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COLONEL JEFFREY "PEP" DEVORE
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Colonel Jeffrey "Pep" DeVore is the commander of the 386th Expeditionary Operations Group, Southwest Asia. He leads a team of over 150 Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen providing tactical airlift, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, personnel recovery, intelligence surveillance reconnaissance, and operational support capability throughout Southwest Asia.
Colonel DeVore graduated from Kent State University, Ohio, in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Airway Science Management and earned his commission through the ROTC program. He was awarded a Master of Science in Human Resource Development in 1997 from Abilene Christian University, Texas and a Master of Science in Mobility Operations while attending the Advanced Study of Air Mobility, Fort Dix, New Jersey. His staff assignments include tours as Chief, Joint Exercise Division at the NATO Joint Warfare Center in Norway, Aide de Camp and Executive Officer for the Director, Air National Guard and as Chief, Mobility Forces Programs, National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon. Operationally, he commanded the USAF's first-ever active associate C-130 airlift squadron and also the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. As a theater airlift aviator, he has flown numerous combat missions in direct support of Operations Safe Haven, Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Joint Endeavor, Joint Guard, Joint Forge, Allied Force, Shining Hope, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. Colonel DeVore is a master navigator, having logged over 4,000 hours in the C-130 Hercules.
EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Science in Airway Science Management, Kent State University, Ohio
1996 Joint Employment Tactics School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
1997 Master of Science in Human Resource Development, Abilene Christian University, Texas
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2004 Advanced Study of Air Mobility, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, N.J.
2004 Master of Science in Mobility Operations, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio
2004 United States Marine Corps Command & Staff College by correspondence
2007 Air War College by correspondence
2010 College of International Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1992 - March 1993, student, Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, Miss.
2. March 1993 - August 1993, Deputy Chief, Plans & Programs, Grissom AFB, Ind.
3. August 1993 - June 1994, student, Undergraduate Navigator Training, Randolph AFB, Texas
4. June 1994 - March 1999, C-130H Evaluator Navigator, Dyess AFB, Texas
5. March 1999 - April 2003, C-130E Evaluator Navigator, Flight Commander, Group Executive Officer, Asst Chief, Standardization/Evaluation Division, 37th Airlift Squadron & 86th Operations Group, Ramstein AB, Germany
6. April 2003 - June 2004, student, Advanced Study of Air Mobility, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, N.J.
7. June 04 - July 06, Chief, Mobility Force Programs, Aide de Camp & Executive Officer to Director, Air National Guard, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
8. July 2006 - July 2009, Operations Officer & Commander, 30th Airlift Squadron, Cheyenne, Wyo.
9. August 2009 - July 2010, Senior Air Force Fellow, College of International Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany
10. July 2010 - June 2012, Chief, Exercise Division, NATO Joint Warfare Centre, Stavanger, Norway
11. June 2012 - Present, Commander, 386th Expeditionary Operations Group, Southwest Asia
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Master Navigator
Flight hours: Over 4,000
Aircraft Flown: C-130E/H/J, T-43A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 11, 1992
First Lieutenant May 11, 1994
Captain May 11, 1996
Major October 1, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel August 1, 2007
Colonel September 1, 2011
(Current as of August 2012)
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