Rodney D. Lewis

Rodney D. Lewis
Rodney D. Lewis
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1991–2023
Rank	Major General
Commands held	319th Air Base Wing ; 4th Airlift Squadron
Battles/wars	Iraq War
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal (2); Legion of Merit (2); Bronze Star Medal

Last updated June 06, 2023

Rodney D. Lewis is a retired United States Air Force major general who last served as the deputy director for force protection of the Joint Staff and the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization. He previously served as the Director of Strategy, Posture, and Assessments of the Air Force.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Education

1991 Bachelor of Science, Human Factors Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.^[5]
1995 Master of Science, Systems Management, with honors, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Joint Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2004 Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico, Va., by correspondence
2005 Joint Professional Military Education II, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2006 Master of Science, Strategic Leadership-International Relations and Public Policy, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2007 Aspen Institute Socrates scholar, Aspen, Colo.
2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2008 Navigating Public Policy, University of Washington, Tacoma, Wash.
2009 United States-Japan Foundation Leadership Program Fellow (2010-2011)
2011 White House Fellow, Office of the First Lady, Washington, D.C. (2011-2012)
2012 Air Force Fellow-National Security Forum, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 Aspen Institute Ideas Scholar, Aspen, Colo.
2013 Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Executive Certificate Nonprofit Management, Washington, D.C.
2014 Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, Boston, Mass.
2016 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Washington, D.C.
2018 Aspen Institute Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society, Aspen, Colo.
2019 The Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, Certificate in Legislative Studies, Washington, D.C.

Assignments

1. August 1991–February 1992, Student Pilot, 7th Student Squadron, Vance Air Force Base, Okla.^[5]
2. February 1992–September 1992, Student Pilot, 26th Student Squadron, Vance AFB, Okla.
3. September 1992–September 1994, Flight Test Engineer, 417th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif.
4. September 1994–September 1995, FTE, 412th Flight Test Wing, Edwards AFB, Calif.
5. September 1995–October 1996, Initial Cadre C-17 Globemaster III Pilot, 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.
6. October 1996–September 1997, Executive Officer, 17th AS, Charleston AFB, S.C.
7. September 1997–April 1999, Pilot Scheduler, 17th AS, Charleston AFB, S.C.
8. April 1999–January 2000, Airlift Director, 17th AS, Charleston AFB, S.C.
9. January 2000–August 2000, Squadron Safety Officer, 17th AS, Charleston AFB, S.C.
10. August 2000–July 2002, C-17 Aircraft Commander, 701st AS, Air Force Reserve Command, Lowry AFB, Colo.
11. July 2002–January 2003, Chief, Current Operations, 16th AS, Charleston AFB, S.C.
12. January 2003–May 2003, Chief, 437th Airlift Wing Contingency Cell, Charleston AFB, S.C.
13. May 2003–May 2005, 437th Airlift Wing Executive Officer, Charleston AFB, S.C.
14. May 2005–May 2006, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15. June 2006–June 2008, Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Legislative Liaison, Washington, D.C.
16. July 2008–December 2009, Chief of Safety, Director of Staff, C-17 Instructor Pilot, Joint Base Lewis-McChord AFB, Wash.
17. December 2009–July 2011, Commander, 4th Airlift Squadron, JB Lewis-McChord, Wash.
18. September 2012–June 2014, Chief, Legislative/Interagency Affairs, U.S. Transportation Command, Washington, D.C.
19. August 2014–June 2015, Vice Commander, 3rd Wing, JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
20. July 2015–April 2017, Wing Commander, 319th Air Base Wing, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
21. April 2017–June 2019, Director, SecAF/CSAF Executive Action Group, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
22. July 2019–August 2020, Deputy Director for Operations, Operations Team One, National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
23. August 2020–June 2021, Director, Strategy, Posture, and Assessments, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
24. June 2021–present, Deputy Director for Force Protection, J8, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.

Dates of rank


Rank	Date
Second lieutenant	May 1, 1991^[5]
First lieutenant	May 3, 1993^[5]
Captain	May 1, 1995^[5]
Major	May 1, 2002^[5]
Lieutenant colonel	June 1, 2007^[5]
Colonel	March 1, 2013^[5]
Brigadier general	October 1, 2018^[5]
Major general	September 1, 2020^[5]

Awards and decorations

Badge	Command Pilot Badge
1st row	Defense Superior Service Medal with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster
2nd row	Legion of Merit with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster	Bronze Star	Meritorious Service Medal with 3 bronze Oak leaf clusters
3rd row	Air Medal with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster	Aerial Achievement Medal	Air Force Commendation Medal with 3 bronze Oak leaf clusters
4th row	Joint Meritorious Unit Award with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster	Air Force Meritorious Unit Award with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with 1 silver and 1 bronze Oak leaf clusters (7 awards)
5th row	Combat Readiness Medal with 3 bronze Oak leaf clusters	Air Force Recognition Ribbon with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster	National Defense Service Medal with 1 Service star
6th row	Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal	Kosovo Campaign Medal with 1 Campaign star	Iraq Campaign Medal with 1 Campaign star
7th row	Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal	Armed Forces Service Medal
8th row	Humanitarian Service Medal	Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal	Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon
9th row	Air Force Longevity Service Award with 1 silver and 3 bronze Oak leaf clusters (9 awards)	Small Arms Marksmanship ribbon	Air Force Training Ribbon
badges	Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge	Presidential Service Badge	Headquarters Air Force badge

Related Research Articles

Major General Susan Yvonne Desjardins is a retired major general in the United States Air Force. She last served as director of plans and policy (J5), Headquarters U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.

Steven Lloyd Kwast is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general. He last served as commander of Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. In that role, he was responsible for the recruiting, training and education of Air Force personnel. The command includes Air Force Recruiting Service, two numbered air forces and Air University. The command operates more than 1,400 trainer, fighter and mobility aircraft, 23 wings, 10 bases and five geographically separated groups. It trains more than 293,000 students per year with approximately 60,000 active-duty, Reserve, Guard, civilian and contractor personnel.

Tod Daniel Wolters is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who last served as the commander of U.S. European Command and concurrently as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). He previously served as the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa. He assumed his capstone assignment at the European Command in Germany on May 2, 2019 and at the Allied Command in Belgium on May 3, 2019.

Anthony James Rock is a lieutenant general of the U.S. Air Force and last served as the Inspector General of the Air Force assigned within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Maryanne Miller is a retired United States Air Force general and a pilot who last served as the commander of Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base from September 7, 2018 to August 20, 2020. She previously served as the Chief of Air Force Reserve and the commander of Air Force Reserve Command from July 2016 to September 2018. Miller is the first Air Force Reserve officer to achieve the rank of general. She was also the first woman to serve as the Chief of Air Force Reserve. She retired from the Air Force on October 1, 2020 after over 39 years of service.

Burke Edwin Wilson is a retired United States Air Force two-star general who served as Commander, 24th Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas from 2014 to 2016.

Joseph Thomas Guastella Jr. is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the United States Air Force. He was commissioned upon his graduation from the United States Air Force Academy in 1987.

Brook Jason Leonard is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the director of operations of Combined Joint Task Force–Space Operations. He previously served as the chief of staff of the United States Space Command. A fighter pilot, he has commanded the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, 56th Fighter Wing, and 51st Fighter Wing.

Christopher Stephen Povak is a United States Space Force major general who serves as the deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office and commander of the Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office. He previously served as the deputy director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center.

Douglas Andrew Schiess is a United States Space Force major general who serves as the commander of Combined Force Space Component Command and vice commander of Space Operations Command. He previously served as the deputy commanding general (operations) of the Space Operations Command. He has also commanded the 45th Space Wing, the 21st Space Wing, the 45th Operations Group, and the 4th Space Operations Squadron of the U.S. Air Force. In July 2021, Schiess was nominated for transfer to the United States Space Force and promotion to major general. Schiess transferred from the Air Force to the Space Force on April 28, 2022.

David Wayne Allvin is a United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as the 40th vice chief of staff of the Air Force. He previously served as the director for strategy, plans, and policy, J-5, on the Joint Staff, and is a senior member, United States Delegation to the United Nations Military Staff Committee, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He provided strategic direction, policy guidance and planning focus to develop and execute the National Military Strategy. As the director for strategy, plans, and policy, he enables the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide military advice to the president, the secretary of defense, and the National Security Council. He has assumed the office of vice chief of staff on November 16, 2020.

Lenny J. Richoux is a retired United States Air Force major general who most recently served as the Director for Manpower and Personnel of the Joint Staff. Prior to that, he was the commander of the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command of the United States Transportation Command.

David N. Miller Jr. is a United States Space Force major general who serves as the director of operations, training, and force development of the United States Space Command. Previously, he was as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber and Nuclear and, prior to that, the senior military assistant to the United States Secretary of the Air Force. In April 2021, Miller was nominated for transfer to the United States Space Force and promotion to major general.

Devin Ruben Pepper is a United States Space Force brigadier general who served as commander of Buckley Garrison, 460th Space Wing, and the 21st Operations Group. He is the first African American general officer in the Space Force and the first one to have enlisted before commissioning as an officer.

Scott L. Pleus is a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. Pleus is Deputy Commander, United States Forces Korea; Commander, Air Component Command United Nations Command; Commander, Air Component Command, Combined Forces Command; and Commander, Seventh Air Force. He is also the United States representative to the joint committee for the Status of Forces agreement between the two countries.

Major General Christopher Finerty is a United States Air Force officer and career helicopter pilot who has been serving as the Director, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, since April 2019. The Directorate is the liaison between the Air Force, Space Force and Congress on all programs, air and space weapons systems and issues such as legislative and constituent inquiries. Finerty collaborates directly with the House of Representatives and Senate to ensure full authorization of the Air Force's annual budget. Finerty also prepares the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Chief of Space Operations and other senior Air Force leaders for engagements and testimony on Capitol Hill.

Lieutenant General Mark F. Ramsay is a retired United States Air Force officer who served as the Director, Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, on the Joint Chiefs of Staff from August 2012 to October 2015. He concurrently served as the Joint Requirements Oversight Council Secretary and as the Chairman of the Joint Capabilities Board. Prior to that, he served as the commanding general of 18th Air Force from September 2011 to August 2012.

Lance Keith Landrum is an active duty United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as the 23rd Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee since October 11, 2021. He most recently served as a special assistant to the commander of the United States European Command and prior to that served as the Director of Operations (J3) for United States European Command from July 2020 to July 2021.

Jerry P. Martinez is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as commander of United States Forces Japan and commander of 5th Air Force from October 2016 to April 2019. During that assignment, he also served as interim commander of Pacific Air Forces from May 2018 to July 2018. Before this assignment, Martinez served as Director of Operations of Air Mobility Command from May 2015 to September 2016.

Troy Edward Dunn is a United States Air Force major general serving as commander of the Air Force Personnel Center since May 19, 2022.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government .

↑ "MAJOR GENERAL RODNEY D. LEWIS". www.af.mil.
↑ "General Officer Announcements". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
↑ "US AIR Force Brigadier General Rodney D. Lewis named Director, Strategy, Posture, and Assessments". International Insider. April 17, 2020.
↑ "Air Force Lt. Col. is a White House Fellow". flightlines.airforcetimes.com.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "MAJOR GENERAL RODNEY D. LEWIS". www.af.mil. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

Military offices
Preceded by Paul E. Bauman	Commander of the 319th Air Base Wing 2015–2017	Succeeded by Jeremy Thiel Acting
Preceded by William A. Spangenthal	Director of the United States Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Executive Action Group 2017–2019	Succeeded by John R. Edwards
Preceded by Brad M. Sullivan	Deputy Director for Operations (Operations Team One) of the Joint Staff 2019–2020	Succeeded by Frederick O'Donnell
Preceded by David W. Hicks	Director of Strategy, Posture, and Assessments of the United States Air Force 2020–2021	Succeeded by ???
Preceded by John V. Fuller	Deputy Director for Force Protection of the Joint Staff 2021–2023	Succeeded by Roy W. Collins

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "MAJOR GENERAL RODNEY D. LEWIS". www.af.mil.

[2] "General Officer Announcements". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[3] "US AIR Force Brigadier General Rodney D. Lewis named Director, Strategy, Posture, and Assessments". International Insider. April 17, 2020.

[4] "Air Force Lt. Col. is a White House Fellow". flightlines.airforcetimes.com.

[RDL-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "MAJOR GENERAL RODNEY D. LEWIS". www.af.mil. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]