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BRIGADIER GENERAL MARVIN T. "TOM" SMOOT JR.
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Retired Aug. 1, 2011.
Brig. Gen. Marvin T. "Tom" Smoot Jr. is the Commandant, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va. He leads a highly qualified faculty and staff in the education of national security professionals to plan and execute joint, multinational, and interagency operations to instill a primary commitment to joint, multinational, and interagency teamwork, attitudes and perspectives.
General Smoot is from Knoxville, Tenn. He attended the University of Tennessee and later graduated from Western New England College, Springfield, Mass., in 1979. He received his commission through the Officer Training School in October 1980. He has commanded Air Force units at the squadron, group and wing levels. His staff tours include assignments in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, Air Staff, three major commands, and the Air Force Personnel Center. In 1998, General Smoot served as a deputy commander in the Pacific theater for three months on the first U.S. Air Force Air Expeditionary Force deployment to provide precision air strike capability from Kwang Ju, South Korea. In 2007, he was selected by the Secretary of Defense to be the Executive Director of his Independent Review Group to report on rehabilitative care and administrative processes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center. His previous assignment was at Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as Director of Manpower, Personnel and Services.
EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, Western New England College, Springfield, Mass.
1984 Master of Science degree in business administration, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
1987 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1992 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1994 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2001 Master of Science degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2007 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2008 Systems Acquisition Management for General/Flag Officers Course, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1980 - December 1982, personnel officer, 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, Maine
2. December 1982 - September 1983, Chief, Evaluation Branch, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
3. September 1983 - September 1985, assistant executive officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters SAC, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
4. September 1985 - September 1986, Associate Director of Military Compensation, Air Staff Training Program, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
5. September 1986 - July 1988, Chief, U.S. Air Force Academy Assignments, Headquarters Military Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas
6. July 1988 - May 1989, Chief, Personnel Officer Assignments, Headquarters Military Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas
7. May 1989 - August 1991, Chief, Consolidated Base Personnel Office, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas
8. August 1991 - June 1992, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 1992 - April 1993, Chief, Personnel Policy, Assistant for Colonel Matters, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
10. April 1993 - September 1993, executive officer to the Assistant for Colonel Matters, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
11. September 1993 - August 1996, Assistant Director of Military Compensation, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
12. August 1996 - June 1998, Commander, 18th Mission Support Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan (January 1998 - March 1998, Deputy Commander, 3rd Air Expeditionary Group, Kwang Ju AB, South Korea)
13. June 1998 - June 2000, executive officer to the Commander, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
14. July 2000 - June 2001, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
15. June 2001 - September 2002, Commander, 99th Support Group, Nellis AFB, Nev.
16. September 2002 - January 2003, Commander, 99th Mission Support Group, Nellis AFB, Nev.
17. January 2003 - July 2004, Commander, 78th Air Base Wing, and Installation Commander, Robins AFB, Ga.
18. July 2004 - March 2005, Assistant Director, Manpower and Organization, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
19. March 2005 - October 2006, special assistant, General/Flag Officer Matters, Office of the Director of the Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
20. October 2006 - March 2008, Director, Manpower, Organization and Resources, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. (March 2007 - April 2007, Executive Director, Independent Review Group to Report on Rehabilitative Care and Administrative Processes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center)
21. March 2008 - November 2009, Director of Manpower, Personnel and Services, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
22. December 2009 - present, Commandant, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1993 - August 1996, Assistant Director of Military Compensation, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Military Personnel Policy), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., as a major
2. March 2005 - October 2006, special assistant, General/Flag Officer Matters, Office of the Director of the Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
3. December 2009 - present, Commandant, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va., as a brigadier general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Oct. 24, 1980
First Lieutenant Oct. 24, 1982
Captain Oct. 24, 1984
Major Oct. 1, 1991
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 1996
Colonel March 1, 2001
Brigadier General July 3, 2007
(Current as of July 2011)
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