusetts
15. April 1992 - July 1995, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 102nd Fighter Wing, Otis Air
National Guard Base, Massachusetts
16. July 1995 - June 1996, Command Post Officer in Charge, 102nd Fighter Wing, Otis Air
National Guard Base, Massachusetts
17. June 1996 - June 1997, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 102nd Fighter Wing, Otis
Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts
18. June 1997 - January 1999, Commander, 102nd Operations Support Flight, Otis Air
National Guard Base, Massachusetts
19. January 1999 - November 2001, Commander, 101st Fighter Squadron, Otis Air National
Guard Base, Massachusetts
20. November 2001 - April 2002, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 102nd Operations
Group, Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts
21. April 2002 - February 2003, Air National Guard Assistant Director of Requirements, Air
Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
22. February 2003 - January 2006, Air National Guard Assistant Director of Air and Space
Operations, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
23. January 2006 - December 2007, Director, Air National Guard Forces, Air Combat
Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
24. December 2007 - September 2008, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, Hawaii National
Guard, Fort Ruger, Hawaii
25. September 2008 - January 2009, Special Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard,
Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
26. January 2009 - Present, Deputy Director, Antiterrorism and Homeland Defense, J-34,
Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Command Pilot


Flight Hours: More than 3300
Aircraft flown: T-2, TA-4J, T-34, F-15, F/A-18
Pilot Wings from: Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Navy Unit Commendation (with 1 Bronze Star)
Combat Readiness Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Air Force Longevity Service (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass, “M” Device, and Numeral 2)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Star)
Brigadier General
Glenn M. Walters
Deputy Director for
Resources and Acquisition,
J-8, Joint Staff

Brigadier General Walters was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on 12 May 1979, after
graduating from The Citadel with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon completion of
the Officers Basic Course in November 1979, he was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd
Marines at Camp Lejune as a Platoon Commander in Weapons Company. He attended
flight training in Pensacola Florida, and was designated a Naval Aviator in March 1981.

After receiving his wings, Brigadier General Walters was assigned to MAG-39 for
training in the AH-1T, subsequently transferring to HMA-169 as the Flight Line Officer,
Flight Scheduler and Adjutant. He completed two WESTPAC cruises in 1983 and 1984
with HMM-265.

During June 1986 Brigadier General Walters was assigned to 1st Reconnaissance
Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton for duty as Air Officer and Operations
Officer. In July 1987 he was re-assigned to HMT-303 for refresher training in the AH-1J
and subsequent transition to the AH-1W. In July 1987 he was deployed on MAGTF 1-88
in support of Operation Ernest Will in the Arabian Gulf on the USS Okinawa. After
returning to the United States he was assigned as the Assistant Operations Officer and S-
4 in HMLA-169.

Departing MAG-39 in September 1989, Brigadier General Walters attended Multi-


Engine Transition Training at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. He then attended the United
States Naval Test Pilot School in 1990. After graduation from Test Pilot School,
Brigadier General Walters was assigned to the Attack/Assault Department of the Rotary
Wing Aircraft Test Directorate at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River. His duties included
Flight Test lead for the AH-1W Night Targeting System, Integrated Body and Head
Restraint System and AH-1W Maverick Missile feasibility testing. He was elected to the
Society of Experimental Test Pilots in October 1994.

In April 1994, after his tour in Flight Test, Brigadier General Walters was assigned duties
in the Fleet Introduction Team for the AH-1W Night Targeting System at MAG-39 in
Camp Pendleton. Upon completion of Fleet Introduction of the NTS system, Brigadier
General Walters assumed the duties as Operation Officer for HMLA-369, deploying to
Okinawa in November 1995. Returning from Okinawa in May 1996, Brigadier General
Walters assumed the duties as XO of HMLA-369.

Brigadier General Walters took command of HMT-303 on 4 June 1997 and relinquished
command 21 months later on 2 March 1999. He was subsequently assigned the duties of
XO, Mag-39. During April 1999, Brigadier General Walters was transferred to the
Aviation Branch, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, for service as the Head,
APP-2 in the Aviation Plans and Programs Division. In March 2001 was transferred to
the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics,
Defense System, Land Warfare, where he was an Aviation Staff Specialist.

Brigadier General Walters assumed command of VMX-22 on 28 August 2003, becoming


the first Commanding Officer of the Squadron. In Aug 2006 Brigadier General Walters
was assigned as head of the Aviation Requirements Branch (APW) in the Department of
Aviation at HQMC. From January 2007 to April 2008, he served as head of the Plans,
Policy and Budget Branch (APP). In Mar 2008 assumed the duties of Assistant Deputy
Commandant for Aviation. He assumed his current duties in July 2008.

Brigadier General Walters’ personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal,
Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (second award), Air Medal, Navy
commendation, and Navy achievement Medal. He is married to the former Gail Ann
Hannah of Seattle, Washington.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH S. WARD JR.


Brig. Gen. Joseph S. Ward Jr. is the Comptroller,
Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is
responsible for the financial planning and fiscal
execution of the Air Force's research,
development, test, acquisition and sustainment
programs. He serves as principal financial adviser
to the AFMC Commander and is responsible for
identifying funding requirements; building the
command's budgets; administering the Air Force
Working Capital Fund; and executing AFMC's
annual budget program of $56 billion. He also
oversees 3,000 professional financial managers
providing vital services supporting the command's
units worldwide, including 10 major bases.

General Ward is a native of Groton, Conn., and a


graduate of the University of Connecticut. He was
commissioned through the ROTC program in
1983. He has previously served as the Chief
Financial Officer for U.S. Pacific Command and as
the principal financial adviser to the combatant
commander and staff. He has also served in
numerous other capacities within the financial
management career field, including action officer
and military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller). He has commanded a comptroller squadron and
mission support group. The general is also a Certified Defense Financial Manager.

EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, University of Connecticut
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1990 Master of Business Administration degree, Western New England College
1996 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2002 Distinguished graduate, Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of
Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1984 - December 1988, budget analyst, Headquarters Electronic Systems Division, Hanscom
AFB, Mass.
2. December 1989 - August 1993, Comptroller, 28th Air Division, Tinker AFB, Okla.
3. August 1993 - August 1994, budget analyst, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command,
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1984 - December 1988, budget analyst, Headquarters Electronic Systems Division, Hanscom
AFB, Mass.
2. December 1989 - August 1993, Comptroller, 28th Air Division, Tinker AFB, Okla.
3. August 1993 - August 1994, budget analyst, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command,
Randolph AFB, Texas
4. August 1994 - June 1996, assignment officer, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB,
Texas
5. June 1996 - June 1998, Commander, 437th Comptroller Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.
6. June 1998 - June 2000, budget analyst and action officer, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial
Management and Comptroller), the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
7. June 2000 - June 2001, military assistant, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and
Comptroller), the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
8. June 2001 - June 2002, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort
Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
9. June 2002 - June 2004, Deputy Commander, 48th Mission Support Group, Royal Air Force Lakenheath,
England
10. June 2004 - May 2006, Commander, 98th Mission Support Group, Nellis AFB, Nev.
11. May 2006 - June 2008, Comptroller, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
12. June 2008 - present, Comptroller, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS


May 2006 - June 2008, Comptroller, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, as a colonel

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS


Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION


Second Lieutenant May 23, 1983
First Lieutenant Sept. 15, 1985
Captain Sept. 15, 1987
Major Oct. 1, 1995
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1998
Colonel June 1, 2004
Brigadier General May 4, 2009

(Current as of July 2009)


Rear Admiral Robert O. Wray, Jr.
Deputy Commander, Military Sealift Command

Rear Admiral Robert O. Wray Jr. graduated from the United States Naval
Academy in May 1979, where he was chairman of the Brigade Honor
Committee and captain of the Varsity Sailing Team.

After graduating from nuclear power schools in Orlando, Fla., and Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., Rear Adm. Wray attended Surface Warfare Officers School
and reported aboard USS Mississippi (CGN 40) in Norfolk, in December
1980. He served aboard Mississippi until 1984, first as chemistry/radiological
controls officer, and then as electrical officer/reactor controls assistant. He
completed several Mediterranean and North Atlantic deployments, including
duty in Beirut during the 1983 Lebanon crisis.

Rear Adm. Wray was then assigned as shift engineer/leading engineering


officer at the aircraft carrier prototype reactors in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He left
active duty in November 1986 and was commissioned in the Navy Reserve.

Rear Adm. Wray has held numerous positions in the Navy Reserve aboard
USS Fahrion (FFG 22), at the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Facility in
Newport, R.I., at the Space and Naval Warfare System Command and at
Readiness Command Northeast where he was deputy commander for a command of 6,500 Sailors. He has
commanded five reserve units, most recently Navy Reserve Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander
U.S. 6th Fleet Detachment 802 where he provided joint task force and joint force maritime component commander
augmentation and support to Navy Europe and 6th Fleet.

In 2004, Rear Adm. Wray was mobilized for seven months serving initially on a Pentagon interagency team
working for secretaries Rumsfeld and Powell to coordinate the transition of sovereignty in Iraq. Later he was
assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad as security officer for the U.S. agency charged with rebuilding Iraq. In
this position, he established the only operations center in the region, coordinating and synchronizing military, civil
service, contractor, non-governmental organizations and United States government efforts in reconstruction.

In October of 2007, Rear Adm. Wray was assigned as deputy commander, Military Sealift Command (MSC). With
a budget of about $3 billion, MSC operates approximately 110 ships worldwide on a day-to-day basis and has a
workforce of more than 9,000 people providing fleet auxiliary ships, prepositioning assets, worldwide sealift and
special purpose ships including hospital ships USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).

In his civilian career, Rear Adm. Wray has a broad entrepreneurial background, having founded and run
companies in manufacturing, construction, services, energy and information technology. Most recently, he was vice
president and Rhode Island site manager for Science Applications International Company where he supervised
and had profit and loss responsibility for a 300-person division providing engineering, technical and information
technology services to the Navy, Coast Guard and multiple state governments. He is currently on a leave of
absence from SAIC to support his full-time duty status at MSC.

Rear Adm. Wray’s personal awards include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service
Medal, and numerous lesser awards.
Updated: 9 July 2008

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