CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT THOMAS L. GILLETT, JR.
Senior Enlisted Advisor

Chief Master Sergeant Thomas L. Gillett, Jr. is the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Director, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Virginia. He serves as the principal adviser to the Director and senior staff on matters relating to the morale, welfare, quality of life, training, discipline, effective utilization, professional development, and force structure for over 569 Joint Service enlisted members assigned to the NRO in locations worldwide. He ensures NRO policies are known and resolve enlisted issues and sensitive personnel matters.

Chief Gillett graduated from Tarpon Springs High School in June 1977 and entered the Air Force November 1978. He has held a variety of positions in the Space and Missile career field and has experience in Minuteman III and Peacekeeper ICBM weapon systems; Atlas II and III, Delta II, Titan IV and Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELV); Processing facilities; and multiple spacecraft programs.

EDUCATION:

1984 Strategic Air Command, Noncommissioned Officer Leadership School, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

1985 Associate in Applied Science Degree in Electrical Power Systems, Community College of the Air Force.

1986 Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology, Southern Illinois University.

1992 Strategic Air Command, Noncommissioned Officer Academy, March AFB, CA.

1996 Associate in Applied Science Degree in Instructor Technology and Military Science, Community College of the Air Force.

1999 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Gunter AFB, AL.

2006 US Joint Forces Command Keystone Fellow, Joint Forces Command Headquarters, Chesapeake VA.

2006 Movers and Shakespeare, Aspen Institute, Wye River, MD.

2006 US Air Force Senior Leader Development Course, (Part 1), Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC.

2006 US Air Force Senior Leader Development Course, (Part 2), Gettysburg Leadership Experience, Gettysburg, PA.

2007 Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), Leadership Team Awareness Seminar

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. November 1978 - January 1979, student, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, TX.

2. February 1979 - May 1979, student, Missile Facilities Specialist Course, Chanute AFB, IL.

3. May 1979 - February 1988, Refrigeration Specialist; Facilities Maintenance Team Member;

Facilities Maintenance Team Chief; Training Monitor; Quality Control Inspector/Evaluator; Quality

Assurance Evaluation Monitor; 90th Strategic Missile Wing, F .E. Warren AFB, WY.

4. March 1988 - September 1993, Future Systems Developer for Peacekeeper Rail Garrison;

Weapon System; HQ SAC 3901st Strategic Missile Evaluation Squadron; ICBM Maintenance

Inspector Course Instructor, 394th Maintenance Support Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA.

5. October 1993 - November 1996, NCOIC, Titan Facilities Activation, Detachment 8, Space and

Missile Systems Center (AFMC); Superintendent, Space Launch Complex 40, 5th Space Launch

Squadron, (AFSPC), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.

6. December 1996 - December 2000, Chief, Space Systems and Missile Facilities Maintenance

Inspections, AFSPC Inspector General Team; Superintendent, ICBM Operations, HQ AFSPC

Peterson AFB, CO.

7. January 2001 - January 2005, Chief, Systems Safety and Environmental Division, Office of Space

Launch, Under Secretary of the Air Force with duty at the National Reconnaissance Office, Cape

Canaveral AFS, FL.
8. February 2005 - Present, Senior Enlisted Advisor, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, VA.

BADGES:

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
Humanitarian Service Medal

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

1995 AFMC Detachment 8 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
1996 AFSPC Guardian Challenge, Best Spacelift Squadron Team
1996 AFSPC Guardian Challenge, Best Maintenance Team
1997 AFSPC Inspector General Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
2003 Director National Reconnaissance Office Leadership Award
2004 Director National Reconnaissance Office Leadership Award

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Airman Basic Nov 1978
Airman May 1979
Airman First Class Nov 1979
Senior Airman Nov 1981
Sergeant Aug 1982
Staff Sergeant Feb 1986
Technical Sergeant May 1991
Master Sergeant Apr 1995
Senior Master Sergeant Dec 1999
Chief Master Sergeant Nov 2002