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COLONEL TIMOTHY J CATHCART
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Colonel Tim Cathcart is the Commander of the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center (TEC) at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. As the leader of the Air National Guard's primary Force Development center, he is responsible for delivering Enlisted Professional Military Education and Professional Continuing Education to more than 4,000 in-resident Total Force members per year, as well as typically 50,000 more via blended or distributed learning methodologies. Telling the Air Guard story across the Nation, the TEC creates high-quality media content and strategic messages through the television production studios of TEC TV. In addition, the TEC is the program manager for the Air National Guard Warrior Network satellite broadcast system which reaches all ANG locations around the globe.
Colonel Cathcart began his military career in 1985, as an enlisted traditional Guardsman with the Alaska Air National Guard. In 1990, he received his commission and became a Rescue Navigator on the HC-130 aircraft. He has traveled to nearly 40 countries in support of alert missions and exercises, and has executed more than 75 real-world rescue missions. Additionally, as a Senior Controller with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, he directed 269 rescue missions, which saved 90 lives. Colonel Cathcart has also served in leadership positions at the National Guard Bureau's Air Operations Directorate, including as chief of both the Mobility Forces Branch and the Operations Support Branch. At an assignment at the Pentagon, he served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Directorate of Operations, J-39 Readiness Division, where he developed readiness analyses and assessments for the Chairman and the Secretary of Defense.
Prior to his current position, Colonel Cathcart was the Deputy Director for Force Development with the National Guard Bureau's Joint Staff. He was responsible for joint professional military education; joint individual, staff, and collective training; joint exercises; doctrine; and implementation of the Joint Training System throughout the National Guard. He is a Master Navigator with more than 2,000 hours of flight time.
EDUCATION
1990 Associate in Applied Science, Avionics Systems, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1993 Bachelor of Science degree, Mathematics with minors in Computer Science and Statistics, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1998 Master of Business Administration, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
2000 Master of Science degree, Computer Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 Air Command and Staff College correspondence course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Chief Information Officer and Information Assurance certifications, Information Resources Management College, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
2006 Industrial College of the Armed Forces (War College), Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
2006 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
2008 Doctorate of Philosophy degree, Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
2009 Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander Training Course (JCTC), US Northern Command, Colo.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1985 - June 1990, Avionics Technician, 176th Composite Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Kulis ANGB, Alaska.
2. June 1990 - August 1990, student, Air National Guard Academy of Military Science officer commissioning program, McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tenn.
3. August 1990 - May 1992, student navigator, Mather AFB, Calif., Little Rock AFB, Ark, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
4. May 1992 - September 1997, Rescue Navigator, 210th Rescue Squadron, Kulis ANGB, Alaska.
5. September 1997 - October 2000, Senior Controller, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
6. October 2000 - October 2002, Mobility Forces Action Officer, Air and Space Operations Directorate, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
7. October 2002 - May 2004, Chief, Mobility Forces Branch, Air and Space Operations Directorate, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
8. May 2004 - August 2005, Chief, Operations Support Branch, Air and Space Operations Directorate, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
9. August 2005 - June 2006, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
10. June 2006 - August 2008, National Guard Readiness Advisor, Operations Directorate (J-3), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
11. August 2008 - March 2011, Chief, Joint Training and Education Division (NGB-J72), Joint Doctrine, Training, and Force Development Directorate, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
12. March 2011 - July 2011, Deputy Director for Force Development (J7), Domestic Operations and Force Development Directorate (J3/7), National Guard Bureau Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
13. July 2011 - present, Commander, I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tenn.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2006 - August 2008, National Guard Readiness Advisor, Operations Directorate (J-3), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
2. August 2008 - March 2011, Chief, Joint Training and Education Division (NGB-J72), Joint Doctrine, Training, and Force Development Directorate, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
3. March 2011 - July 2011, Deputy Director for Force Development (J7), Domestic Operations and Force Development Directorate (J3/7), National Guard Bureau Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Master Navigator
Flight hours: More than 2,000
Aircraft flown: C-130E, C-130H, HC-130P, HC-130N
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with three oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1990
First Lieutenant, Dec. 6, 1992
Captain, Jan. 22, 1995
Major, May 21, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel, July 1, 2003
Colonel, June 19, 2009
(Current as of September 2012)
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