Philip Garrant
Philip Alan Garrant (born 1969) is a United States Space Force major general serving as the program executive for ground-based weapon systems of the Missile Defense Agency. Assignments. 1. March 1992 — June 1995, Systems Engineer then Program Manager, Document and Data Networks Division, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md. 2. June 1995 — June 1999, Systems Engineer then Program Manager, Data Masked 3. June 1999 — March 2001, Air Combat Training Manager, Weapons and Tactics Branch, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany 4. March 2001 — June 2002, Executive Officer, Director of Air and  Space Operations, Headquarters USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany 5. August 2002 — August 2003, Program Manager, F-16 Structures Branch, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah 6. August 2003 — September 2004, Student, Intermediate Developmental Education, Systems Engineering Department, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 7. September 2004 — July 2006; Chief, Advanced Sensors Branch; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Rosslyn, Va. 8. July 2006 — June 2007; Chief, Predator, Reaper, and Big Safari Programs Branch; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Rosslyn, Va. 9. June 2007 — June 2009, Commander, 689 Armament Systems Squadron, Air Armament Center , Eglin AFB, Fla. 10. July 2008 — January 2009; Multi-National Corps-Iraq, C-8 Acquisition Liaison Officer, Camp Victory, Iraq 11. June 2009 — June 2010; Deputy Director, 808 Armament Systems Group, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB Fla. 12. July 2010 — June 2011, Student, Senior Developmental Education, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. 13. July 2011 — May 2014, Senior Material Leader, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Systems Division, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 14. October 2013 — April 2014; Deputy Director for Regional Teams, Operational Contract Support and Chief, Audit Readiness; Headquarters U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan and Al Udeid , Qatar 15. May 2014 — June 2017, Director, Space Superiority Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 16. June 2017 — June 2019, Vice Commander and Deputy Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 17. June 2019 — present, Program Executive for Ground-based Weapon Systems, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Personal life. Garrant's father is a United States Army officer and his mother, Martha Garrant, is a school teacher. He has a brother who is a reservist in the United States Navy while working for the United  States Department of Defense. His wife, Heather, is a local school nurse. He has four children, three sons and a daughter, two of whom work for the Air Force as civilians. Awards and decorations. Garrant is the recipient of the following awards: