Frank Klotz | |
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United States Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security | |
In office April 8, 2014 –January 20, 2018 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Tom D'Agostino |
Succeeded by | Steven C. Erhart (Acting) Lisa Gordon-Hagerty |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Graham Klotz September 7,1950 Lubbock,Texas,U.S. |
Spouse | Nancy |
Alma mater | U.S. Air Force Academy University of Oxford National War College |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1973–2011 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Awards | Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (4) Defense Superior Service Medal (3) Legion of Merit (2) Defense Meritorious Service Medal |
Frank Graham Klotz (born September 7,1950) served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was confirmed for the position on April 8,2014,and retired on January 20,2018. [1] [2]
Until retiring in 2011,Klotz was a United States Air Force Lieutenant General who last served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command,Barksdale Air Force Base,Louisiana.
He was born in Lubbock,Texas. [3]
General Klotz entered the Air Force in 1973 as a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has commanded a Minuteman missile squadron,a missile launch task force,an operations group,a missile wing and a numbered air force. The general's staff assignments include tours on the Air Staff,in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and at the State Department as a White House Fellow. He has also served on the faculty of the Air Force Academy,at NATO headquarters in Brussels,at the American Embassy in Moscow,Russia,and as the Director for Nuclear Policy and Arms Control with the National Security Council at the White House. He has also served as the vice commander,Air Force Space Command,Peterson Air Force Base,Colorado. Prior to assuming command of Air Force Global Strike Command,General Klotz was Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director,Air Force Staff,Headquarters U.S. Air Force,Washington,D.C.
Between 2014 and 2018,Klotz served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security,responsible for the management and operation of NNSA,as well as policy matters across the Department of Energy and NNSA enterprise in support of the president's nuclear security agenda.
Master Space Badge | |
Basic Parachutist Badge | |
Master Missile Operations Badge | |
Presidential Service Badge |
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters | |
Defense Superior Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters | |
Legion of Merit with bronze oak leaf cluster | |
Defense Meritorious Service Medal | |
Meritorious Service Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters | |
Aerial Achievement Medal | |
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with bronze oak leaf cluster | |
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three bronze oak leaf clusters | |
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with three bronze oak leaf clusters | |
Combat Readiness Medal | |
Air Force Recognition Ribbon | |
National Defense Service Medal with two bronze service stars | |
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal | |
Humanitarian Service Medal | |
Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon with two bronze oak leaf clusters | |
Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters | |
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with bronze service star | |
Air Force Training Ribbon |
Insignia | Rank | Date |
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Lieutenant general | October 17,2005 | |
Major general | October 1,2003 | |
Brigadier general | December 1,1999 | |
Colonel | February 1,1991 | |
Lieutenant colonel | March 1,1985 | |
Major | November 1,1982 | |
Captain | June 6,1977 | |
First lieutenant | June 6,1975 | |
Second lieutenant | June 6,1973 |
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This article incorporates public domain material from Major General Frank G. Klotz. United States Air Force . Retrieved January 9, 2017.