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    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      120529-F-JZ012-952.JPGEngage On
        
        120529-F-JZ012-952.JPGMAJOR GENERAL ROBERT D. REGOMaj. Gen. Robert D. Rego is the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He is also the Director, Reserve Directorate, and Commander, Joint Strategic Reserve Unit. U.S. Strategic Command's operational mission areas include full-spectrum global strike, space operations, computer network operations, Department of Defense information operations, strategic warning, integrated missile defense, global command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, combating weapons of mass destruction and specialized expertise to the joint warfighter.
General Rego entered the Air Force in 1985 as a graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of California, Los Angeles. His active-duty assignments include a tour as a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile crewmember and duty at Headquarters U.S. Space Command. As a Reservist, he served in special projects at U.S. Space Command, as the Air Force Research Laboratory liaison to the U.S. Army Big Crow Program Office, in numerous assignments at Headquarters Air Force Space Command, and as the Air Force Global Strike Command Director of Communications. 
General Rego has forward deployed as deputy commander for an Army Space Command unit during Operation Allied Force, and as a space and information operations planner for a joint special operations task force during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Vice Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.**EDUCATION**
1985 Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 
1992 Master of Arts degree in Space Systems Management, Webster University 
2000 Master's degree in military operational art and science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Air War College, by correspondence 
2004 Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
2005 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2009 Capstone General and Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2011 Executive Course on National and International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.**ASSIGNMENTS**
1. October 1985 - February 1986, student, missile initial qualification training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
2. February 1986 - February 1990, Minuteman ICBM deputy crew commander; instructor deputy crew commander; crew commander; and flight commander, 321st Strategic Missile Wing, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
3. April 1990 - August 1990, student, undergraduate space training, Lowry AFB, Colo.
4. August 1990 - December 1992, space warning officer; space control operations staff officer; and Deputy Chief, Special Operations Section, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colo.
5. January 1993 - June 1998, space control operations officer; space operations analyst; and space operations officer, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colo.
6. June 1998 - July 1999, Director of Operational Technology Migration and liaison to U.S. Army Big Crow Program Office, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (May 1999 - June 1999, Deputy Commander and operations officer, U.S. Army Space Command Unit (Forward), Camp Darby, Italy) 
7. July 1999 - June 2000, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. July 2000 - July 2003, Chief, Space Control Mission Team, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. (October 2001 - December 2001, space and information operations planner and airborne mission systems operator, Central Command area of responsibility; March 2003 - April 2003, space and information operations planner and airborne mission commander, Central Command area of responsibility) 
9. July 2003 - June 2004, student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
10. July 2004 - June 2006, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
11. June 2006 - July 2007, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 
12. July 2007 - May 2010, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Air, Space and Nuclear Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
13. June 2010 - October 2013, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La. (October 2012 - July 2013 concurrent duty as the Headquarters AFGSC Director of Communications)
14. October 2013 - August 2014, Vice Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La.
15. September 2014 - present, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.**SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS**
1. March 1995 - June 1998, space control operations officer, space operations analyst and space operations officer, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colo., as a major 
2. June 1998 - July 1999, Director of Operational Technology Migration and liaison to U.S. Army Big Crow Program Office, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M., as a major 
3. October 2001 - December 2001, space and information operations planner and airborne mission systems operator, Central Command area of responsibility, as a lieutenant colonel 
4. March 2003 - April 2003, space and information operations planner and airborne mission commander, Central Command area of responsibility, as a lieutenant colonel
5. September 2014 - present, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a major general**MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with 'V' device and two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with two oak leaf clusters
Kosovo Campaign Medal with service star
Iraq Campaign Medal with service star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border and oak leaf cluster

**EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION**
Second Lieutenant June 25, 1985 
First Lieutenant July 2, 1987 
Captain July 2, 1989 
Major March 10, 1995 
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1999 
Colonel July 1, 2003 
Brigadier General Aug. 31, 2008 
Major General Feb. 17, 2012
(Current as of August 2016)
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