BRIGADIER GENERAL STEVEN D. VAUTRAIN Brig. Gen. Steven D. Vautrain is the Deputy Director, Strategy, Concepts, and Assessments, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He assists with developing and synchronizing Air Force Strategy and Strategic Planning efforts and assessing alignment of planning products with strategic guidance. General Vautrain was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He has served as an instructor pilot in the T-37, C-130E, C-130H, MC-130E and C-17 as well as holding various operational and staff positions at the squadron, group, wing, numbered air force, major-command and combatant-command levels. He has commanded a C-17 Operations Group and a C-5 wing. He has been deployed to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq as the mobility planner for the Air Component Coordination Element, represented the Chief of the Air Force Reserve at Headquarters Air Mobility Command, and served as the Chief of the Forward element of the U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. EDUCATION 1983 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. 1989 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence/residence 2001 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2005 Air War College, by correspondence 2009 Master’s degree in military history, Norwich University, Norwich, Vt. ASSIGNMENTS 1. August 1983 - July 1984, Student, undergraduate pilot training, 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus AFB, Miss. 2. July 1984 - November 1986, Tactics Officer, 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark. 3. November 1986 - September 1988, Assistant Flight Commander, 85th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin AFB, Texas 4. September 1988 - February 1991, Chief, T-37 academics, 47th Student Squadron, Laughlin AFB, Texas 5. February 1991 - February 1993, Chief of Training, 345th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan 6. February 1993 - March 1994, C-130 Flight Training Unit instructor pilot, 62nd Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark. 7. March 1994 - May 1995, Executive Officer, 62nd Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark. 8. May 1995 - November 1997, MC-130 Instructor Pilot, 711th Special Operations Squadron, Duke Field, Fla. 9. November 1997 - February 1999, Chief, Contingency Operations, 919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Fla. 10. February 1999 - February 2001, Chief, Airlift Operations, Fourth Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. 11. February 2001 - December 2002, Chief, Wing Safety, 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash. 12. December 2002 - October 2003, Operations Officer, 97th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash. 13. October 2003 - January 2006, Deputy Commander, 446th Operations Group, McChord AFB, Wash. 14. January 2006 - October 2006, Commander, 446th Operations Group, McChord AFB, Wash. 15. October 2006 - April 2009, Reserve Adviser to the Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill. 16. April 2009 - August 2011, Chief, Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, United States Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill. 17. August 2011 – September 2014, Commander, 439th Airlift Wing, Westover ARB, Mass. 18. September 2014 - present, Deputy Director, Strategy, Concepts, and Assessments, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. April 2009 - October 2009, Chief, CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center - Forward, Kabul, Afghanistan. 2. April 2009 - August 2011, Chief, USTRANSCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, Scott AFB, Ill. FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: command pilot Flight hours: more than 5,300 Aircraft Flown: T-37, T-38, C-130, MC-130, C-17, C-5 MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Medal Aerial Achievement Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Achievement Medal Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Unit Ward Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with V Device and five oak leaf clusters Combat Readiness Medal with seven oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Armed Forces Expeditionary Forces Medal Kosovo Campaign Medal Afghanistan Campaign Medal Iraq Campaign Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Armed Forces Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal with two "M" Devices NATO Medal PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS Air Commando Association Air Force Association Air Force Sergeants Association Airlift/Tanker Association Reserve Officers Association Society of Military Historians EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 7, 1983 First Lieutenant May 7, 1985 Captain May 7, 1987 Major May 7, 1997 Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 12, 2002 Colonel Feb. 24, 2006 Brigadier General Dec. 20, 2013 (Current as of October 2015)