United States Air Force

                               U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, USAF ACADEMY, CO  80840

(719) 333-2990

Colonel Jimmy E. McMillian is commander of the 10th Air Base Wing, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.  He commands more than 2,100 military, civilian and contract personnel who conduct all base-level support activities.  These activities include security, civil engineer, communications, logistics, military and civilian personnel, financial management, services, command post, chaplaincy, equal opportunity and the hospital, all of which support nearly 4,000 cadets and a total military community of approximately 20,000 personnel.  He is responsible for a $130M annual operating budget.  In addition, he is the Crisis Action Team director during USAFA contingency operations.     

Colonel McMillian earned his commission after graduating from the Air Force Reserve Office Training Corps program at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University in 1981.  During his career, he has served in a variety of security forces operations and instructor assignments in Montana, Texas, New Jersey, Nevada, Washington D.C., North Dakota and Turkey.  He was assigned to major command headquarters positions in Virginia and Illinois.  He has also been a security forces squadron commander and security forces group deputy commander and group commander.

EDUCATION:

1981 Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro NC
1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB AL
1986 Advance Criminal Justice Course, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY
1988 Master’s Degree, public administration, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI
1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base AL
2001 Air War College, correspondence and seminar, Maxwell AFB AL
2003 Master of Science Degree in Strategic Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB AL

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. May 1982-July 1985, Flight Security Officer and Operations Officer, 341st Missile Security Squadron, Malmstrom AFB MT 
2. October 1985-September 1986, Instructor and Course Chief, Air Force Security Police Academy, Camp Bullis TX 
3. September 1986-December 1989, Training Officer, Air Force Security Police Air Base Ground Defense School, Fort Dix NJ
4. December 1989-February 1990, Security Police Chief, 7392d Munitions Support Squadron, Eskisheir AB, Turkey 
5. February 1990-July 1993, Commander, 4554th Ground Combat Training Squadron, and Commander, 554th Security Police Squadron, Nellis AFB NV 
6. July 1993-July 1995, Staff Action Officer, Air Combat Command Security Police Staff, and Chief, Air Combat Command Inspector General Inspection Section, Langley AFB VA
7. July 1995-July 1997, Police Chief, Bolling AFB, Washington DC
8. July 1997-August 1998, Commander, 321st Security Forces Squadron, Grand Forks AFB ND
9. August 1998-November 2001, Division Chief, Security Forces Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL
10. November 2001-June 2002, Deputy Commander, 99th Security Forces Group, Nellis AFB NV
11. July 2002-June 2003, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB AL
12. July 2003-May 2005, Commander, 91st Security Forces Group, Minot AFB ND
13. May 2005-April 2006, Executive Officer to the Commander of Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB CO
14. May 2006-present, Commander, 10th Air Base Wing, USAF Academy CO

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with one oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant, Dec 18, 1981
First Lieutenant, Dec 15, 1983
Captain, Mar 5, 1986
Major, May 1, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel, Jan 1, 1998
Colonel, May 1, 2003