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    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      080509-F-JZ510-972.JPGEngage On
        
        080509-F-JZ510-972.JPGBRIGADIER GENERAL JONATHAN D. GEORGEBrig. Gen. Jonathan D. George is the Director, Strategic Capabilities Policy, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C. 
General George was commissioned in 1981 and has had a variety of operational and staff assignments, including command of a bomb squadron, a bomb group, an air expeditionary wing, a bomb wing and an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance wing. His staff assignments have been at the Headquarters U.S. Air Force, U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy.
The general is a command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours in various strike, reconnaissance and training aircraft. ******EDUCATION**1979 Bachelor of Science degrees in agronomy and education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 
1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 
1990 Master of Public Administration degree, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 
1995 NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy **ASSIGNMENTS** 
1. February 1981 - August 1985, student, undergraduate pilot training, later, T-37 instructor pilot and runway supervisor unit controller, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, Okla. 
2. August 1985 - August 1988, U-2 and TR-1 instructor and evaluator pilot, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, Calif. 
3. August 1988 - August 1989, White House Fellow and special assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 
4. August 1989 - December 1990, graduate student, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 
5. December 1990 - November 1993, Director of Operations and B-1 instructor aircraft commander, 46th Bomb Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, N.D. 
6. November 1993 - December 1994, Chief of Safety, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo. 
7. December 1994 - August 1995, student, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy 
8. August 1995 - October 1997, Commander, 393rd Bomb Squadron, later, Deputy Commander 509th Operations Group, Whiteman AFB, Mo. 
9. October 1997 - May 2000, Director of Combat Operations and Senior Controller, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 
10. June 2000 - December 2001, Commander, 509th Operations Group, Whiteman AFB, Mo. 
11. December 2001 - December 2002, Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 
12. January 2003 - September 2004, Commander, 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas, and Commander 7th Air Expeditionary Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam 
13. September 2004 - September 2005, Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 
14. September 2005 - March 2007, Commander, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb. 
15. April 2007 - April 2008, Deputy Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan 
16. May 2008 - March 2009, Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Application, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 
17. March 2009 - present, Director, Strategic Capabilities Policy, National Security Council, Washington, D.C. **SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS** 
1. August 1988 - August 1989, White House Fellow and special assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., as a captain 
2. October 1997 - May 2000, Director of Combat Operations and Senior Controller, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a colonel 
3. April 2007 - April 2008, Deputy Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general 
4. May 2008 - March 2009, Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Application, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., as a brigadier general 
5. March 2009 - present, Director, Strategic Capabilities Policy, National Security Council, Washington, D.C., as a brigadier general **FLIGHT INFORMATION**
Rating: Command pilot 
Flight hours: More than 4,000 hours 
Aircraft flown: RC-135, B-1, B-2, U-2R, T-38 and T-37 **MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**
Defense Superior Service Medal 
Legion of Merit 
Distinguished Flying Cross 
Bronze Star Medal 
Air Medal **EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION**
Second Lieutenant Feb. 4, 1981 
First Lieutenant Feb. 4, 1983 
Captain Feb. 4, 1985 
Major Oct. 1, 1991 
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 1994 
Colonel Sept. 1, 1998 
Brigadier General Feb. 16, 2006 
(Current as of May 2010)
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