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Prior to commanding JSOC, Lt Gen Howell served as the vice commander of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Washington Office where he planned, coordinated, and executed USSOCOM initiatives with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, military services, and other government agencies. Lt. Gen. Howell also served as Commander, Joint Special Operations Joint Task Force – Afghanistan/NATO Special Operations Component Command – Afghanistan from 2016 to 2017.

Lt Gen Howell serves as a Capstone senior fellow at the National Defense University, and the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and Bronze Star Medal.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in management from the United States Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in national security studies from the National War College.

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Phil Breedlove is a proven strategic planner, motivational leader and talented communicator. He is a highly decorated retired general of the United States Air Force where he reached the highest levels of military leadership as one of six geographic Combatant Commanders and the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

During 39 years of service, he served in a variety of demanding command and staff positions, leading large-scale, diverse, global operations across two theaters of combat and earning a reputation as an inspirational leader focused on his people, their families and mission accomplishment. Leading a diverse political-military alliance, he was able to build consensus and form teams to accomplish complex tasks spanning multiple continents

As the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and the Commander of U.S. European Command , he answered directly to NATO’s governing body, the North Atlantic Council, and to the President of the United States and Secretary of Defense. He led the most comprehensive and strategic structural and policy security changes in the alliance’s 70 year history. His diplomatic skills reassured allies, deterred potential aggressors, and maintained alliance unity during the most dynamic and challenging period since its inception. He led the forces of 28 nations and multiple partners in ensuring the security of an alliance that accounts for more than half the world’s GDP.

As Commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, Breedlove was responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready forces while ensuring theater air defense forces were ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense. This diverse portfolio included both theater and operational air and ballistic missile defense, areas where his operational designs remain in place today.

As Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, he presided over the Air Staff and served as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council and Deputy Advisory Working Group during a period of intense challenge, including devising measures to meet the requirements of the the Budget Control Act’s required $480 billion reduction of the Department of Defense budget. Accordingly, he led the organization, training and equipping of more than 690,000 people serving in the U.S. Air Force and provided oversight of its $120 billion annual budget.

As Assistant Chief of Staff for Air Operations, Plans and Requirements, Breedlove directed all Air Force operations across the globe, oversaw strategic and operational planning, and set the requirements for all Air Force procurement. Additionally, he was one of two original authors of the Defense Department’s Air-Sea Battle Concept.

Breedlove served in a variety of assignments leading up to those leadership positions, including commanding a squadron, a group, three fighter wings, and a Numbered Air Force in service across three different continents. His extensive command and control experience in wartime, contingency planning, and humanitarian relief actions include operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

He earned his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Aerospace Technology from Arizona State University. Additionally, he completed a Masters of International Security Affairs from the National War College, a Fellowship in International Security Affairs, Seminar XXI from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed Leadership at the Peak at the Center for Creative Leadership Colorado Springs.

Breedlove currently serves on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board, as a Distinguished Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, as a Senior Advisor to Fairfax National Security Solutions, and on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council.

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He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Masters degree from Georgetown University. He also completed a year-long Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellowship at Harvard University and attended the Singularity University Executive Program at NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA.

A native of Columbus, Ohio and a life-long Ohio State football fan, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia. His current focus is in two areas – 1) how to measurably improve economic opportunity for all young Americans by linking public education, job skill development, and the evolving job market, and 2) the development of artificial intelligence tools to provide real-time access to practical knowledge.

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General Obering, a native of Birmingham, Ala., entered the Air Force in 1973 after completing the University of Notre Dame’s ROTC program as a distinguished graduate. He received his pilot wings in 1975 and flew operational assignments in the F-4E. The general was later assigned to the Space Shuttle program and participated in 15 space shuttle launches as a NASA orbiter project engineer and was responsible for integrating firing room launch operations. Other assignments include tours with the Air Force Inspector General, the Defense Mapping Agency and Electronic Systems Center.

Prior to his assignment at MDA, the general planned and programmed 68 joint, Air Force and international programs with a $28 billion budget as Mission Area Director for Information Dominance on the Air Staff.

EDUCATION
1973 Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering, cum laude, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.
1977 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1980 Master of Science degree in astronautical engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
1984 Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
1988 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1993 Distinguished graduate, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1973 – January 1975, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Craig AFB, Ala.
2. January 1975 – February 1976, student pilot, F-4E Replacement Training Unit, MacDill AFB, Fla.
3. February 1976 – September 1979, operational F-4E pilot and Chief, Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron; also base executive officer, Moody AFB, Ga.
4. September 1979 – September 1980, graduate student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
5. September 1980 – December 1982, Design Manager, Space Shuttle ground support equipment, later, Chief, Space Shuttle Vehicle Integration, 6595th Shuttle Test Group, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
6. December 1982 – July 1984, Project Engineer, NASA Orbiter, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
7. July 1984 – December 1984, student, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
8. December 1984 – July 1987, Space Shuttle Project Engineer, 6595th Shuttle Test Group, later, Director of Shuttle Engineering, Western Space and Missile Center, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
9. July 1987 – July 1988, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. July 1988 – June 1990, Chief, Special Projects Inspections, Systems Acquisition Management Inspection Division, Headquarters Air Force Inspection and Safety Center, Norton AFB, Calif.
11. June 1990 – June 1991, Program Element Monitor, Air Force Medium-Space Launch Vehicles Program and Deputy Chief, Space Systems Division, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
12. June 1991 – July 1992, Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
13. July 1992 – June 1993, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
14. June 1993 – July 1996, Deputy Director, Acquisition and Technology Group, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C.
15. July 1996 – April 1997, Program Director for Special Projects, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
16. April 1997 – August 1999, Director, Expeditionary Forces Experiment System Program Office, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
17. August 1999 – December 2001, Mission Area Director for Information Dominance, Office of the Assistant Secretary Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
18. December 2001 – July 2003, Deputy for Force Structure Integration and Deployment, and Program Director for Battle Management Command and Control, Missile Defense Agency, Washington, D.C.
19. July 2003 – July 2004, Deputy Director, Missile Defense Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., and Director, Joint National Integration Center
20. July 2004 – present, Director, Missile Defense Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Cross of the Czech Republic

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Top Gun, Air-to-Air, F-4E Replacement Training Unit
Distinguished graduate, flying training, and academic training trophies, Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 75-05

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Dec. 13, 1973
First Lieutenant Dec. 13, 1975
Captain Dec. 10, 1977
Major April 1, 1986
Lieutenant Colonel June 1, 1989
Colonel Feb. 1, 1994
Brigadier General June 1, 2000
Major General Jan. 1, 2004
Lieutenant General Aug. 1, 2004

(Current as of December 2008)

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