Brigadier General Linda S. Hurry is the Director of Expeditionary Support, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. She and her team are responsible for delivering worldwide expeditionary installation and mission support capabilities to customers at the headquarters, major command and installation levels. They support the oversight and resourcing of enterprise-wide IMS readiness, training and equipment, while also providing operational level planning and support to the warfighter through the execution of Functional Area Manager duties for all IMS capabilities and the management of operational readiness requirements on over 900 core unit type codes.  Additionally, her directorate provides Airmen across the I&MS enterprise access to formal mission ready training and functional specialty training, as well as analysis of current and future agile combat support mission requirements.

Gen. Hurry received her commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in pre-law. She is a fully qualified joint staff officer who has performed duties as an aircraft maintenance officer at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and as a logistics readiness officer at wing, major command and combatant command levels. She served as the Director of Operations for the 731st Air Mobility Squadron at Osan Air Base, Korea and as the Commander of the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, when it won the Daedalian Award for the best LRS in the Air Force and the Gerrity Award for the most effective logistics unit in the Air Force. General Hurry also served as the acting Chief of Legislative Affairs at USTRANSCOM and was responsible for the simultaneous Senate confirmation hearings for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the USTRANSCOM Commander. She was also selected as a Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow and spent a year with Caterpillar, Inc. before serving as the Executive Assistant to the Commander of USTRANSCOM. Prior to this assignment, General Hurry was the Commander of the 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing at Scott AFB, Illinois.

EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Science degree in pre-law/legal studies, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
1994 Master of Science degree in logistics management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, correspondence (Joint PME Phase I)
2006 Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 
2006 Joint Forces Staff College (Joint PME Phase II), Norfolk, Va.
2007 Air War College, correspondence
2010 Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship, Caterpillar, Inc., Decatur and Downers Grove, Ill.
2012 LOGTECH Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology
2012 Senior Leader Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C. 
2014 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, UNC, Chapel Hill, N.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1991 - October 1991, student, Transportation Officer Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2. October 1991 - March 1994, vehicle maintenance, vehicle operations, and combat readiness officer, 23rd Transportation Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.
3. March 1994 - August 1995, student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 
4. August 1995 - April 1999, Chief, Combat Readiness Planning and Chief, Traffic Management Branch, Transportation Division, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
5. April 1999 - April 2001, Senior Maintenance Officer and Chief Quality Assurance Evaluator, 71st Operations Group, Vance AFB, Okla.
6. April 2001 - November 2002, Aerial Port Flight CC, 731st Air Mobility Squadron, Osan AB, Korea
7. November 2002 - June 2003, Director of Operations, 731st Air Mobility Squadron, Osan AB, Korea
8. July 2003 - July 2005, Commander, 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fairchild AFB, Wash.
9. August 2005 - June 2006, student, Naval Command & Staff, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
10. July 2006 - September 2006, student, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
11. October 2006 - December 2007, Change Management/Joint Logistician Development Branch Chief, US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Scott AFB, Ill.
12. January 2008 - June 2009, Deputy, USTRANSCOM Legislative Affairs Division, Scott AFB, Ill.
13. June 2009 - June 2010, Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow, Caterpillar, Inc., Ill.
14. July 2010 - February 2011, Executive Assistant to the Commander, Commanders Action Group, USTRANSCOM, Scott AFB, Ill.
15. February 2011 - July 2013, Commander, 735th Supply Chain Operations Group, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
16. August 2013 - July 2014, Deputy Commander for Maintenance, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, Tinker AFB, Okla.
17. July 2014-August 2016, Commander, 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing, Scott AFB, Ill.
18. August 2016-present, Director, Expeditionary Support, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster 
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters 
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster 
Airlift Tanker Association Young Leadership Award 
Distinguished Graduate, Naval Command and Staff College National Defense University Foundation Award

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 29, 1991
First Lieutenant May 29, 1993
Captain May 29, 1995
Major April 1, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 2006
Colonel October 1, 2009
Brigadier General June 24, 2016

(Current as of August 2016)