BRIGADIER GENERAL GREGORY L. BRUNDIDGE Brig. Gen. Gregory L. Brundidge is Director of Command, Control, Communications and Warfighting Integration, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. He is responsible for providing EUCOM with the command, control, communication and computer systems capabilities necessary to prevent conflict, respond to crises and conduct military operations. General Brundidge was commissioned in 1979 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He directed software maintenance and development teams, led Air Combat Command's Network Division, and worked as a staff officer at Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Joint Staff. He served as Director of Communications and Information for Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. In his last Air Staff position, he served as the Deputy Director of the Operational Support Modernization Program, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer. He commanded three times at the squadron and group levels, culminating as the Commander of the 3rd Combat Communications Group, Tinker AFB, Okla. Prior to his current assignment, General Brundidge was Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications and Information Systems, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq. EDUCATION 1979 Bachelor of Science degree in biological science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1983 Master of Science degree in information systems, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1993 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 1993 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1996 Master of Science degree in national security studies, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. May 1979 - June 1980, admissions adviser, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2. June 1980 - February 1981, student, Basic Communications Officer Training Course, Keesler AFB, Miss. 3. February 1981 - June 1982, fixed communications systems staff officer, Tactical Communications Division, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Va. 4. June 1982 - December 1983, student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 5. January 1984 - March 1984, student, Communications-Computer Programmer Course, Keesler AFB, Miss. 6. April 1984 - April 1987, Chief, Weather Communications Software Maintenance and Development Branch, Force Command and Control Systems Office, Tinker AFB, Okla. 7. April 1987 - November 1987, student, Communications Staff Officer Course, Keesler AFB, Miss. 8. November 1987 - June 1990, Commander, 1963rd Communications Squadron, Chanute AFB, Ill. 9. June 1990 - August 1992, staff officer, Future Concepts and Personnel Classification and Utilization Branches, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 10. August 1992 - July 1995, contingency support requirements officer and integrated data systems officer, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 11. August 1995 - June 1996, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 12. July 1996 - November 1998, Commander, 86th Communications Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany 13. November 1998 - June 2001, Chief, Networks Division, Communications Directorate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 14. July 2001 - May 2003, Commander, 3rd Combat Communications Group, Tinker AFB, Okla. 15. May 2003 - June 2005, Director of Communications and Information, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii 16. June 2005 - January 2006, Chief, Capital Planning and Investment Division, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 17. January 2006 - June 2006, Deputy Director, Operational Support Modernization Program, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 18. June 2006 - November 2008, Director of Communications, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 19. November 2008 - November 2009, Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications and Information Systems (CJ6), Multi National Force - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq 20. November 2009 - present, Director, Command, Control, Communications and Warfighting Integration Directorate (ECJ6), Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. August 1992 - July 1995, contingency support requirements officer and integrated data systems officer, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a major and lieutenant colonel 2. November 2008 - November 2009, Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications and Information Systems (CJ6), Multi National Force - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, as a brigadier general 3. November 2009 - present, Director, Command, Control, Communications and Warfighting Integration Directorate (ECJ6), Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, as a brigadier general MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Bronze Star Medal Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 30, 1979 First Lieutenant May 30, 1981 Captain May 30,1983 Major June 1, 1990 Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1995 Colonel Feb. 1, 2001 Brigadier General June 29, 2007 (Current as of December 2009)