Christopher D. Miller (Rhodes 1980)
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General. Rhodes Scholar, University of Oxford. Naval War College. Air War College. Columbia University. Council on Foreign Relations.
General Miller’s operational assignments include expeditionary wing command as the senior Air Force commander in Afghanistan, responsible for Airmen and aircraft conducting joint and coalition reconstruction and combat operations; and command of America’s only B-2 wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo. He was part of the B-1B initial cadre, commanding at both squadron and group levels during maturation of the B-1’s global conventional strike capability.[2]
His staff assignments include two tours at Headquarters U.S. Air Force in international affairs and plans and policy positions; and duty as policy adviser to the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He was a Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; the Director of Assignments at the Air Force Personnel Center; and Director of Plans, Policy and Strategy for North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. The general is a command pilot with more than 2,700 flying hours in B-2, B-1 and T-38 aircraft.
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, Combat Readiness Medal, Government of Canada Meritorious Service Medal.[2]
**2010 - Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.[2]
Nov 2009 to ? , Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.[2]
Aug 2009 to Nov 2009, Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.[2]
May 2007 to Aug 2009, Major general, Director of Plans, Policy and Strategy (J5), North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.[2]
2007 - National Security Studies Program, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.[2]
May 2006 to May 2007, Commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, and Director, Air Component Coordination Element, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.[2]
May 2006 to May 2007, Director, CJTF-76 and CJTF-82 Air Component Coordination Element, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan as brigadier general.[2]
Apr 2004 to May 2006, Commander, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo.[2]
2003 - Senior Executive Program, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.[2]
Jul 2002 to Apr 2004, Director of Assignments, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas.[2]
Aug 2001 to Jul 2002, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, N.Y.[2]
Apr 2000 to Aug 2001, Commander, 7th Operations Group, Dyess AFB, Texas.[2]
Aug 1997 to Mar 2000, Policy adviser on Defense Planning, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Brussels, Belgium, as a colonel.[2]
Dec 1996 to Jun 1997, Air Force Fellow, College of Security Studies and Defense Economics, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany.[2]
1996 - Air War College, by seminar.[2]
Aug 1993 to Dec 1996, Operations officer and Commander, 37th Bomb Squadron; later, Deputy Commander, 28th Operations Group, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.[2]
Jul 1991 to Jul 1993, Air operations officer and Chief, Concepts Branch, Strategy Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations; later, policy and issues analyst, Secretary of the Air Force Staff Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.[2]
1991 - Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies, College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.[2]
Jul 1990 to Jun 1991, Student, College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.[2]
1980 - Bachelor of Science degree in international relations and history, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.[2]
Feb 1988 to Jun 1990, B-1B pilot, aircraft commander and flight commander, 28th Bomb Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kan.[2]
Sep 1987 to Jan 1988, B-1B pilot initial qualification training, Dyess AFB, Texas[2]
Dec 1986 to Sep 1987, International politico-military affairs officer, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.[2]
1985 - Squadron Officer School, by correspondence.[2]
Aug 1983 to Nov 1986, T-38 instructor pilot, squadron executive officer, wing assistant executive officer and inspector general, 82nd Flying Training Wing, Williams AFB, Ariz.[2]
Aug 1982 to Jul 1983, Student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.[2]
Oct 1980 to Jul 1982, Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford University, England.[2] (Master of Philosophy degree in international relations)
[2] -LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHRISTOPHER D. MILLER
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