Hugh T . Broomall Major General Hugh T . Broomall served as the Special Assistant to the Director , Air National Guard . He was responsible for strategy development , state and federal liaison , inter - agency coordination and special studies supporting the one hundred and six thousand Air National Guard members nationwide . Early life and education . Broomall was born in Wilmington , Delaware on 18 Aug . 1948 . He graduated from Salesianum School in 1966 . He attended Delaware Technical and Community College and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Wilmington University in 1985 . He went on to earn a Master ' s Degree in both Human Resources and Public Administration from Wilmington University in 1996 . Broomall attended the United States Army War College in 1999 . Military career . In March 1967 he completed basic training at Lackland AFB , Texas . Broomall received Air Force Administrative Specialist Training in Amarillo AFB , Texas and then returned to the Delaware Air National Guard performing administrative duties for the 166th Maintenance Squadron as a technician . In 1971 he attended the Air Force Communications Operations Course , Sheppard AFB , Texas and accepted the position of Non - Commissioned Officer in Charge of the 166th Communications Flight . In November 1974 Broomall was commissioned as a second lieutenant through the Academy of Military Science at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base , Tennessee . In April 1975 he completed the Air Force Basic Survival Course , Fairchild AFB , Washington . In July 1975 he completed the Department of Defense Armed Forces Air Intelligence Officer Course at Lowry AFB , Colorado and returned as the Air Intelligence Officer . During this tour he completed education in Air Force Intelligence Service , Soviet Military Power Training , Washington , D . C . ; United States Air Force Tactical Air Warfare Training , Battle Staff Management , United States Air Force Special Operations School and Latin American Orientation at Hurlburt Field , Florida . Broomall completed Squadron Officer School in 1977 , Air Command and Staff College in 1982 , National Security Management Course , National Defense University , Washington , D . C . in 1985 . From May 1990 to October 1992 he was the Deputy Commander for Support , 166th Tactical Airlift Group . Between assignments he was the Commander 166th Support Group from October 1992 to October 2000 . During his tenure he completed courses in administration at the Office of Personnel Management . From January to November 1997 Broomall served in the Congressional Fellowship Program to the U . S . Senator William V . Roth , Jr . As a congressional fellow he served as a primary military staff officer supporting the United States Senate North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) Observer Group . He graduated from the U . S . Army War College , Resident Course , Carlisle Barracks , Pennsylvania in 1999 . In October 2000 , he was appointed the United States Property and Fiscal Officer for the Delaware National Guard . From May 2004 to August 2010 Broomall served as Assistant Adjutant General - Air , Delaware National Guard . In 2009 he attended the Senior Executive Seminar , George C . Marshall European Center for Security Studies , Garmisch - Partenkirchen , Germany and the Senior Executives in National and International Security program at the Harvard Kennedy School . Since August 2010 , Broomall has simultaneously served as Special Assistant to the Director , Air National Guard , Assistant to the Director , Air National Guard , and Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force . Promotion to Major General . Broomall was promoted to Major General on September 18 , 2010 . He was the first general officer in the Delaware Air National Guard who was non - prior military service and one of the few to emerge from the enlisted ranks . Thesis . Broomall ' s thesis at the United States Army War College was " Integration of the National Guard into the Total Force . " Personal . Broomall and his wife Christy are residents of Newark , Delaware . Honors . In 2011 Maj . Gen . Broomall was inducted into the Salesianum School Alumni Hall of Fame .