Maj. Gen. Ralph S. Clem is mobilization assistant to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He serves as the principal adviser for the individual mobilization augmentee program supporting more than 12,000 Air Force Reservists. He chairs the individual mobilization augmentee allocation team which allocates funding for this program throughout the Air Force.
General Clem entered the Air Force in 1965 as a distinguished military graduate of the San Diego State College Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He has served as a special agent with the Office of Special Investigations; an intelligence officer and Chief of Intelligence for three Air Force Reserve flying units; and a senior intelligence staff officer and strategic air analyst with the National Security Agency.
In his civilian occupation, he is the Director, Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies. He is the author of several books and numerous scholarly articles dealing mainly with the Russian economy, including pieces in the Air University Review and Airpower Journal.
EDUCATION
1965 Bachelor of Arts degree in geography, San Diego State College
1972 Master of Arts degree in geography and Soviet studies, Columbia University
1976 Doctor of Philosophy degree in geography and Soviet studies, with distinction, Columbia University
1987 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1989 Combined Air Warfare Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1989 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1965 - January 1968, special agent, Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 101, Hartford, Conn.
2. January 1968 - January 1969, special agent, Office of Special Investigations, District 51, Bangkok, Thailand
3. January 1969 - July 1970, supervising case officer, headquarters, Office of Special Investigations, Washington, D.C.
4. July 1976 - October 1978, Chief of Intelligence, 915th Airborne Early Warning and Control Group, Homestead AFB, Fla.
5. October 1978 - February 1983, Chief of Intelligence, 93rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Homestead AFB, Fla.
6. February 1983 - March 1990, Chief of Intelligence, 482nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Homestead AFB, Fla.
7. March 1990 - December 1993, intelligence staff officer and senior strategic air operations analyst, Office of Military Forces, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
8. December 1993 - December 1996, mobilization assistant to the Assistant Deputy Director for Operations, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
9. December 1996 - January 1998, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Headquarters Air Intelligence Agency, Kelly AFB, Texas
10. January 1998 - July 1999, Deputy to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
11. August 1999 - April 2000, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
12. April 2000 - present, mobilization assistant to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Vietnam Service Medal with bronze star
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 15, 1965
First Lieutenant Aug. 1, 1968
Captain May 27, 1975
Major April 10, 1981
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 30, 1987
Colonel Aug. 1, 1991
Brigadier General July 18, 1996
Major General Feb. 29, 2000
(Current as of April 2000)