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MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT D. REGO
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Maj. Gen. Robert D. Rego is the mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The command organizes, trains, equips and maintains all U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear-capable bomber forces. The command's mission is to develop and provide combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations -- safe, secure and effective -- to support the President of the United States and combatant commanders. The command's six wings control the nation's entire inventory of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, B-2 and B-52 bomber aircraft.
General Rego entered the Air Force in 1985 as a graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of California, Los Angeles. His active-duty assignments include a tour as a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile crewmember and duty at Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo. As a Reservist, he has served in special projects at U.S. Space Command, as the Air Force Research Laboratory liaison to the U.S. Army Big Crow Program Office, and as the Chief of the Space Control Mission Team at Headquarters Air Force Space Command.
General Rego has forward deployed as deputy commander for an Army Space Command unit during Operation Allied Force, and as a space and information operations planner for a joint special operations task force during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1992 Master of Arts degree in space systems management, Webster University
2000 Master's degree in military operational art and science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Air War College, by correspondence
2004 Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
2005 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1985 - February 1986, student, missile initial qualification training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
2. February 1986 - February 1990, Minuteman ICBM deputy crew commander; instructor deputy crew commander; crew commander; and flight commander, 321st Strategic Missile Wing, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
3. April 1990 - August 1990, student, undergraduate space training, Lowry AFB, Colo.
4. August 1990 - December 1992, space warning officer; space control operations staff officer; and Deputy Chief, Special Operations Section, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colo.
5. January 1993 - June 1998, space control operations officer; space operations analyst; and space operations officer, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colo.
6. June 1998 - July 1999, Director of Operational Technology Migration and liaison to U.S. Army Big Crow Program Office, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (May 1999 - June 1999, Deputy Commander and operations officer, U.S. Army Space Command Unit (Forward), Camp Darby, Italy)
7. July 1999 - June 2000, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. July 2000 - July 2003, Chief, Space Control Mission Team, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. (October 2001 - December 2001, space and information operations planner and airborne mission systems operator, Central Command area of responsibility; March 2003 - April 2003, space and information operations planner and airborne mission commander, Central Command area of responsibility)
9. July 2003 - June 2004, student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
10. July 2004 - June 2006, individual mobilization augmentee to the Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
11. June 2006 - July 2007, mobilization assistant to the Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
12. July 2007 - May 2010, mobilization assistant to the Director of Air, Space and Nuclear Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
13. June 2010 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1995 - June 1998, space control operations officer, space operations analyst and space operations officer, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colo., as a major
2. June 1998 - July 1999, Director of Operational Technology Migration and liaison to U.S. Army Big Crow Program Office, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M., as a major
3. October 2001 - December 2001, space and information operations planner and airborne mission systems operator, Central Command area of responsibility, as a lieutenant colonel
4. March 2003 - April 2003, space and information operations planner and airborne mission commander, Central Command area of responsibility, as a lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with 'V' device and two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with two oak leaf clusters
Kosovo Campaign Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border and oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 25, 1985
First Lieutenant July 2, 1987
Captain July 2, 1989
Major March 10, 1995
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1999
Colonel July 1, 2003
Brigadier General Aug. 31, 2008
Major General Feb. 17, 2012
(Current as of May 2012)
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