Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical
Engineering von der
USAF Academy, 1972; Master of Business Administration
Degree von der California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1974; Air Command
and Staff College, 1980; Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J.
McNair, Washington, D.C., 1991; Program in National and International Security,
John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2000; Generalleutnant der
USAF (ausgeschieden am 01. November 2008); 1979
für
MSE-Gruppe-1 ausgewählt; im Mai 1985
ausgeschieden; danach im
USAF Hauptquartier stationiert; 11. Juli 1996 - August
1998, beim Vizepräsidenten (Al Gore), White House, Washington, D.C.; 12.
August 1998 - November 1999, Vice Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center,
Los Angeles
AFB, Kalifornien; 13. November 1999 - November 2000,
Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson
AFB, Colorado; 14. November 2000 Mai 2002,
Director of Space Operations and Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and
Space Operations, and Director, National Security Space Integration,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; 15. Mai 2002 bis Mai 2005
Commander, 14
th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, and Component
Commander, Space Air Forces, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Kalifornien; war seit Mai 2005 Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air
Force Space Command, Los Angeles
AFB.