Maj. Gen. Lee Ann T. Bennett is the Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. She is responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff, ISR and CEO for policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight and leadership of Air Force ISR and CEO capabilities. She supports a 73,000-person intelligence and cyber operations enterprise with a portfolio valued at $72 billion across the Air Force. She also provides guidance and counsel to the Deputy Chief of Staff, ISR and CEO on Reserve issues.
Maj. Gen. Bennett graduated from Siena College in 1988 with a degree in mathematics. She earned her commission through the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reserve Officer Training Corps Program in 1988, where she was a distinguished graduate. She served on active duty from February 1989 until September 1995. In September 1996, then-Capt. Bennett joined the Air Force Reserve. She has served as an individual Mobilization Augmentee and a traditional Reservist at numerous Air Force and joint organizations. Prior to her current assignment, the general was the Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Siena College, Loudonville, N.Y.
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2002 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2002 Master of Science, Biology-Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2006 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 United States Air Force Enterprise Leadership Program, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2017 Capstone, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2019 Cybersecurity Executive Education Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1989–September 1989, Student, Intelligence Applications Course, 3486th Student Squadron, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
2. September 1989–September 1992, Chief, Sea-Aerospace Threat Branch, Air Force Electronic Warfare Center, Kelly AFB, Texas
3. September 1992–November 1993, Chief, SIGINT Threat Analysis Branch, Air Force Electronic Warfare Center, Kelly AFB, Texas
4. November 1993–September 1995, Flight Commander, 563rd Flying Training Squadron, Randolph AFB, Texas
5. September 1996–August 1997, Assistant Chief of Acquisitions, 17th Training Support Squadron, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
6. August 1997–August 1998, Intelligence Staff Officer, 17th Training Support Squadron, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
7. August 1998–August 2000, Chief, Command Intelligence Reserve Forces, Air Operations Squadron, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
8. August 2000–August 2001, Chief, Intelligence, Headquarters AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas
9. August 2001–June 2004, Deputy Chief, Command Intelligence Branch, Headquarters AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas
10. June 2004–June 2005, Chief, Reserve Component/Intelligence Integration and AF Reserve Intelligence Detachment Commander, Joint Information Operations Center, San Antonio
11. June 2005–May 2007, Intelligence Operations Officer and Air Force Reserve Intelligence Detachment Commander, San Antonio
12. April 2007–April 2008, individual Mobilization Augmentee to Director of Intelligence Operations and Reserve Intelligence Detachment Commander, Headquarters Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, San Antonio
13. April 2008–August 2008, Chief, Current Operations Division, Headquarters Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, San Antonio
14. September 2008–March 2009, Deputy Director, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
15. April 2009–March 2011, individual Mobilization Augmentee to Commander, Joint Intelligence Operations Center-Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
16. March 2011–February 2014, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Wartime J-2, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, South Korea
17. February 2014–September 2014, Mobilization Assistant to Commander, AFISRA, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
18. September 2014–June 2016, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 25th Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
19. June 2016–June 2017, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
20. July 2017‒September 2019, Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
21. October 2019‒present, Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2004–June 2005, Chief, Reserve Component/Intelligence Integration and AF Reserve Intelligence Detachment Commander, Joint Information Operations Center, San Antonio, as a lieutenant colonel
2. June 2005–May 2007, Intelligence Operations Officer and AF Reserve Intelligence Detachment, Commander, Joint Information Operations Warfare Command, San Antonio, as a lieutenant colonel
3. April 2009–March 2011, Individual Augmentee to Commander, Joint Intelligence Operations Center–Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a colonel
4. March 2011–February 2014, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Wartime J-2, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, South Korea, as a colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass and ‘M’ devices
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Air Education and Training Command Outstanding IMA of the Year
Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Sept. 30, 1988
First Lieutenant Sept. 30, 1990
Captain Sept. 30, 1992
Major July 14, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 4, 2003
Colonel June 5, 2007
Brigadier General Dec. 10, 2015
Major General Nov. 21, 2019
(Current as of October 2021)