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MAJOR GENERAL JOHN F. "JEFF" NEWELL III
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Maj. Gen. John F. "Jeff" Newell III is the Senior Military Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) at the State Department. In this capacity, he provides the SRAP with military advice across the range of security issues affecting U.S. policy in the region.
Prior to this assignment, Gen. Newell served as the Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Asia, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He was responsible for national security planning and policy across the Asia-Pacific and Central Asia regions, supporting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as the commanders of U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Central Command.
Previously, Gen. Newell served in various staff assignments, including military aide to the President of the United States, and Director of the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group. He has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
General Newell was commissioned in 1986 through the ROTC program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His operational flying experience includes special operations and air mobility, with assignments in the MC-130E and the C-130H. He has commanded the 39th Airlift Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; the 12th Operations Group at Randolph AFB, Texas; and the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
1994 Master of Arts degree in international relations, Troy State University, Ala.
1997 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
1998 Master of Airpower Art and Science degree, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2002 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1986 - January 1992, T-37 instructor pilot, flight examiner and flight commander, 47thth Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas
2. January 1992 - July 1992, student, C-130E initial qualification training, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
3. August 1992 - June 1996, MC-130E instructor pilot and crew commander, 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
4. July 1996 - June 1997, student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
5. July 1997 - June 1998, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
6. July 1998 - May 1999, action officer, National Defense Review Division (Quadrennial Defense Review), Directorate of Strategic Plans, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
7. June 1999 - September 2000, action officer, CSAF Chief's Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. January 2001 - January 2002, Commander, 39th Airlift Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas
9. February 2002 - February 2004, aide to the President, the White House, Washington, D.C.
10. March 2004 - July 2006, Commander, 12th Operations Group, Randolph AFB, Texas
11. August 2006 - July 2007, Air Force Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, N.Y.
12. July 2007 - April 2009, Commander, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan
13. April 2009 - May 2010, Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
14. May 2010 - May 2012, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Asia, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
15. May 2012 - present, Senior Military Advisor to the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan/Pakistan, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 2002 - February 2004, aide to the President, the White House, Washington, D.C.
2. May 2010 - May 2012, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Asia, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
3. May 2012 - present, Senior Military Advisor to the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan/Pakistan, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,500
Aircraft flown: MC-130E, C-130E/H, T-6 and T-37
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Feb. 28, 1986
First Lieutenant Feb. 28, 1988
Captain Feb. 28, 1990
Major Aug. 1, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2000
Colonel Aug. 1, 2004
Brigadier General July 3, 2010
Major General Frocked
(Current as of August 2012)
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