Brig. Gen. Glenn T. Harris is the Director of Operations and Communications at Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. As Director, he provides policy, guidance and advocates for resources for the command’s nuclear, conventional and cyber forces. The command is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready forces that provide strategic deterrence, global strike, cyber operations, combat support, information technology, infrastructure, and knowledge operations to United States Strategic Command and other geographic combatant commands. The command comprises more than 33,700 professionals operating at two numbered Air Forces and eleven active-duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve wings. Weapons systems assigned to the command include Minuteman III ICBMs, B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers, UH-1N helicopters, E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft and the NC3 system.
Brig. Gen. Harris graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in May 1995. He has commanded at the squadron and wing levels, including the 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, North Dakota. He also held a field operating agency staff assignment as the Vice Commander of the Air Force Inspection Agency, headquartered at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
Brig. Gen. Harris holds masters’ degrees from Central Michigan University and The National War College. Prior to his current position, Brig. Gen. Harris was Deputy Director of Global Operations, Headquarters, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska.
EDUCATION
1995 Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1998 Master of Human Resource Management, Central Michigan University
2000 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Certificate in Organizational Management, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2005 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2007 Air Force Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories Technology Fellowship, Sandia National Laboratories, N.M.
2009 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 Master of National Security Studies, National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1995–January 1996, Student, Undergraduate Space/Missile Training and Initial Qualification Training Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Operations, 381st Training Group, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
2. February 1996–July 2000, Senior Instructor Crew Commander, Chief Operations Simulator Training, Commander Evaluator, Deputy Evaluator, 91st Space Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.
3. July 2000–June 2002, Chief of Twentieth Air Force Training, Chief of Operations Training, Twentieth Air Force, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
4. June 2002–June 2003, Student, Air Force Intern, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
5. June 2003–July 2006, Assistant Director of Operations, Current Operations Flight Commander, Range Operations Commander, 2nd Range Operations Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
6. July 2006–July 2007, Student, Air Force Fellow-Sandia National Laboratories Technology Fellowship, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M.
7. August 2007–May 2010, Chief of ICBM Employment Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB. Colo.
8. June 2010–June 2012, Commander, 90th Operations Support Squadron, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
9. July 2012–June 2013, Director, Commander’s Action Group, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La.
10. July 2013–June 2014, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
11. June 2014–January 2015, Deputy Chief, Nuclear Surety Division, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.
12. February 2015–July 2016, Chief, Nuclear Surety Division, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.
13. July 2016–July 2018, Vice Commander, Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
14. July 2018–July 2020, Commander, 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.
15. July 2020–July 2021, Executive Officer to the Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
16. July 2021–July 2024, Deputy Director of Global Operations, Headquarters, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Neb.
17. July 2024–present, Director of Operations and Communications, AFGSC, Barksdale AFB, La.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2014–July 2016, Deputy Chief and Chief Nuclear Surety Division, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va., as a lieutenant colonel and colonel
2. July 2020–July 2021, Executive Officer to the Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a colonel
3. July 2021–July 2024, Deputy Director of Global Operations, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a brigadier general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with “N” Device and three oak leaf clusters
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
Badges: Master Missile Operations Badge and Command Space Badge
Systems: Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System and Range Operations
(Current as of July 2024)