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COLONEL ROGER M. VINCENT
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Colonel Roger M. Vincent is the Commander, Space Innovation and Development Center (SIDC), Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The SIDC is the centerpiece of the Air Force's efforts to fully integrate space capabilities into the operational battlefield. The Center develops, tests and exercises new systems, techniques and procedures which provide space capabilities to military operations in support of DoD warfighters world-wide. Colonel Vincent also provides oversight to the Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Program.
Colonel Vincent is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and the Air Force Institute of Technology. He has more than 2,600 flight hours in 29 aircraft types with 166 combat hours in the F-15C during Operation DESERT STORM. Colonel Vincent served as an instructor pilot and an evaluator pilot at Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training. After graduating from the Air Force Test Pilot School, he served as an experimental test pilot developing today's precision guided munitions. His staff assignments include Chief of Special Programs, Directorate for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment (J8) Joint Staff and Director, Air Force Special Programs, Assistant Secretary of the AF (Acquisition.) Colonel Vincent holds a Department of Defense Acquisition Corps Level III Certification in Test and is a graduate of the Senior Acquisition Course at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
EDUCATION:
1986 - Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy
1993 - Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 - U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
1997 - Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2001 - Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 - Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Ft McNair, Wasington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. July 1986 - August 1987 - Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Missouri
2. September 1987 - December 1987 - Student, Lead in Fighter Training, Holloman AFB, N.M.
3. January 1988 - May 1988 - Student, F-15 Training, 555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz.
4. May 1988 - May 1991 - F-15 Aircraft Commander, 27th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va.
5. June 1991 - July 1994 - T-37 Instructor Pilot/Stan Eval Examiner, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas
6. August 1994 - December 1995 - Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. January 1996 - March 1997 - Student, Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
8. March 1997 - July 2000 - Experimental Test Pilot, 40th Flight Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
9. July 2000 - June 2001 - Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. June 2001 - September 2003 - Chief, Special Programs Branch, Weapons Division, Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
11. September 2003 - July 2004 - Deputy Division Chief, Weapons Division, Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
12. July 2004 - June 2005 - Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft McNair, Washington, D.C.
13. June 2005 - Oct 2007 - Chief, Special Programs, Directorate for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment (J8) Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. October 2007 - July 2009 - Director, Special Programs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
15. July 2009 - March 2010 - Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
16. Mar 10 - Present - Commander, Space Innovation and Development Center, Schriever AFB, Colo.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
National Intelligence Reform Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1986 - Graduate with Academic Distinction, US Air Force Academy, Colo.
1987 - Distinguished Graduate Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Missouri
1987 - Air Training Command Commander's Trophy, Columbus AFB, Missouri
1997 - Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2005 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Essay Contest Semi-finalist, National Defense University
2009 - The Director of National Intelligence's Award for Collaboration Leadership
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant May, 1986
First Lieutenant May, 1988
Captain May, 1990
Major January, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel July, 2002
Colonel December, 2007
(Current as of March 2010)
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