COLONEL CAROL C. YANNARELLA
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Col. Carol C. Yannarella is Vice Commander, 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. In this position, she supports the installation command authority for Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases and the 2.9 million-acre Nevada Test and Training Range. She is responsible for all installation support, providing communications, contracting, engineering, environmental, law enforcement, logistics, medical, security, services, supply, transportation, and mission support for more than 12,000 assigned personnel and 313,000 dependents, retirees, and veterans. In addition, the 99th Air Base Wing supports the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, 57th Wing and 432nd Wing; elements of the 23rd Wing, 53rd Wing, and 505th Command & Control Wing; 171 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft assigned to Nellis, and the nearly 1,500 visitors and temporary-duty personnel conducting business at Nellis daily.
Colonel Yannarella was commissioned in 1988 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. A career finance officer, she has served in numerous squadron, group, wing and headquarters positions. She commanded the 31st Comptroller Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, and has served in staff positions at Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, and Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Prior to her current assignment, Colonel Yannarella served as the Congressional Liaison for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor's degree in business administration and general management, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1993 Master's degree in business administration and general management, Troy State University, Ala.
1993 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Marine Command and Staff College, Master's degree in military operational art and science, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.
2006 Air War College, by correspondence
2006 Bachelor of Arts degree in history, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2009 Master's degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2009 Army War College, by correspondence
2012 Naval War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 1989 - September 1989, Chief, Military Pay and Material Accounting, 23rd Comptroller Squadron, England AFB, La.
2. September 1989 - May 1991, Chief, Quality Assurance and Deputy Accounting and Finance Officer, 48th Comptroller Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
3. June 1991 - October 1993, Chief, Financial Services, 7275th Comptroller Squadron; executive officer to the Commander, 775th Air Base Group, San Vito dei Normani Air Station, Italy
4. October 1993 - May 1997, Chief, Financial Services, 1st Comptroller Squadron; inspector and executive officer to the Inspector General, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
5. May 1997 - May 1998, Chief, Financial Analysis, 51st Comptroller Squadron, Osan AB, South Korea
6. May 1998 - May 2000, Chief, Budget Operations Action Team and Chief, Budget Operations Tempo and Flying Team, Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Va.
7. May 2000 - May 2002, Chief, Counterdrug Programs and Chief, Integration and Issues, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. May 2002 - June 2003, student, Marine Command and Staff College, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.
9. June 2003 - May 2005, Commander, 31st Comptroller Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy
10. June 2005 - May 2007, Director of Financial Management and Director of Staff, 311th Human Systems Wing, Brooks City-Base, Texas
11. June 2007 - May 2008, Chief, Budget Operations and Integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
12. August 2008 - June 2009, student, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
13. July 2009 - June 2011, Congressional Liaison, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. June 2011 - Present, Vice Commander, 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1988
First Lieutenant June 1, 1990
Captain June 1, 1992
Major October 1, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel September 1, 2004
Colonel September 1, 2009
(Current as of May 2012)
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