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BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH L. SHAEFER
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Retired April 30, 2005.
Brig. Gen. Joseph L. Shaefer is the mobilization assistant to the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
General Shaefer entered the U.S. Army in 1969 and served as an infantry officer, psychological operations officer and special forces A-Team commander. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1978 and has been an intelligence analyst, command briefer, interrogator, country desk officer, mobile interrogation teams commander, air attaché and senior political military analyst. He has also served as mobilization assistant to the Director of Intelligence, Air Combat Command.
In his civilian capacity, he is a writer and chairman of an investment firm.
EDUCATION
1969 Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations, University of California, Los Angeles
1977 Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Army Command and Staff College
1981 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1983 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1994 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Certificate in Global Terrorism, United Nations Institute for Training and Research
2002 Master of Science degree in terrorism and guerrilla warfare, American Military University
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1969 - May 1970, student, infantry basic, advanced infantry training, Infantry Officer Candidate School and basic paratrooper, Fort Ord, Calif., and Fort Benning, Ga.
2. May 1970 - Oct 1971, psychological operations officer and 7th Special Forces augmentee, Fort Bragg, N.C.
3. November 1971 - February 1972, 5th Special Forces A-Team executive officer, Fort Bragg, N.C.
4. March 1972 - May 1975, Commander, Special Forces A-Team , 20th Special Forces, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
5. August 1977 - April 1984, intelligence analyst and command briefer, Homestead AFB, Fla.; interrogator and interrogation instructor, Fort MacArthur, Calif.
6. May 1984 - December 1990, operations officer, interrogation instructor and NATO country desk officer, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
7. January 1991 - April 1991, Commander, Mobile Interrogation Teams, 1st Marine Division, operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
8. May 1991 - May 1995, Commander, IRD 44, and air attaché, Rangoon, Burma
9. June 1995 - February 1998, senior political/military affairs officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
10. March 1998 - May 2000, mobilization assistant, Associate Director of Operations for C2ISR, Directorate of Air and Space Operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
11. June 2000 - December 2000, mobilization assistant, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va..
12. December 2000 - June 2002, mobilization assistant, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
13. June 2002 - present, mobilization assistant to the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze star
Kuwait Liberation Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Outstanding Intelligence Officer of the Year, Pacific Region
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Life member, Reserve Officers Association
Published member, United States Strategic Institute
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 30, 1970
First Lieutenant Jan. 27, 1972
Captain May 20, 1976
Major May 1, 1984
Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 1991
Colonel June 1, 1995
Brigadier General April 30, 2000
(Current as of June 2002)
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