Brigadier General DAMON S. FELTMAN

Brig. Gen. Damon S. Feltman is the Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. As a member of the executive staff, he leads development of the Service’s Future Years Defense Program, international partnerships, space system requirements, and strategic planning. He also leads collaboration with other services, the Joint Staff, and Combatant Commands in support of the Space Force’s role as the Department of Defense’s Joint Space Requirements Integrator. 

Brig. Gen. Feltman graduated from Mississippi State University in 1991 and received his commission through the Air Force ROTC program. During his career, Brig. Gen. Feltman has served in a variety of command, staff and unit positions. He has led operations crews for three different satellite programs, was the senior crew commander for an intercontinental ballistic missile squadron and was the space strategy and plans officer for an air operations center squadron. As a member of the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff, he managed training and education policy affecting 1.1 million guardsmen and reservists. In addition, Brig. Gen. Feltman has also served as the Executive Officer for the 100-person Air Staff office and 1,500-person major command headquarters of the dual-hatted Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command. Brig. Gen. Feltman commanded at the squadron and wing levels and was the Vice Commander of Tenth Air Force.

Prior to his current assignment, Brig. Gen. Feltman served as the Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Operations, United States Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. In his civilian capacity, Brig. Gen. Feltman is a civil servant for the Department of the Air Force.

EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Business Administration, Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Mississippi State University
1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2001 Master of Science, Space Studies, University of North Dakota
2003 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2008 Reserve Component Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va.
2009 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2010 Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 NATO Senior Officer Policy Course, NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany
2013 Senior Manager Course in National Security Leadership, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2014 Middle East and South Asia Foreign Policy Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
2015 NATO Reserve Senior Officer Course, NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany
2016 China and South Asia Foreign Policy Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
2017 Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2018 Senior Acquisition Management Course, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2018 Capstone Flag and General Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort. Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2022 Senior Executive National and International Security Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1992–April 1996, Assistant to the Wing Commander, Squadron Executive Officer, Chief of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Training and Crew Commander, Defense Support Program and DMSP, 1st Space Operations Squadron, Falcon Air Force Base, Colo.
2. May 1996–November 1999, Flight Commander, Squadron Command Post Commander, Crew Commander and Deputy Crew Commander, 319th Missile Squadron, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
3. November 1999–October 2003, Flight Commander, 37th Student Squadron, Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
4. October 2003–December 2004, Joint Space Experimentation Officer, Policy and Requirements Directorate, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
5. January 2005–July 2006, Space Strategy and Plans Officer, 710th Combat Operations Squadron, Langley AFB, Va.
6. August 2006–July 2009, Chief, Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command-Gained Branch, Command Space and Unmanned Aerial Systems Operations Functional Manager, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
7. August 2009–May 2010, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. September 2010–June 2012, Commander, 19th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo.
9. June 2012–May 2013, Executive Officer to the Chief of Air Force Reserve, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., and Executive Officer to the Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
10. May 2013–June 2014, Deputy Director, Training Programs Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. July 2014–September 2016, Commander, 310th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo.
12. October 2016–October 2018, Vice Commander, Tenth Air Force, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas
13. October 2018–September 2019, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Fourteenth Air Force, Air Force Space Command; and Deputy Joint Force Space Component Commander, USSTRATCOM, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
14. October 2019–present, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Operations, USSPACECOM, Schriever AFB, Colo.
14. October 2019–February 2022, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Operations, United States Space Command, Schriever AFB, Colo.
15. February 2022–present, Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.

JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2003–December 2004, Joint Space Experimentation Officer, Policy and Requirements Directorate, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as a major
2. May 2013–June 2014, Deputy Director, Training Programs Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel
3. October 2019–February 2022, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Operations, United States Space Command, Schriever AFB, Colo., as a brigadier general

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Joint Meritorious Unit Award

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 12, 1991
First Lieutenant Jan. 8, 1994
Captain Jan. 8, 1996
Major Jan. 8, 2003
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 2, 2007
Colonel June 15, 2012
Brigadier General March 26, 2018

(Current as of July 2022)