MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN P. GROSS Maj. Gen. Stephen P. Gross is the mobilization assistant to the Chief of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Gross entered the Air Force in 1975 as a distinguished graduate of the University of Massachusetts ROTC program. He began his career as a communications officer then broadened his experience in aerial port and logistics operations. The general has commanded five units, both active duty and Reserve, in operational and support missions. Additionally, he served as a deputy operations group commander, and was the individual mobilization augmentee to the Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, U.S. Strategic Command. Prior to his current assignment, he was the mobilization assistant to the Director of C4 Systems at U.S. Pacific Command. EDUCATION 1975 Bachelor's degree in business administration, University of Massachusetts 1978 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1997 Air War College, by correspondence ASSIGNMENTS 1. September 1975 - April 1976, Student, Communications Officer Course, Keesler AFB, Miss. 2. April 1976 - July 1976, Student, Communications Computer Programming Course, Keesler AFB, Miss. 3. July 1976 - September 1977, Computer Programmer, 1st Aerospace Communications Group, Offutt AFB, Neb. 4. October 1977 - August 1979, Executive Officer, Strategic Communications Area, Offutt AFB, Neb. 5. August 1979 - October 1979, Commander, Det.achment 5, 1st Aerospace Communications Group, Westover AFB, Mass. 6. November 1979 - March 1982, Commander, 1917th Communications Squadron, Westover AFB, Mass. 7. April 1982 - September 1982, Air Freight Officer, 59th Aerial Port Squadron, Westover AFB, Mass. 8. October 1982 - March 1983, Air Freight Officer, 42nd Aerial Port Squadron, Westover AFB, Mass. 9. March 1983 - April 1985, Operations Officer, 439th Communications Squadron, Westover AFB, Mass. 10. April 1985 - December 1990, Commander, 439th Communications Squadron, Westover AFB, Mass. 11. December 1990 - September 1992, Commander, 59th Aerial Port Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. 12. September 1992 - April 1998, Commander, 58th Aerial Port Squadron, Westover ARB, Mass. 13. May 1998 - July 1999, Deputy Commander, 439th Operations Group, Westover ARB, Mass. 14. July 99 - July 2001, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (J6), U. S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 15. July 2001 - June 2005, Mobilization Assistant to the Director for C4 Systems (J6), U. S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii 16. June 2005 - January 2009, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 17. February 2009 - present, Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster Air Force Outstanding Unit Award National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 21, 1975 First Lieutenant Sept. 6, 1977 Captain Sept. 6, 1979 Major April 1, 1989 Lieutenant Colonel June 18, 1993 Colonel June 1, 1999 Brigadier General Oct. 1, 2004 Major General Sept. 2, 2007 (Current as of February 2009)