JOE G. LINEBERGER Joe G. Lineberger, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Director of the Air Force Review Boards Agency, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for the management and operations of the Air Force Personnel Council, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records and Air Force Civilian Appellate Review Office. In 1953 Mr. Lineberger entered the Air Force as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. His overseas assignments included Thule Air Base, Greenland; Pepperell AB, Newfoundland; exchange duty with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa; and Headquarters Military Assistance Command, South Vietnam. He served in a series of stateside assignments, including Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. He was the military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Installations under five assistant secretaries. Mr. Lineberger retired from military service in August 1980 as a colonel and assumed his current position Sept. 1, 1980. EDUCATION 1953 Bachelor of Arts degree, Duke University, N.C. 1959 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1963 Master of Business Administration degree, University of Chicago 1967 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1971 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1986 Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va. CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1. 1953 - 1980, military service 2. 1980 - present, Director, Air Force Review Boards Agency, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Washington, D.C. MILITARY Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal Air Force Commendation Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal CIVILIAN 1982 Air Force Association Citation of Honor Secretary of the Air Force Certificate of Appreciation (2) 1985 Air Force Recognition Award 1994 and 1998 Meritorious Civilian Service Award 2001 Exceptional Civilian Service Award 2007 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award (Current as of January 2008)