Brig. Gen. Jennie R. Johnson is the Director, Air Force Reserve Personnel, Headquarters U.S Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. She is responsible for developing and integrating Air Force Reserve personnel and services programs and policies to meet Total Force strategic objectives. She is charged with the responsibility to position the Air Force Reserve to support combatant commander requirements worldwide by managing resources affecting a budget of nearly $450 million for accessions, recruiting, retention, education, training, force structure, sustainment, compensation and benefits impacting 360,000 reservists and their dependents worldwide.
Brig. Gen. Johnson entered the Air Force through the Direct Appointment Program in September 1994. After an assignment as an assistant staff judge advocate, she attended Joint Undergraduate Navigator Training to become a C-130 navigator. She entered the United States Air Force Reserve in 2003 after nine years on active duty. Since then, she has held leadership positions at the squadron, group, wing and center levels and had staff duty at the Numbered Air Force and Air Staff levels. During her most recent deployment, she served as the Director of Mobility Forces, Air Force Central Command.
Prior to her current position, Brig. Gen. Johnson the Mobilization Assistant to the Air Force Director of Staff, Headquarters, United States Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. In her civilian capacity, she has served corporate clients for 19 years at one of the four largest professional services networks in the world.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1994 Juris Doctor, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
1994 Judge Advocate General School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2004 Master of Law, Taxation, University of Denver, Colo.
2006 Staff Judge Advocate Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2012 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C.
2014 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2014 Safety and Accident Investigation Board President Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2017 Director of Mobility Forces Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2018 NATO Senior Officer Policy Course, NATO School Oberammergau, Germany
2019 Transnational Issues Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
2021 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1994–August 1996, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan
2. August 1996–February 1997, Student, VT-4, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla.
3. February 1997–June 1998, Student, 562nd Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
4. June 1998–June 2001, C-130 Instructor Navigator/Flight Commander, 2nd Airlift Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.
5. June 2001–September 2003, Chief, Joint Exercise Control/C-130 Instructor Navigator, USAF Mobility Weapons School, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
6. September 2003–January 2005, C-130 Navigator, 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo.
7. January 2005–January 2006, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo.
8. January 2006–May 2008, Staff Judge Advocate, 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo.
9. May 2008–August 2010, Chief, Operations Plans, 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo.
10. August 2010–May 2012, Commander, 302nd Operational Support Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo.
11. May 2012–September 2013, Deputy Commander, 22nd AF Detachment 1, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
12. October 2013–April 2015, Vice Commander, 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (November 2013–February 2014, Commander, 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala.)
13. April 2015–November 2015, Chief, Total Force Enterprise Division and Chief of Staff, Total Force Continuum Directorate of Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
14. November 2015–May 2017, Chief of Staff, 22nd Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga.
15. May 2017–June 2019, Wing Commander, 403rd Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss. (March-July 2018, Director of Mobility Forces, Air Force Central Command, AI-Udeid Air Base, Qatar)
16. June 2019–May 2021, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 618th Air Operations Center, Scott AFB, Ill.
17. May 2021–August 2023, Commander, Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Space Force Base, Colo.
18. August 2023–March 2024, Mobilization Assistant to the Air Force Director of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
19. March 2024–present, Director, Air Force Reserve Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command navigator
Flight Hours: more than 1,500
Aircraft flown: C-130E, C-130H2, C-130H3 and WC-130J
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Kosovo Campaign Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
(Current as of March 2024)