CURRICULUM VITAE. (Current as of 24 August 2015) ROBERT S. EHLERS, Jr., Ph.D. Colonel, USAF (Ret)

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE (Current as of 24 August 2015) ROBERT S. EHLERS, Jr., Ph.D. Colonel, USAF (Ret) Professor of Security Studies Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas 1986 B.A., International Studies (Cum Laude), Minor in History, The Ohio State University 1987 Commissioned Second Lieutenant, United States Air Force (USAF) Operational Air Intelligence Assignments, USAF M.A. Student, University of Florida 1992 M.A., African History with Certificate in African Studies, University of Florida Associate Professor of History, United States Air Force Academy Operational Air Intelligence Assignments, USAF Student and Distinguished Graduate, Air Command Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama (awarded M.S. in Airpower Operational Art and Science) Ph.D. Student/Candidate, The Ohio State University Ph.D., Military History, The Ohio State University Operational Air Intelligence Assignments, USAF Professor of Airpower History, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Director, Center for Security Studies, and Head, Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas 2013-Present Professor of Security Studies, Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas 1

2 FIELDS OF STUDY FOR THE Ph.D. Major Field: History Area of Emphasis: Military History (Airpower History) Minor Field: Modern European History Minor Field: African History PUBLICATIONS The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II, University Press of Kansas, March Targeting the Third Reich: Air Intelligence and the Allied Bombing Campaigns, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, October Bombers, Butchers, and Britain s Bête Noire: Reappraising R.A.F. Bomber Command s Operational and Strategic Effectiveness during the Second World War, RAF Airpower Review, summer Authored the Foreword for newest release of William Billy Mitchell, Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Airpower Economic and Military, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Retain the Air Force, Abolish Anti-Jointness, The Wright Stuff, Vol. 3, No. 16, 4 September Air Intelligence Training: A Decisive Player in Military Operations, Air and Space Power Journal, Summer Searching for the Silver Bullet: Coercion Mechanisms and Airpower Theory, Air University Press, Summer Understanding and Teaching Information Warfare: A Primer for the Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, This Land is Ours! Xhosa Resistance to European Expansion on the Cape Colony s Eastern Frontier, unpublished thesis, University of Florida, PRESENTATIONS Air War in the Mediterranean British and American Operations, presented to the Dr. Harold C. Deutsch World War II History Roundtable, Minneapolis, MN, April This is the oldest and most prestigious and largest WWII history roundtable in the United States. Other sponsoring organizations included the Air Force Association and 8 th Air Force Historical Society. Over 330 people attended. "Frictions Between Policymakers and The Intelligence Community," presented to The Committee on Foreign Relations (Minnesota Chapter), April Over 40 people, most of whom served in senior diplomatic corps and intelligence positions, attended. 2

3 Clausewitz, Grand Strategy, and Intelligence, presented to the Analysis Training Course, Goodfellow AFB, TX, Mar, April, and May Remembered, Forgotten, or Never Understood? The Centrality of Airpower in the Mediterranean War, presented at the Society for Military History Conference, New Orleans, LA, March Clausewitz, Nuanced Analysis, and the Intelligence Profession, presented to the United States Air Force Advanced Analysis Course, San Angelo, Texas, July and December War on the Borderlands: Irregular Warfare during the American Civil War, ASU 150th Anniversary American Civil War lecture series, Bombers, Butchers, and Britain s Bête-Noire: Reassessing R.A.F. Bomber Command s Operational Effectiveness during the Second World War, presented at the Society for Military History Conference, Lexington, Virginia, May Bringing Together Intelligence and Strategy: Maximizing Grand-Strategic, Military-Strategic, and Operational Effectiveness, presented five times thus far to the Intelligence Master Skills Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, 2010-present. Education, Intellectualism, and the Future of the Air Force, presented at the Air Education and Training Command Symposium, Intelligence, Rationality, and Assessment: Understanding the Interconnections, presented to 145 senior analysts at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Airpower Theory: Its Meaning and Importance, presented monthly to over 500 lieutenants at the Air and Space Basic School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, Divining Differently: Anglo-American and German Air Intelligence during World War II, presented at the Society for Military History Conference, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust, and Modern Memory, presented at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, for the Days of Remembrance program and Holocaust survivors annual visit, April Understanding World History: The Kingdoms of Africa s Western Sahel and China s Dynasties in Comparative Context, Rocky Mountain World History Conference, Aspen, Colorado, The New World Order : Is it Really New or Orderly?, presented at the United States Air Force Academy, Keeping Air Mobility Operations Secure: Linkages between Operations and Intelligence, keynote address presented at the annual Air Mobility Command Intelligence Conference, Confronting Emerging Threats to American Air Operations: Looking Towards the New Century, keynote address presented at the annual Air Force Tactics and Operations Conference, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, Operation Desert Storm: An Operational Analysis, keynote address presented at the Minot, North Dakota, Chamber of Commerce meeting, March

4 Keeping the Soviet Union Honest: Strategic Air Command s Deterrent Role in U.S. National Security Strategy, presented to civic organizations in Minot, North Dakota, BOOK, MANUSCRIPT, AND JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEWS Conrad Crane, American Airpower Strategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and Oil (University Press of Kansas, 1016, forthcoming); reviewed manuscript for this revision of Bombs, Cities, and Civilians: American Airpower Strategy in World War II (University Press of Kansas, 1993). (Author Name Masked), "The American Wunderwaffe: The History and Influence of Drones in the Second World War," for upcoming issue of War in History, reviewed on 1 July Eric Setzekorn, Target Taiwan: Bombing Japan s Model Economy, in United States Military History Review, Vol., No. 1, December Antulio J. Echevarria III, Reconsidering the American Way of War: U.S. Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2014). John Buckley, Highway to the Reich: Operation Market Garden. Reviewed book proposal for Yale University Press. Crane, Conrad. Bombs, Cities, and Civilians: American Airpower Strategy in World War II (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1993). Reviewed proposal for revised edition. Mansoor, Peter. Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War (Yale, 2013). Reviewed July 2014 for H-Diplo. Ellis, Frank. The Stalingrad Cauldron: Inside the Encirclement and Destruction of the 6th Army (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2013). Reviewed July 2014 for H-War. Higham, Robin, and Mark Parillo, eds., The Influence of Airpower upon History: Statesmanship, Diplomacy and Foreign Policy since 1903 (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013). Reviewed February 2014 for H-War. Rein, Christopher, Properly and Profitably Employed : The U.S. Army Air Forces in North Africa, June 1942 to September Manuscript review for the University Press of Kansas, completed 16 October Olsen, John Andraeas, Ed., Global Air Power (Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2011). Reviewed 29 April 2011 for The Journal of Military History. The Weak Link? The Perception of the German Working Class by RAF Bomber Command, Refereed 14 December 2010 for edited work to be published by the Labour History Review in Spring Werrell, Kenneth P., Death from the Heavens: A History of Strategic Bombing (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009). Reviewed 22 April 2010 for The Journal of Military History. Air Power, Ethics, and Civilian Immunity during the Great War and its Aftermath. Refereed 27 January 2010 for Global War Studies Journal. 4

5 Mann, Robert A., The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry of the Planes and Their Missions (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2004). Reviewed 28 July 2009 for Global War Studies Journal. Sims, Jennifer E., and Burton Gerber, Eds. Transforming U.S. Intelligence. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, Reviewed 21 May 2009 for the International Association for Intelligence Education. PANELS CHAIRED Red-Teaming and Intelligence Analysis, Narco-Terrorism Conference, Angelo State University, Lee and Grant: A Study in Command, ASU 150 th Anniversary American Civil War lecture series, Defiant Failed State: North Korea s Continuing Threat to Regional and International Security, Angelo State University, World History in Comparative Contexts, Rocky Mountain World History Conference, Aspen, Colorado, INTERVIEWS Interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation as subject-matter expert and narrator for documentary on the Allied air intelligence effort in support of the D-Day landings during World War II. D-Day in 3D aired on Discovery Channel in May 2013, followed by Last Heroes of D-Day on BBC in Jun Interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation as subject-matter expert for two documentaries on the Allied air intelligence effort in World War II. Operation Crossbow aired on the BBC in July 2011, followed by NOVA s 3D Spies of WWII in January ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Served as the first Director, Center for Security Studies, and Head, Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, from 16 August 2010 to 12 May 2013 Built a highly successful Center and academic department featuring eight new degree programs in four disciplines (security studies, intelligence, homeland security, and criminal justice). See our website for the programs and overall effort: Led a team of 18 employees and managed an $8.4 million budget to ensure the new center and department succeeded. At the end of the fall 2013 semester, we have 217 undergraduate and 144 graduate majors in the new programs. These changes represent increases in enrollment of 43 percent and 50 percent, respectively, from the spring 2013 semester. In addition, the degree programs generated 1,731 semester credit hours, which is a 25 percent increase. Further, we have 229 criminal-justice undergraduate majors and another 24 in the master s degree. Our students in the pre-existing bachelor of criminal justice programs (B.A. and B.S.) and those in our new master s in criminal justice brought in another 1,626 semester credit hours (a 10 percent increase from the previous semester). 5

6 Programs available entirely via distance-learning/online using Blackboard learning-management system. Worked closely with Information Technology, Registrar, Bursar, Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Admissions for a year to ensure non-traditional (military, law-enforcement, and other professionals) as well as traditional students are able to complete our programs anywhere in the world. Exceptionally flexible 8-week courses add to the portability of online capabilities. Accomplishments during my tenure resulted in record graduate enrollment at ASU and contributed directly to being named a Princeton Review School and a Military-Friendly School five times running. The new specialized programs are in high demand given the employment options they offer. Once standup of center and department was complete and the programs successful and growing rapidly, stepped back into the professoriate to lead the completion of the intelligence degree programs and serve as the lead professor for them. They are now mature, have nearly 80 majors each, and have grown 430 percent since their implementation in fall See Related Military Experience section below for additional leadership and management experience. Undergraduate (Course, Historical Period Covered): TEACHING EXPERIENCE World History, : Taught and later served as course director for United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) core course, taught to over 1,000 cadets annually as part of the core curriculum. Developed Syllabi, student study guides, and lesson plans. Taught nine sections during three semesters a total of over 180 students. World History (Honors), : Served as course director for USAFA honors core course, taught to the top 120 students in the Freshman class annually as part of the core curriculum. Developed Syllabi, student study guides, and lesson plans. Taught a total of four sections over two semesters a total of over 60 students. Coordinated the visit of several senior historians, including Dr. William McNeill, for faculty workshops. Military History, 2500 B.C. 1991: Taught and later served as course director for USAFA core course, taught to over 1,000 Sophomore cadets annually as part of the core curriculum. Developed Syllabi, student study guides, and lesson plans. Taught nine sections during three semesters a total of over 180 students. Military History (Honors), 2500 B.C. 1991: Served as course director for USAFA honors core course, taught to the top 120 students in the Sophomore class annually as part of the core curriculum. Developed Syllabi, student study guides, and lesson plans. Taught four sections over two semesters a total of over 60 students. African History, 2500 B.C. 1994: Served as course director for USAFA s upper-division course in African history. Developed Syllabi, student study guides, and lesson plans. Taught two sections a total of over 25 students. Contemporary African Studies, : Served as course director for special interdisciplinary course in African studies. Developed Syllabi, student study guides, and lesson plans. Taught two sections a total of over 25 students. Focused on complex, contemporary problems in Africa through the lenses of history, geography, economics, politics, epidemiology, cultural differences, agricultural practices, and a 6

7 variety of other topics. Led cadet delegation to the Model Organization of African Unity at Howard University. Hosted high-level South African delegation comprised of African National Congress officials and South African military officers to explore the tensions and complex issues surrounding the end of Apartheid and the beginnings of democratic rule. The Politics and Culture of Africa, : Taught course as part of Cultural Competence and Security Studies degree at Angelo State University, fall Covered Political and cultural factors in sub-saharan Africa, and the ways in which they affect African peoples, governments, economic development, and security. The Political Economy of Africa, : Taught course as part of Cultural Competence and Security Studies degree at Angelo State University, spring Covered African political economies and the ways in which they affect African peoples and governments. Examined the role of foreign direct investment, foreign aid, corruption, and various other factors involved in driving African economic and thus political and social developments. Graduate (Course, Period Covered): Airpower History, : Served as course director for flagship course at the Air Force s School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS) the Air Force s premier graduate-level school and its specialized course for developing strategic thinkers. Developed Syllabi, student study guides, and lesson plans. Employed the Socratic method in small (nine or ten student) seminars to explore key works of airpower theory and history, focusing on early airpower experiences during World War I and the interwar period, and then delving deeply into the Second World War, comparing Allied and Axis grand strategies, their employment of airpower within those strategies, and their effects and aggregate effectiveness. Taught four seminars a total of 38 students. Airpower History, : Named course director for second half of SAASS flagship course. Retired prior to teaching course, but chose books and engaged in significant portions of curriculum development. Irregular Warfare, : Taught vital SAASS course focusing on a very timely topic. Examined irregular warfare from T. E. Lawrence s campaign on the Arabian Peninsula, to Mao Zedong s Prolonged War and Che Guevara s theory of instant rebellion. Studied the French experience in Algeria, the French and American wars in Vietnam, the British success in the Malayan Emergency, and then moved into a detailed study of Muslim extremisms and the course and character of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taught four seminars a total of 38 students. Discussed the central roles of context and rationality in developing and executing grand strategy in these kinds of complex armed conflicts. Intelligence and the National-Security Nexus. Taught course in fall 2011 as part of the Master of Security Studies degree at Angelo State University. Covered key intelligence developments since 911 with a focus on the nexus and frictions between intelligence agencies and policy makers. Also looked at cases involving the effective and ineffective employment of intelligence in the service of our country s national security, including post-911 intelligence reforms. Seminar in Intelligence Analysis and National Security Perspectives: Taught course four times from 2012 to present as part of the Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree at Angelo State University. Introduced students to the practice of intelligence and the means by which it is integrated into the national-security decision-making process. Examined principles of intelligence, sources and agencies, intelligence analysis, causes of intelligence failure, and intelligence oversight. Addressed the concept of intelligence - what it is, how it is used, why it is important, and the biases associated with intelligence products and national security consumers. Explained the intelligence cycle and how its various aspects 7

8 function, including the interaction and symbiosis between collection and analysis. Examined the nature of intelligence and the difference between strategic, operational and tactical intelligence, including how these are changing the amount of information available to the analyst. The course also introduced students to the complex relationship between the intelligence analyst and the policy making process. Grand Strategy, Intelligence, and Rationality: Taught course three times from 2013 to present as part of the Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree at Angelo State University. This course employs a Clausewitzian approach to explore the interactions between intelligence analysis, context, culture, and rationality (the ways in which different individuals and groups think), and the ways in which understanding those interactions can help intelligence professionals determine and counter an enemy s grand strategy. While the focus is on the grand-strategic level, students will also see how these interrelationships influence intelligence analysis and its effectiveness at the military-strategic, operational, and tactical levels. This course uses the US as its primary example to examine grand strategy development, processes and implementation. This is not to ignore other countries or say the US is the most capable country in developing and implementing an appropriate grand strategy. However, because the US has such a broad approach to attaining strategic objectives and engages with so many other policy actors worldwide, it serves as an appropriate model of study for this course. The Transformational Imperative: Reorganizing in a Multi-polar World. Taught course three times from 2013 to present as part of the Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree at Angelo State University. The course examines American intelligence and national security policies and planning from World War II to the present. Students examine how ideas and interests shape and transform national security decision making from the white house to the war fighter and how the complexities of a multi-polar world have affected the traditional policy formulation process. The course will address theory, practice, and processes as they relate to the most important national security topics of the day. Students will debate and explore how ideas and interests work together or in opposition to shape national security policies and priorities. Students will learn how the war of ideas has evolved from the Cold War to the global war on terrorism; the influence of the media, social media, and think tanks on intelligence; and how the definition of intelligence and national security has changed. Advanced Intelligence Analysis: Operating in Complex Environments. Taught course twice from 2013 as part of the Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree at Angelo State University. This course is about critical thinking and examines successes and failures in intelligence, and organizational and operations practices of U.S. and foreign intelligence, using a case-study approach. The course will examine flawed approaches to intelligence analysis and how we might draw from these cases to improve the Intelligence Community. The objective of the course is to apply these lessons learned to the challenges facing the U.S. Intelligence Community today. Case studies include Pearl Harbor, 9/11, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Yom Kippur War, proliferation issues, and Cold War Counterintelligence. Military Intelligence: Strategic, Operational, and Tactical. Taught course in fall 2013 as part of the Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree at Angelo State University. If war is in fact the extension of politics by other means, this course aims to understand how and why states use force in pursuit of their national interests. Class studies classical theories of warfare, including Clausewitz and Sun Tzu. Case studies in warfare from 19th and 20th centuries develop a model of how states have traditionally used war and supporting intelligence to accomplish policy aims at strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Technological and political shifts of the 8

9 last decade are explored to determine what they imply about how sates can and will use force in the future as part of their national security policies. Course reviews how intelligence supports each level of warfare and how intelligence failures affect strategic outcomes. Intelligence Historical Case Studies. Taught course twice at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in 2014 and 2015 as part of the Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree at Angelo State University. The course focuses on the role of intelligence in nine major armed conflicts or conflicts short of war, including the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the Algerian War, the Yom Kippur (October) War, and the current crises regarding Iran and Afghanistan. Students determine the degree to which intelligence affected the conduct and outcome of these conflicts and crises, and why and how it either succeeded or failed. The case studies are also comparative in nature, with students assessing the relative effectiveness of intelligence efforts, and the policy or combinedarms efforts they supported, in a given conflict. One example is a comparative assessment of Allied and Axis intelligence efforts during World War II. The Practice of U.S. Intelligence. Taught course three times from 2013 to the present as part of the Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree at Angelo State University. The course gives students a detailed look at the interactions between the United States Intelligence Community (USIC) and the national-security process as formulated and implemented by policymakers and their advisors. It includes two major blocks of instruction. The first reviews and analyzes the structure of the national security system and its major participants as well as their roles. The second half of the course addresses US nationalsecurity successes and failures with an emphasis on policymaker-intelligence engagements. The course includes several case studies to help students understand the complex and sometime counterproductive interactions between policymakers and intelligence professionals. Students use these case studies as baselines for developing and delivering their own analysis and recommendations regarding these crucial events in US history, emphasizing both the things they would have changed and those they would have left the same. COMMITTEES AND OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES Distance-Learning Committee ( ) Texas-Tech System-Wide Initiatives Committee ( ) Center for International Studies Advisory Committee (2011-Present) Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Arts and Sciences ( ) Graduate Committee and committee s Policies and Procedures Working Group (May 2014-Present) OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS Built and led the Bachelor and Master of Intelligence, Security Studies, and Analysis degree programs at ASU; among the very fastest-growing programs at the university at over 100-percent growth every year for three years. Spearheaded all course-development, recruiting, and other administrative efforts. Finalist for the Pat and Gary Rodgers Faculty Excellence Award at Angelo State University, September One of 11 finalists from among over 250 eligible faculty. 9

10 Teaching ratings in IDEA and other venues consistently in the top percent of all professors at ASU. Numerous highly positive comments from students. Awarded Air Force Historical Foundation s Air Power History Best Book Award, 2010, for Targeting the Third Reich: Air Intelligence and the Allied Bombing Campaigns, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, published October An independent panel of judges chose the book from among nearly 150 entries and nine finalists. Awarded Air Force Association s General Carl A. Tooey Spaatz Award, 2002, for Searching for the Silver Bullet: Coercion Mechanisms and Airpower Theory, Air University Press, summer Award given for the best Air Command and Staff College paper on an airpower topic of importance to United States national security. Conveyed a $5,000 Air Force Association stipend. Thesis Advisor / Reader for six M.S. students per year at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Of 12 student advisees during this period, five had award-winning theses a far greater number than for any other faculty member. Thesis and oral-comprehensive-exams committee member for 17 students, to date, at Angelo State University. Advisor to Georgetown Fellow s program in African Political and Military Systems; advisor to Air War College student s M.S. in Military and Strategic Studies. Worked with both students to help them understand the interconnections between grand strategy, intelligence, and success or failure in both conventional and irregular wars. Led effort to republish four classics of airpower history: Giulio Douhet, Command of the Air; William Billy Mitchell, Winged Defense; Sir John Slessor, Air Power and Armies; Lord Arthur Tedder, Air Power in War. Books are now available in print for the first time in from three to seventy-three years. Revitalized airpower and military theory offerings at SAASS and a multitude of other institutions of higher learning. Participated in the development of the Air University Ph.D. program, the only one of its kind in the Department of Defense. Allows top SAASS graduates to earn a Ph.D. at a top civilian university after leaving SAASS. This gives the Air Force a growing pool of airmen with intellectual acumen and the ability to engage with and solve complex problems. These airman-scholars represent the next cadre of Air Force senior leaders. Member, Society for Military History Member, International Association for Intelligence Education Member, Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary Society RELATED MILITARY EXPERIENCE Served in various intelligence operations and planning positions for 16 of my 23 ½ years in the Air Force (with the rest in teaching assignments at Air Force advanced schools). During the course of these assignments, developed and delivered over 1,100 briefings on various national-security-related topics to audiences ranging from aircrews to four-star geographic combatant commanders. Authored over 50 classified operations plans and other documents designed to give friendly forces the best available grand strategies, a deep understanding of enemy rationalities and military capabilities, and the broader international implications of engaging in military operations. Relevant experience follows by assignment: 10

11 - Chief, Operational Intelligence Branch, Minot AFB, North Dakota, : Led eight intelligence specialists in the development of threat assessments, targeting materials, and tactical plans in support of both nuclear and conventional missions. Briefed wing commander twice a week on key intelligence developments, worked with and briefed aircrews on a daily basis. Authored operations and deception plans in conjunction with other wing mission planners and higher-headquarters personnel. Prepared aircrews for deployment and combat operations during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. - Deputy Chief, Operational Intelligence Flight, HQ Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois, : Led 24 personnel. Responsible for the safety and operational effectiveness of over 1,100 airlift and air refueling sorties daily in over 40 countries on six continents. Lead action officer for Threat Working Group, an interdisciplinary organization charged with delivering the best possible threat assessments for all high-risk missions. Analyzed sociocultural, ideological, political, geographic, epidemiological, and other threat factors to determine the various defensive measures to employ for each mission. Prepared daily threat assessments and briefings for four-star general and staff. Cultural and strategic understanding was an indispensable element of this vital job. - Chief, Multinational Intelligence Engagement and Interoperability, United States Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, : Planned and executed all classified intelligence exchanges between senior intelligence officers from the United States and all major East and South Asian states. Ensured these conferences allowed for maximum insight into security issues of mutual concern. Developed cooperative and information-sharing agreements governing the exchange of intelligence with allied, friendly, and neutralist countries. Led command-wide effort to develop multinational intelligence interoperability tools and techniques, resulting in a $35 million initiative that allowed American and allied military forces to communicate on fully interoperable equipment for the first time ever. Both duties involved deep immersion in sociocultural and security-studies attributes and issues within a variety of countries on the Asia-Pacific Rim. - Commander, 32 nd Information Warfare Flight, Ramstein AB, Germany, : Led 32 airmen in the development of operational plans and programs relating to the employment of information warfare (cyber war) techniques against adversaries to include nation-states, rogue states, Muslim extremists, and terrorist organizations. Deployed to Al Udeid AB, Qatar, in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as Chief of the Information Operations Flight. The mission at home and abroad focused heavily on sociocultural facets of adversary organizations and the most effective means for influencing them. Briefed senior officers weekly on key developments in the information-operations arena, to include threat assessments, analyses of cyber-attacks, and countermeasures employed to secure friendly systems and networks. Also worked with Air Force and Army counter-improvised explosive device (IED) units and Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDO) to minimize risks from, losses to IEDs. - Commander, 17 th Training Support Squadron, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, : Led 124 airmen in direct support of every facet of the vital intelligence training mission at this base. Responsible for all manpower, budgetary, facilities, information-technology, and other support functions enabling training for over 10,000 Air Force, Army, Marine, and Navy students annually. Managed $34 million budget, $1.2 billion in buildings and other facilities-related infrastructure, faculty-development process, information-technology support and upgrades, advanced war games for officer and enlisted students, and strategic planning functions. - Deputy and Acting Commander, 17 th Training Group, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, : Responsible for day-to-day operations of the Air Force s second-largest group, comprised of over 1,250 personnel. Responsible for all manpower, budgetary, facilities, information-technology, and other support functions enabling training for over 10,000 Air Force, Army, Marine, and Navy students annually. Managed $45 11

12 million budget, $1.2 billion in buildings and other facilities-related infrastructure, faculty-development process, information-technology support and upgrades, advanced war games for officer and enlisted students, and strategic planning functions. Led all intelligence training improvement initiatives, chairing three related and vital working groups comprised of the group s seven squadrons and one detachment. Ensured curricula met requirements for both narrow (intelligence) and broader (sociocultural) professional skills. Ensured all instructors taught at the highest standards and all deploying faculty and staff were prepared for their overseas missions. Ensured that faculty and staff purchased and incorporated key emerging technologies into training and educational efforts. - Professor of Airpower History, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, : Taught specially selected cadre of top Air Force majors and lieutenant colonels each year in airpower-history and unconventional-warfare topics. Students receive M.Phil. At end of program and have the option to complete and defend a dissertation to earn an Air University-sponsored Ph.D. Other details regarding teaching experience at SAASS are provided above. 12