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BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER D. GIVHAN
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Brig. Gen. Walter D. Givhan is Commandant, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The institute supports national defense by providing graduate, post-graduate, and professional education and research programs for Air Force, sister service, and foreign officers and civilians in pertinent scientific and technical disciplines.
General Givhan, a native of Safford, Ala., graduated from Morgan Academy in Selma, Ala., and the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., where he was a National Merit Scholar. He served as the U.S. air liaison officer to the commanding general, French ground forces, for operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The general has commanded a combat training squadron, an operations group, an air base wing and an air expeditionary wing.
General Givhan's previous staff assignments include deputy military assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force; Chief of the Congressional Action Division for Air Force Legislative Liaison; Chief, Combat Forces Division, Directorate of Programs; and Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He was also a Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a command pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours in the T-37, T-38, T-1, AT-38, F-15 and A-10 aircraft.
EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Arts degree in history, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1989 Master of Science degree in international relations, Troy State University
1994 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1995 Master of Airpower Art and Science degree, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2005 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2007 National Security Fellow, Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1981 - April 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
2. May 1982 - August 1982, student, pilot instructor training, Randolph AFB, Tex.
3. August 1982 - January 1986, T-37 instructor pilot, Columbus AFB, Miss.
4. February 1986 - April 1986, student, lead-in fighter training, Holloman AFB, N.M.
5. May 1986 - September 1986, student, F-15 Replacement Training Unit, Luke AFB, Ariz.
6. October 1986 - October 1989, F-15 pilot and wing executive officer, Bitburg Air Base, West Germany
7. October 1989 - September 1990, fighter liaison officer, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Nuremberg, Germany
8. October 1990 - April 1991, U.S. air liaison officer to the French ground commander for operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia
9. April 1991 - July 1993, F-15 flight commander and assistant operations officer, 58th Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
10. July 1993 - June 1994, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 1994 - June 1995, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. July 1995 - June 1996, Chief, Campaign Development, Checkmate Division, Directorate of Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
13. June 1996 - June 1997, Deputy Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. July 1997 - June 1999, Commander, 549th Combat Training Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
15. July 1999-June 2000, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
16. June 2000 - July 2001, Chief, Congressional Action Division, Legislative Liaison Directorate, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
17. July 2001 - July 2002, Commander, 71st Operations Group, Vance AFB, Okla.
18. August 2002 - July 2003, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, N.Y.
19. August 2003 - July 2004, Vice Commander, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
20. August 2004 - March 2006, Commander, 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.
21. March 2006 - September 2006, Chief, Combat Forces Division, Directorate of Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
22. September 2006 - September 2008, Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
23. September 2008 - September 2009, Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
24. October 2009 - present, Commandant, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1990 - April 1991, U.S. air liaison officer to commanding general, French ground forces, for operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, as a captain
2. September 2008 - September 2009, Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 2,500
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, T-1, AT-38, F-15A/B/C/D and A-10
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze stars
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
NATO Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait)
French Croix de Guerre with silver star
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Top honor graduate, Officer Training School
1984 ATC Flying Instructor of the Year
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 6, 1981
First Lieutenant May 6, 1983
Captain May 6, 1985
Major April 1, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1997
Colonel April 1, 2001
Brigadier General Nov. 2, 2007
(Current as of December 2009)
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