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BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS W. GEARY
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Brigadier General Thomas W. Geary serves as Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Kabul, Afghanistan and as Deputy Director, Intelligence, United States Forces - Afghanistan. In these capacities, General Geary leads all United States and ISAF intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, counter-intelligence, and intelligence support requirements within the Combined Joint Operations Area - Afghanistan.
General Geary received his commission in 1988 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. After commissioning, he served in the Missile Operations career field as Minuteman III ICBM Combat Crew Commander and Instructor before transitioning to the intelligence career field in 1993. General Geary served as a Senior Defense Intelligence Officer; as 8th Air Force's Director for Intelligence; and as Communications Chief and senior speechwriter for the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
Throughout his career, General Geary held a variety of leadership positions in Air Combat Command, Space Command, the United States Pacific Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency; and he has commanded at the squadron, group, wing and joint levels. Prior to General Geary's current assignment, he commanded the National Security Agency/Central Security Service Texas, San Antonio.
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science degree in business management, Norwich University: Military College of Vermont, Northfield
1991 Master of Science degree in business management, Lesley College, Cambridge, Mass.
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2001 Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS), Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2001 U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, distinguished graduate, Quantico, Va.
2005 Master of Science degree in strategic studies (academic distinction), Air University, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 U.S. Air Force Enterprise Leadership Program, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
2010 Senior Executive Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2011 National Security Studies, National Security Management Course, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1988 - April 1989, Student, undergraduate missile training, 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
2. May 1989 - December 1989, Deputy Combat Crew Commander, 319th Strategic Missile Squadron, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
3. January 1990 - November 1991, Deputy Flight Commander, 319th Missile Squadron, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
4. December 1991 - June 1992, Missile Crew Commander, MM III ICBM Alternate Command Post, 319th Strategic Missile Squadron, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
5. June 1992 - August 1993, Instructor Crew Commander, MM III ICBM, 90th Operations Support Squadron, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
6. September 1993 - June 1994, Student, intelligence training, 315th Training Squadron, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
7. July 1994 - July 1997, Chief, Northeast Asia Strategic Exercise Branch, North Asia Department, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
8. July 1997 - March 1999, Chief, Intelligence Modernization Section, Intelligence Plans & Programs Division, Directorate of Operations, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
9. March 1999 - June 2000, Special Actions Officer, Commander's Action Group, Headquarters, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
10. July 2000 - June 2001, Student, U.S. Marine Corps Command & Staff College, Quantico, Va.
11. July 2001 - September 2001, Student, Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS), Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
12. October 2001 - January 2003, Chief, China Strategic Issues Team, China Division, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.
13. February 2003 - March 2004, Senior Defense Intelligence Officer, Executive Support Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. March 2004 - June 2005, Chief, Communications Team & Senior Speechwriter, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
15. July 2005 - May 2006, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
16. June 2005 - June 2007, Commander, 608th Air Intelligence Squadron and Director of Intelligence, Eighth Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.
17. June 2007 - July 2009, Commander, 692d ISR Group, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
18. June 2009 - June 2011, Commander, 17th Training Wing, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
19. June 2011 - June 2012, Commander, National Security Agency/Central Security Service Texas (NSA/CSS Texas), San Antonio
20. June 2012 - Present, Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force & Deputy Director, Intelligence, United States Forces - Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1994 - July 1997, Chief, Northeast Asia Strategic Exercise Branch, North Asia Department, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a captain
2. October 2001 - January 2003, Chief, China Strategic Issues Team, China Division, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. (JDA), as a major
3. February 2003 - March 2004, Senior Defense Intelligence Officer, Executive Support Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (JDA), as a lieutenant colonel
4. June 2007 - July 2009, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Joint Task Force 519 (JTF-519), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a colonel
5. June 2011 - June 2012, Commander, National Security Agency/Central Security Service Texas (NSA/CSS Texas), San Antonio, Texas (JDA), as a colonel
6. June 2012 - Present, Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force & Deputy Director, Intelligence, United States Forces - Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan (JDA), as a frocked brigadier general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with one oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1988 Distinguished Graduate, Reserve Officer Training Corps
1994 Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Air Force Fundamentals of Intelligence Course
2001 Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College
2006 Academic Distinction, U.S. Air War College
2001 Joint Writing Award, JCWS Academic Affairs Writing Award
2004 Joint Qualified Officer, (JQO) Designation
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant - September 8, 1988
First Lieutenant - September 8, 1990
Captain - September 8, 1992
Major - January 1, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel - March 1, 2003
Colonel - January 1, 2007
Brigadier General - December 3, 2012
(Current as of January 2013)
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