The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is a military decoration of the United States Army that is presented to soldiers who have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility. The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service that is clearly exceptional. The exceptional performance of normal duty will not alone justify an award of this decoration.
The National War College (NWC) of the United States is a school in the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active.
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The medal was established on July 2, 1926, and is currently awarded to any persons who, after April 6, 1917, distinguish themselves by single acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight. Both heroism and extraordinary achievement are entirely distinctive, involving operations that are not routine. The medal may be awarded to friendly foreign military members in ranks equivalent to U.S. Pay Grade of O-6 and below, in actual combat in support operations.
The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) is one of the three primary commissioning sources for officers in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force, the other two being the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) and Air Force Officer Training School (OTS). A subordinate command of the Air University within the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), AFROTC is aligned under the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The Holm Center, formerly known as the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools (AFOATS), retains direct responsibility for both AFROTC and OTS.
George Lee Butler, sometimes known as Lee Butler, is an American retired military officer. He was commander in chief, United States Strategic Command, and the last commander of Strategic Air Command. Following his retirement from the military he became active in the nuclear disarmament movement, calling for the outright abolition of nuclear weapons.
Major General Jack W. Ramsaur II is the mobilization assistant to the commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He is the principal advisor to the commander on Reserve Component matters. He assists the director in planning and executing all assigned missions.
Brigadier General José M. Portela (Ret.),, is a retired officer of the United States Air Force who recently retired from the position of Assistant Adjutant General for Air, which he held while also serving as commander of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard. In 1972, Portela became the youngest C-141 Starlifter aircraft commander and captain at age 22. Portela is also the only reservist ever to serve as director of mobility forces for Bosnia. He is also the first native of Puerto Rico to hold the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.
David A. Robinson is a retired major general in the United States Air Force who served as mobilization assistant to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C.
David N. Senty is a retired Major General in the United States Air Force.
Patricia Rose is a retired United States Air Force Major General.
William Lyon was a major general of the United States Air Force who served as Commander of the United States Air Force Reserve Command, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C., and commander, Headquarters Air Force Reserve, a separate operating agency located at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. As chief of Air Force Reserve, Lyon served as the principal adviser on Reserve matters to the Air Force Chief of Staff. As commander of AFRES, he had full responsibility for the supervision of U.S. Air Force Reserve units around the world.
Richard Bodycombe was a major general in the United States Air Force who served as Commander of the United States Air Force Reserve Command, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C., and commander, Headquarters Air Force Reserve, a separate operating agency located at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. As chief of Air Force Reserve he served as the principal adviser on Reserve matters to the Air Force Chief of Staff. As commander of AFRES he had full responsibility for the supervision of U.S. Air Force Reserve units around the world.
William S. Busby is a retired United States Air Force major general. Prior to retirement he served as the mobilization assistant to the deputy commander, United States Strategic Command.
Vito Emil Addabbo is a major general in the United States Air Force. He currently serves as a special assistant to the commander of the United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command for reserve affairs, and prior to that was a mobilization assistant to the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command from October 2019 to December 2020, and previously was its deputy commander. Addabbo was commissioned through the ROTC at the University of Connecticut in 1986.
The structure of the United States Space Force refers to the different types of organizational units in the service: the Space Staff, the field commands, and the space deltas.
Pamela J. Lincoln is a United States Air Force major general serving as the mobilization assistant to the commander of the United States Space Command. Prior to that, she was the mobilization assistant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
Jody A. Merritt is a United States Air Force brigadier general serving as the mobilization assistant to the commander of the Space Operations Command. Prior to that, she was the mobilization assistant to the commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center.
Major General Maureen G. Banavige is a United States Air Force officer who has been serving as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, since February 2019. Before this assignment, she served as the mobilization assistant to the commander of Air Force Sustainment Center from August 2018 to February 2019.
Brian K. Borgen is a Major General in the United States Air Force who most recently served as commander of the Tenth Air Force from May 2019 to June 2021. He was re-assigned as Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the United States Air Force in March 2021.
Kenneth R. Council Jr. is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander of Air Mobility Command since July 2021. He most recently served as the 14th Mobilization Assistant to the Commander of the United States Transportation Command and Commander of the Joint Transportation Reserve Unit from June 7, 2019. Previously, he was the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Commander of the Eighteenth Air Force from August 2017 to June 2019.
