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BRIGADIER GENERAL LARRY K. GRUNDHAUSER
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Retired Jan. 1, 2012.
Brig. Gen. Larry K. Grundhauser is Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. As Air Combat Command's senior intelligence officer, he advocates intelligence policy and weapons system requirements. He also guides intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tactics, techniques and procedures applicable to ACC forces worldwide.
General Grundhauser was commissioned through Officer Training School and began his career as an imagery intelligence officer with the SR-71 and U-2 reconnaissance programs. He has served as a Minuteman ICBM combat crew commander, a policy adviser to the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and adviser to the Ambassador to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty implementation bodies in Geneva. He has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels. General Grundhauser commanded U-2 and Predator reconnaissance operations during the war in Kosovo, earning distinction as the only non-flying organization to win the Kelly Johnson Trophy. The general also directed intelligence for Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia, enforcing no-fly zones in Iraq.
Prior to his current assignment, General Grundhauser was the Pentagon's Vice Director for Intelligence on the Joint Staff, providing substantive intelligence to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense.
EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y.
1983 Distinguished graduate, Imagery Intelligence Officer Course and Precision Photographic Officer Course, Lowry AFB, Colo.
1984 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1985 Distinguished graduate, Minuteman ICBM Initial Qualification Training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
1988 Master of Science degree in systems management, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1993 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
1995 Defense and Technology Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
1998 National Defense Fellow, Mershon Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus
2005 Senior Executive Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2007 U.S.-Russia Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2009 Executive Course on National and International Security, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2010 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1982 - April 1983, student, Imagery Intelligence Officer Course and Precision Photographic
Officer Course, Armed Forces Air Intelligence Training Center, Lowry AFB, Colo.
2. May 1983 - June 1985, Chief, Precision Processing Laboratory, 9th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif.
3. June 1985 - October 1985, student, Minuteman ICBM Initial Qualification Course, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
4. October 1985 - December 1989, senior instructor missile combat crew commander, 341st Strategic Missile Wing, and missile combat crew commander, 12th Strategic Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
5. December 1989 - July 1991, Director, Imagery Exploitation Division, 548th Reconnaissance Technical Group, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
6. July 1991 - August 1992, Chief, Imagery Control Division, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
7. August 1992 - July 1993, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. July 1993 - July 1996, arms control policy adviser, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Department of State, Washington, D.C.
9. July 1996 - January 1997, Chief, Collection Systems Branch, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
10. January 1997 - August 1997, Chief, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Integration Team, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
11. August 1997 - July 1998, National Defense Fellow, International Security and Military Affairs Program, Mershon Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus
12. August 1998 - June 2000, Commander, 13th Intelligence Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif.
13. June 2000 - June 2001, Director of Intelligence, Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
14. July 2001 - July 2002, Chief, National Systems Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
15. July 2002 - May 2003, Commander, 692nd Information Operations Group, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
16. May 2003 - December 2003, Commander, 480th Intelligence Group, Langley AFB, Va.
17. December 2003 - May 2005, Commander, 480th Intelligence Wing, Langley AFB, Va.
18. June 2005 - November 2006, Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
19. November 2006 - May 2009, Vice Director for Intelligence (J2), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
20. June 2009 - present, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1991 - August 1992, Chief, Imagery Control Division, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a captain
2. July 1993 - July 1996, arms control policy adviser, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Department of State, Washington, D.C., as a major
3. June 2000 - June 2001, Director of Intelligence, Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as a colonel
4. June 2005 - November 2006, Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters NORAD and USNORTHCOM, Peterson AFB, Colo., as a colonel
5. November 2006 - May 2009, Vice Director for Intelligence (J2), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel and brigadier general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster
BADGES
Command Space Badge
Master Intelligence Badge
Senior Missile Operations Badge
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Headquarters Air Force Identification Badge
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1983 Award for Military Scholarship, National Military Intelligence Association
1983 Outstanding Intelligence Officer of the Year, Strategic Air Command
1983 Distinguished graduate, Imagery Intelligence Officer Course
1983 Distinguished graduate, Precision Photographic Officer Course
1987 Missile Crew Member Excellence Award, 15th Air Force
1990 Outstanding Intelligence Officer of the Year, Pacific Air Forces
1990 Outstanding Intelligence Officer of the Year, U.S. Air Force
1993 Top Contributor and Top Researcher, Air Command and Staff College
1993 Top Researcher, Armed Forces Staff College
1996 Meritorious Honor Award, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
2008 Alumni Hall of Distinction, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities
PUBLICATIONS
"The Future of BDA," Concepts and Airpower for the Campaign Planner, Air University Press, 1993
"Sentinels Rising: Commercial High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and Its Implications for U.S. National Security," Airpower Journal, Winter 1998
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 17, 1982
First Lieutenant June 17, 1984
Captain June 17, 1986
Major May 1, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1997
Colonel April 1, 2001
Brigadier General Nov. 2, 2007
(Current as of September 2011)
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