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HORACE L. "H.L." LARRY
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Mr. Horace L. 'H.L.' Larry, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Deputy Director of Air Force Services, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. His organization's mission is to increase combat capability and improve productivity through programs promoting readiness, esprit de corps and quality of service for Air Force people. Mr. Larry provides policy, technical direction and oversight for the $2 billion worldwide services program. This includes physical fitness, peacetime and wartime troop feeding, Air Force mortuary affairs operations, Armed Forces entertainment, Air Force protocol, lodging and libraries. It also incudes child development centers, youth centers and a wide spectrum of recreation activities. He provides oversight for uniforms, awards and recognition; Airman and family readiness; the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program; and other commander-interest programs that contribute to force sustainment.
Mr. Larry was commissioned in the Air Force in 1975. Over the next 30 years, he was assigned to Hancock Field, N.Y., North Charleston Air Force Station, S.C., and Aviano Air Base, Italy, where he was Chief, Morale, Welfare and Recreation. He also served at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Force Services Agency, and a tour at the Air Force Secretariat level.
Mr. Larry's leadership positions include deputy support group commander; Commander of the Air Force Services Agency; San Antonio, Texas; and Deputy Director of Air Force Services in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He retired from the Air Force in August 2005 as a colonel. Mr. Larry became a civil service employee in 2006 and a federal contractor in 2007, serving as Senior Program Manager for Logistics Applications Inc. at Headquarters U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2009.
EDUCATION
1975 Bachelor of Science degree in social science, Mississippi Valley State University
1979 Master of Science degree in business administration/management, Central Michigan University
1980 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1983 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar
1990 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1995 Air War College, by correspondence
1996 Air War College and On-scene Commander's Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1998 Wing Commander's Seminar, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Senior Leader Orientation Course, Washington, D.C.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. August 1975 - October 1975, student, weapons controller training, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
2. October 1975 - February 1976, weapons controller, Hancock Field, N.Y.
3. February 1976 - August 1977, Chief, Base Administration, Hancock Field, N.Y.
4. August 1977 - November 1977, Chief, Services Division, Hancock Field, N.Y.
5. November 1977 - June 1980, Chief, Administration, and Unit Fund custodian, 792nd Radar Squadron, North Charleston Air Force Station, S.C.
6. July 1980 - September 1980, student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. October 1980 - June 1983, executive officer to the Civil Engineer and to the Director of Operations; Chief, Base Administration; and protocol officer, 40th Tactical Group, Aviano Air Base, Italy
8. July 1983 - June 1986, Chief, Morale, Welfare and Recreation, Aviano AB, Italy
9. July 1986 - July 1989, Chief, MWR Plans; and Division Chief, MWR Business Branch, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas
10. August 1989 - June 1990, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
11. July 1990 - June 1994, MWR and Services staff officer and Chief, Plans and Evaluation Division, Directorate of Services, Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
12. June 1994 - July 1995, military assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Force Management and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
13. August 1995 - June 1996, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
14. July 1996 - July 1998, Deputy Commander, 31st Support Group, Aviano AB, Italy
15. July 1998 - August 2001, Commander, Air Force Services Agency, San Antonio, Texas
16. September 2001 - August 2005, Deputy Director, Directorate of Services, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
17. March 2006 - July 2007, Program Manager, Air Force Lodging and Fitness, Directorate of Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
18. August 2007 - July 2009, Senior Program Manager, Logistics Applications Inc., Headquarters U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
19. July 2009 - present, Deputy Director, Directorate of Services, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
(Current as of November 2009)
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