Major General JESSICA MEYERAAN

Maj. Gen. Jessica Meyeraan is the Director of Exercises and Assessments (ECJ7) and Advisor on Reserve Component Affairs for U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. As Director, she is responsible for the USEUCOM Joint Exercise Program, wargaming, readiness, lessons learned, and theater and operational assessments.

Maj. Gen. Meyeraan graduated from the University of Iowa's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps as a distinguished graduate in 1988. She served as an intelligence officer with assignments spanning both the regular Air Force and the reserve components, including time at the squadron, group, major command and combatant command levels. Career broadening opportunities included a three-year tour as an AFROTC instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a two-year tour as a special project co-leader for the commander, U.S. Strategic Command's Global Innovation and Strategy Center initiative. Additionally, she commanded the Air National Guard’s Training and Education Center.

Prior to her current position, Maj. Gen. Meyeraan was the Deputy Director of Partnering, Security Cooperation, and Missile Defense, United States European Command, in Stuttgart, Germany.

EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science in Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1996 Master of Science in Management Science, Troy State University, Troy, Ala.
2002 Air Command and Staff College Seminar, Offutt AFB, Neb.
2003 Joint and Combined Warfighter School-Intermediate, Joint Forces Staff College, Va.
2008 Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2015 National Security Studies Course, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
2018 Senior Executive in National and International Security, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass.
2019 Capstone General and Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1989–September 1989, Student, 3490th Technical Training Group, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
2. September 1989–September 1991, Aircrew Training Section Chief, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.
3. September 1991–September 1992, Aircrew Support Section Chief, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.
4. October 1992–June 1993, Afghanistan/Pakistan Senior Analyst, United States Central Command, Joint Intelligence Directorate, MacDill AFB, Fla.
5. June 1993–January 1994, Command Briefer, United States Central Command, Joint Intelligence
Directorate, MacDill AFB, Fla.
6. January 1994–February 1996, Iraq Intelligence Analyst, United States Central Command, Joint Intelligence Directorate, MacDill AFB, Fla.
7. February 1996–July 1998, Target Materials Flight Commander, 20th Intelligence Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb.
8. July 1998–July 2001, Instructor, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 470, University of Nebraska, Omaha
9. July 2001–July 2003, Command Operations Security Officer, Operations Directorate, United States
Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
10. July 2003–February 2004, Resource Programming Section Chief, Intelligence Directorate, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
11. March 2004–July 2007, Senior Intelligence Officer, 170th Operations Support Squadron, 55th Wing,
Offutt AFB, Neb. (February 2005–July 2007, Deputy Chief, Partnership Group, MPA orders, Global Innovation and Strategy Center, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.)
12. July 2007–May 2008, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
13. June 2008–December 2008, Special Assistant to the National Guard Bureau, ISR Directorate, Arlington, Va.
14. December 2008–March 2010, Plans, Policies and Programs Division Chief, Joint Intelligence Directorate, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va.
15. March 2010–September 2011, Deputy Director, Joint Intelligence, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va.
16. September 2011–August 2012, Air National Guard Advisor to the Commander, Air Force ISR Agency, Lackland AFB, Texas
17. September 2012–May 2014, Director of ISR, Air National Guard, National Guard Bureau, Joint Base
Andrews, Md.
18. May 2014–April 2016, Commander, I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tenn.
19. May 2016–March 2017, Chief of Staff of the National Guard Joint Staff, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va.
20. April 2017–February 2019, Vice Director Joint Manpower and Personnel, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va.
21. February 2019–May 2021, Deputy Director of Partnering, Security Cooperation, and Missile Defense, United States European Command, Stuttgart, Germany
22. June 2021–present, Director, Exercises and Assessments and Senior Reserve Component Advisor to the Commander, Headquarters United States European Command, Stuttgart, Germany

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit Medal with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Sept. 28, 1988
First Lieutenant Sept. 28, 1990
Captain Sept. 28, 1992
Major Feb. 1, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 1, 2005
Colonel June 19, 2009
Brigadier General April 3, 2017
Major General July 23, 2021

(Current as of August 2021)