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BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK W WESTERGREN
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Brig. Gen. Mark W. Westergren is the Director of Intelligence, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. He is the senior intelligence officer and principal intelligence advisor to the USSTRATCOM Commander.
General Westergren received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Syracuse University and received a Masters from Johns Hopkins University following his Olmsted Scholar tour at Seoul National University in the Republic of Korea. His career has spanned two career fields and a wide variety of operational, staff, command and joint assignments in Asia, Europe, Middle East and United States.
General Westergren has commanded at the squadron and group levels. He served as Director, Joint Operations for National Security Agency Hawaii and commanded the Air Force Technical Applications Center. He deployed for one year as the Director of Collection Management for Multi-National Forces-Iraq and orchestrated Pacific-wide intelligence activities as the Director of ISR for Pacific Air Forces. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Director of ISR Strategy, Plans, Doctrine and Force Development at the A-2, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon.
EDUCATION
1984 Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, cum laude, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
1989 Honor Graduate, Master of Business Administration in Finance, Webster Univ., N.M.
1989 Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1993 Olmsted Scholar Program, Seoul National Univ., Republic of Korea, International Relations
1994 Masters in International Public Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins Univ., Washington, D.C.
1996 Distinguished Graduate, USAF Intelligence School, Goodfellow AFB, Texas 2000 Top Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2005 Air Force Fellow, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. April 1985 - August 1988, Solid State Physicist, AF Weapons Lab, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
2. September 1988 - December 1990, Project Officer, AF Weapons Lab, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
3. January 1991 - November 1991, Student, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, Calif.
4. December 1991 - December 1993, Olmsted Scholar, Seoul National Univ., Republic of Korea
5. January 1994 - January 1995, Student, SAIS, Johns Hopkins Univ., Washington, D.C. (May-September: Analyst, North Korea Working Group, Department of State, Washington, D.C.)
6. February 1995 - February 1996, Chief, Political/Economic Section, J-2, U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan, Republic of Korea
7. February 1996 - May 1996, Student, USAF Intelligence School, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
8. June 1996 - July 1999, Chief, Ballistic Missile Branch and subsequently Chief, Strategic Force Applications, National Air Intelligence Center, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
9. August 1999 - June 2000, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. July 2000 - July 2002, Chief, Combating Terrorism Division and Chief, Operations Division, Operations Directorate, USEUCOM Joint Analysis Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom
11. July 2002 - July 2004, Commander, 303 Intelligence Squadron, Osan AB, Republic of Korea
12. July 2004 - June 2005, SDE Student, Air Force Fellow at RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.
13. July 2005 - July 2006, Director of Joint Operations (J-3), National Security Agency/Central Security Service Hawaii, Kunia City, Hawaii
14. August 2006 - May 2008, Commander, AF Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, Fla.
15. June 2008 - June 2009, Director of Collection Management, CJ-2, MNF-I, Baghdad, Iraq
16. July 2009 - May 2010, Director of ISR (A2), Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
17. June 2010 - June 2012, Director of Staff and Director of ISR Strategy, Plans, Doctrine and Force Development, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (A2), Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
18. June 2012 -- present, Director of Intelligence, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1995 - February 1996, Chief, Political/Economic Section, J-2, U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan, Republic of Korea, as a captain
2. July 2000 - July 2002, Chief, Combating Terrorism Division and Chief, Operations Division, USEUCOM Joint Analysis Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, as a lieutenant colonel
3. July 2005 - July 2006, Director of Joint Operations (J-3), National Security Agency/Central Security Service Hawaii, Kunia City, Hawaii, as a lieutenant colonel and a colonel
4. June 2008 - June 2009, Director of Collection Management, CJ-2, MNF-I, Baghdad, Iraq, as a colonel
5. June 2012 - present, Director of Intelligence, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a brigadier general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal
PUBLICATION
Co-author, "A Strategies-to-Tasks Framework for Planning and Executing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations" RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, 2007.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1991 Korean Consul's Award for highest GPA in Korean program at Defense Language Institute
2004 Letter of Commendation from the Minister of Defense, Republic of Korea
2004 Army's Knowlton Award for Intelligence Excellence (awarded by U.S. Forces Korea)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Dec. 19, 1984
First Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1987
Captain Feb. 10, 1989
Major Oct. 1, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2000
Colonel Feb. 1, 2006
Brigadier General Aug 2, 2011
(Current as of July 2012)
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