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BRIGADIER GENERAL MARTHA A. MEEKER
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Brig. Gen. Martha A. Meeker is Commandant, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The EC is the Air Force's Center of Excellence for advanced expeditionary combat support training and education and houses the Mobility Operations School, the Expeditionary Operations School and the Expeditionary Center Support Directorate. The office of the commandant partners with Air Staff, Air Education and Training Command, and the USAF Warfare Center to provide a disciplined training process that offers 92 in-residence courses and 19 web-based training courses, graduating more than 24,000 students annually.
General Meeker received her commission from Officer Training School in 1987 and, after two years as a programmer for the U.S. Space Command's Defense Satellite Program, entered navigator training in 1989. General Meeker earned her wings in 1990 and went on to serve as an instructor navigator onboard Strategic Air Command's Airborne Command and Control System and NATO's Airborne Warning and Control System, as an Air Officer Commanding at the Air Force Academy, and as the Commander, Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Most recently, she served as the Senior Special Assistant to the Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Bachelor of Science in Computational Mathematics, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill.
1987 Distinguished graduate, Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, Miss.
1993 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1994 Master of Aerospace Operations; Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla.
1999 Distinguished graduate and Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2005 Academic Distinction and Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1987 - September 1987, Student, Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, Miss.
2. September 1987 - November 1989, Space Systems Software Analyst, Lowry AFB, Colo.
3. November 1989 - June 1991, Student, Undergraduate Navigator Training / Base Support Officer, Base Implementation, Mather AFB, Calif.
4. June 1991 - May 1996, Instructor and Evaluator Navigator, Executive Officer and Chief of Quality; 2nd Airborne Communications/7th Airborne Communications Squadrons, 55th Operations Group, Offutt AFB, Neb.
5. May 1996 - June 1998, Air Officer Commanding, Cadet Squadron 15, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
6. August 1998 - July 1999 - Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
7. July 1999 - July 2001, Air Operations Officer and Senior USAF Representative, Squadron 1, Chief of Wing Air Operations, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force E-3A Component, Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany.
8. July 2001 - June 2003, Commander, 92d Operational Support Squadron, Deputy Commander, 92nd Operations Group, Fairchild AFB Wash.
9. June 2003 - July 2004, Deputy Chief, Chief of AMC Commander's Action Group, Scott AFB Ill.
10. July 2004 - July 2005, Student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base Ala.
11. July 2005 - April 2007, Vice Commander, 615th Contingency Response Wing, Travis AFB, Calif.
12. April 2007 - December 2010, Chief, Global Mobility and Special Operations Requirements Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
13. January 2010 - July 2011, Commander, 628th Air Base Wing, Joint Base Charleston, Charleston S.C.
14. July 2011 - July 2012, Senior Special Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE, Mons, Belgium.
15. July 2012 - Present, Commandant, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1999 - July 2001, Air Operations Officer and Senior USAF Representative, Squadron 1, Chief of Wing Air Operations, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force E-3A Component, Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany, as a major and lieutenant colonel
2. July 2011 - July 2012, Senior Special Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE, Mons, Belgium
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Senior navigator
Flight Hours: More than 1,900
Aircraft Flown: T-43, KC/EC-135, E-3A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant March 6, 1987
First Lieutenant March 6, 1989
Captain March 6, 1991
Major August 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2001
Colonel March 1, 2006
Brigadier General June 8, 2012
(Current as of July 2012)
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