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Group 5 Staff

Command Staff

 
Commander    Major John Dorie  
Deputy Commander    Lt Col Randall Gibbon  
Advisor to the Commander     Lt Col Edward Garland  
Group NCO Advisor    MSgt Bradley Hayes  

Squadron Commanders

TX-007 Lackland Cadet     Lt Col Lori Noyes  
TX-142  Randolph Composite    Capt Maximo Guadiano  
TX-187 Alamo Composite    1st Lt Christopher Spradley  
TX-351 Pegasus Composite    Lt Col Dennis A. Eibe  
TX-352 Col Joe W Kittinger Phantom     Capt David Zakariaie  
TX-371 Apollo Composite    1st Lt Josef Zeevi  
TX-403 Bell County Composite    Maj Ronald E Carns  
TX-427 Del Rio Cadet Flight    2nd Lt Brett Davis  
TX-435 David "Tex" Lee Hill Composite       Lt Col Ronald Diana  
TX-442 Kerrville Composite    Lt Col John Murray  

Administration

Director of Administration & Personnel       Lt Col Richard F Ferguson  
Assistant Admin Officer    Lt Col Christopher Baker  
Assistant Admin Officer     Lt Col Lee Tallier  
Assistant Personnel Officer    Maj Eric Opiela  
Assistant Personnel Officer    Lt Col Christopher Baker  
Assistant Personnel Officer    Lt Col Lee Tallier  
Assistant Personnel Officer    Maj Valerie Moczygemba  

Aerospace Education

 

Aerospace Education Officer    Capt Burke Vair  
Assistant Aerospace Education Officer    Lt Col Christopher Baker  
Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Officer    2Lt Andrea Forte  
Assistant Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Officer       1st Lt Jeffrey Stec  
Alerting Officer    Lt Col Christopher Baker  

Cadet Programs

Cadet Programs Officer    Capt Rodrigo Lopez  
Assistant Cadet Programs Officer     Lt Col Randall Gibbon  
Testing Officer     Lt Col Randall Gibbon  

Chaplain Corps

Chaplain      (Ch)Lt Col Alexander G Alvarez  

Communications

Communications Officer    Lt Col Allyn Merrell  
Assistant Communications Officer     Maj John Welsh  
Assistant Communications Officer     1st Lt Richard Anderson  
Assistant Communications Officer     Maj Gwendolyn Le Clerc  

Counterdrug

Counterdrug Officer    Lt Col Roger Corbin  
Assistant Counterdrug Officer     Maj Harry Cook  

Education and Training

Education and Training Officer    Maj Sean Minnick  
Assistant Education and Training Officer     Lt Col Christopher Baker   

Emergency Services

Emergency Services Officer    2nd Lt Andrea Forte  
Assistant Emergency Services Officer     Lt Col Martin Dorantes  
Assistant Emergency Services Officer     Lt Col Christopher Baker  
Assistant Emergency Services Officer       Lt Col Randall Gibbon  
Alerting Officer    Lt Col Christopher Baker  

Financial Management

Finance Officer    Lt Col Edward W Garland  
Asst Finance Officer     Lt Col Christopher Baker  

Health Services

Health Services Officer    Capt Erica Taylor  
Assistant Health Services Officer     Maj Jacob Brown  

Historian

Historian      Vacant  

Information Technology

Information Technology Officer     MSgt Bradley Hayes  
Assistant Information Technology Officer     Lt Col Joshua Schmidt  
Web Security Administrator     MSgt Bradley Hayes  

Legal

Legal Officer    Vacant  

Logistics

Logistics Officer    1st Lt Nicholas Seidel  
Transportation Officer      Vacant  
Supply Officer    Vacant  

 

Operations

Operations Officer    Capt Mauricio Urquiola  
Assistant Operations Officer    Lt Col John Meiners  
Assistant Operations Officer    1st Lt Ajeeth Rajan  
Assistant Operations Officer    Lt Col Robert Hamm  

Public Affairs

Public Affairs Officer    Vacant   

Recruiting & Retention

Recruiting & Retention Officer    Vacant  

Safety 

Safety Officer  Lt Col Jan Wagner  
Asst. Safety Officer    Lt Col Christopher Baker  
Asst. Safety Officer Capt Jason West  

Standardization & Evaluations

Stand/Eval Officer    Lt Col Michael Duc  

 

 

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