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        MGCarterMajor General THERESA C. CARTERMaj.Gen.TheresaC.Carterserves asCommander,AirForce Installation andMissionSupport Center,Joint BaseSan Antonio-Lackland, Texas.Sheleads an intermediate-level headquarters responsible for providing installation and mission support capabilities to 77 Air Force installations, nine major commands and two direct reporting units with an annual budget of approximately $10 billion. One of six centers assigned to Air Force Materiel Command, the unit’s cross-functional team integrates security forces, civil engineering, base communications, logistics readiness, installation ministry programs, services, operational acquisition and financial management across 10 detachments and six primary subordinate units. Those units are the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Security Forces Center, Air Force Installation Contracting Agency, Air Force Services Activity, Air Force Financial Services Center and Air Force Financial Management Center of Expertise.



GeneralCarterenteredthe Air ForceinSeptember 1985asadistinguishedgraduate oftheAirForce ReserveOfficerTrainingCorpsprogramatPurdueUniversity.Acareercivilengineer, she has servedina variety of positionsatthe base, major command and Air Stafflevels.  One third of her career has been in command positions with command ofacivil engineersquadron,missionsupportgroup, two airbase wings and a center.  Hercontingency experience includes service in supportofOperationDesertShield, and commandofacivilengineer unitinsupportof Operation SouthernWatch.Prior to her current assignment, General Carter served as the Air Force Civil Engineer whereshe wasresponsiblefor organizing, training and equippingthe60,000-personcivilengineer force and for planning, development, construction, maintenance, utilities and the environmental quality of Air Force bases worldwide valued at more than $251 billion.

**EDUCATION**
1985 Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
1988 Master of Science degree in industrial engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman
1989 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1998 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1999 Air War College, by correspondence
2003 Distinguished graduate, Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2007 U.S. Air Force Senior Leadership Course, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2007 U.S. Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2008 Senior Executive Fellows Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.**ASSIGNMENTS**





1. September 1985- July 1987, industrial engineer,2854th Civil Engineer Squadron, Tinker AFB,Okla.



2. August1987-December 1988, graduatestudent, industrial engineering,Air ForceInstituteofTechnologyCivilianInstituteProgram,UniversityofOklahoma,Norman

3. January 1989 -March 1991, Chief of Industrial Engineering; Hurricane Hugo RecoveryProgramManager; and Chief,Production and MaterielManagement, 363rdCivil Engineer Squadron,Shaw AFB,S.C.

4. April 1991- April1992, operations flight commander, 673rd Civil EngineerSquadron, Shemya AFB,Alaska

5. April 1992- December 1995, Environmental Program Manager;Environmental ComplianceProgramManager; specialassistant and, later, executiveofficerto the CivilEngineer, Civil Engineer Directorate,Headquarters Air CombatCommand,LangleyAFB,Va.

6. December 1995- July1997, operations flightcommander, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, SpangdahlemAirBase,Germany

7. August 1997-June 1998, student,AirCommandand Staff College, MaxwellAFB, Ala.

8. June1998 -June 2000,Military ConstructionProgramManager and Chief, Housing Operations Branch,Officeof the CivilEngineer,DeputyChiefofStaffforInstallations and Logistics, HeadquartersU.S.AirForce,Washington,D.C.

9. June2000 -July 2002, Commander,355thCivil EngineerSquadron,Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.

10. August2002-August2003,student,IndustrialCollegeofthe Armed Forces,Fort Lesley J.McNair,Washington, D.C.

11. August2003-June2005, Commander,42ndMissionSupportGroup, MaxwellAFB,Ala.

12. June2005-January 2006, ViceCommander, 78th Air BaseWing,Robins AFB, Ga.

13. January 2006-January2008,Commander, 78th Air BaseWing,Robins AFB, Ga.

14. January2008-July2011,DirectorofInstallations andMissionSupport, Headquarters Air MobilityCommand,ScottAFB,Ill.

15. July 2011-May 2013, Commander, 502nd Air BaseWing and Joint Base SanAntonio, Joint BaseSanAntonio,Texas.

16. June2013–March 2014, Air Force CivilEngineer,DeputyChiefofStaff, Logistics, Installations andMissionSupport,Headquarters U.S.AirForce,WashingtonD.C.

17. March 2014–August2014, Special Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, JointBaseAndrews-NAFWashington,Md.

18. August2014–April 2015, Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (Provisional), Joint Base Andrews, Md

19. April 2015 - present,Commander, Air Force Installationand Mission Support Center,Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas

**MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**
Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device, eight oak leaf clusters
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal**OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS**
1989 Squadron Outstanding Graduate, Squadron Officer School
1997 Air Force Senior Civil Engineer Manager of the Year
2003 Award for Excellence in Logistics Research and Writing, Defense Logistics Agency
2010 Outstanding Industrial Engineer Alumna, Purdue University
2011 Purdue University ROTC Hall of Fame
2013 Distinguished Engineering Alumna, Purdue University
Registered Professional Engineer, Va.**EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION**
Second Lieutenant July 9, 1985
First Lieutenant July 9, 1987
Captain July 9, 1989
Major Aug. 1, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1999
Colonel Aug. 1, 2003
Brigadier General May 7, 2010 
Major General Aug. 2, 2013  
(Current as of September 2016)
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