COLONEL ANDREW J. GALE Colonel Andrew J. Gale is Vice Commander, 688th Information Operations Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. In this capacity, he leads 1,200 professionals in developing, training, exercising and testing Information Operations tactics, techniques and procedures; analyzing and mitigating U.S. cyberspace vulnerabilities; integrating emerging Information Dominance capabilities in support of Air Force, Joint and DOD warfighters; engineering, deploying and delivering survivable and resilient cyber infrastructure (deployed and in-garrison); and integrates communications and computer systems designed to increase the combat effectiveness of Air Force and DoD elements. Colonel Gale is a native of Alexandria, Virginia, and a 1990 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his commission via the Reserve Officer Training Program and has served in a variety of positions in the communications and information career field at international, combatant command, Air Staff, major command and wing/base levels. EDUCATION 1989 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 1991 Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, MS 1994 Master of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 1996 Squadron Officer School (correspondence/residence), Maxwell AFB, AL 1999 Advanced Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, MS 2005 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL 2007 Air War College (correspondence), Maxwell AFB, AL ASSIGNMENTS 1. May 1991 - August 1991, student, Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, MS 2. August 1991 - February 1995, Project Engineer, Command Requirements Project Office, HQ Strategic Air Command; Officer-in-Charge, Telephone/Wire Branch; Officer-in-Charge, Telephone Systems Section and Flight Commander, Data Systems Flight, 55th Communications Squadron, Offutt AFB, NE 3. February 1995 - May 1996, Chief of Maintenance, 607th Air Support Operations Group, Osan AB, Republic of Korea 4. May 1996 - July 1996, student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL 5. July 1996 - July 1999, Officer-in-Charge, Plans Section, Joint Signal Group, Land Forces Southeast (NATO) and Aide-de-Camp to the Deputy Commander, 6th Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO), Izmir, Turkey 6. July 1999 - November 2001, Branch Chief, Resource Systems and Director, Commander's Action Group, Air Force Communications Agency, Scott AFB, IL 7. December 2001 - July 2004, Deputy Chief, J6 Director's Action Group; Officer-in-Charge, Global C4ISR Coordination Center; Action Officer, C4 Transformation, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA 8. July 2004 - June 2008; student, Air Command and Staff College; Commander, 42nd Communications Squadron; Deputy Commander, 42nd Mission Support Group; Executive Officer to the Commandant, Air War College and Commander, Spaatz Center for Officer Education; Maxwell AFB, AL 9. July 2008 - Aug 2010, Commander, 374th Communications Squadron and Deputy Commander, 374th Mission Support Group, Yokota AB, Japan 10. Sep 2010 - May 2011, Chief, Organizational & Force Development Programs, SAF/CIO A6, Pentagon, VA 11. May 2011 - Present, Vice Commander, 688th Information Operations Wing, Lackland AFB, TX MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf cluster s Joint Service Achievement Medal Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant November 23, 1990 First Lieutenant November 23, 1992 Captain November 23, 1994 Major January 1, 2002 Lieutenant Colonel November 1, 2006 Colonel September 1, 2011 (Current as of November 2011)