Maj. Gen. Lyle K. Drew is Deputy Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The DTRA mission is to provide cross-cutting solutions to enable the Defense Department, the United States government and international partners to deter strategic attack against the United States and its allies; prevent, reduce and counter weapons of mass destruction and emerging threats; and prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict. The agency is the DoD’s combat support agency for the combating WMD mission and develops improved CWMD capabilities for the warfighter. DTRA provides CWMD expertise, support, and products at strategic (global and national), operational (theater and regional) and tactical (battlefield) levels to prevent the proliferation of WMD, deter and defeat WMD use, and reduce the effects of WMD that may be used against us.
Maj. Gen. Drew was commissioned in 1994 from Purdue University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He has held a variety of positions in aircraft maintenance, acquisition program management and professional military education throughout his career, and has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels as well as served in key staff positions at the major command, Headquarters Air Force and Joint Staff levels.
Prior to his current assignment, the general served as Director of Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He directed policy and procedures for field and depot-level aircraft and commodities maintenance, nuclear weapon systems sustainment, software engineering, conventional munitions, logistics plans, transportation, supply chain operations and management, civil engineering, force protection and logistics information technology activities.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
1998 Master of Business Administration, Western New England College, Springfield, Mass.
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2006 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Intermediate Developmental Education, Defense Legislative Fellow for Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), Washington, D.C.
2012 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2013 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2022 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flager Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1995–July 1997, Program Manager, Military Airspace Management Systems, Communications and Airspace Systems Program Office, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
2. July 1997–June 1998, Executive Officer, Global Air Traffic Operations, Mobility C2 Systems Program Office, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
3. June 1998–May 1999, Office in Charge, Maintenance Operations Center, 412th Logistics Support Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif.
4. May 1999–December 1999, Heavy Logistics Test Flight Commander, 450th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif.
5. January 2000–January 2001, F-16 Logistics Test Flight Commander, 412th TS, Edwards AFB, Calif.
6. January 2001–May 2002, Flight Commander, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. May 2002–December 2002, Executive Officer, Squadron Officer College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. December 2002–January 2004, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. February 2004–April 2004, Propulsion Flight Commander, 355th Component Maintenance Squadron, Davis- Monthan AFB, Ariz.
10. April 2004–December 2004, Maintenance Operations Officer, 355th CMS, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
11. December 2004–May 2006, Maintenance Operations Officer, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
12. June 2006–July 2008, Commander, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea
13. July 2008–December 2009, Intermediate Developmental Education, Defense Legislative Fellowship, Washington, D.C.
14. January 2010–June 2010, Deputy Legislative Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
15. June 2010–July 2011, Deputy Commander, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Joint Base Balad, Iraq
16. August 2011–July 2012, Senior Total Force Enterprise Strategist, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
17. August 2012–June 2013, Student, Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
18. June 2013–July 2015, Politico-Military Planner, Deputy Director for Global Policy and Partnerships, J5, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
19. July 2015–July 2017, Commander, 49th Maintenance Group, Holloman AFB, N.M.
20. July 2017–July 2019, Commander, 78th Air Base Wing, Robins AFB, Ga.
21. July 2019–July 2021, Director of Staff, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
22. July 2021–July 2023, Commander, 82nd Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas
23. July 2023–July 2024, Director of Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
24. July 2024–present, Deputy Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2010–June 2010, Deputy Legislative Assistant to the Chairman, the Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a lieutenant colonel
2. June 2013–July 2015, Politico-Military Planner, Deputy Director for Global Policy and Partnerships, J5, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a lieutenant colonel and colonel
3. July 2024–present, Deputy Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va., as a major general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Achievement Medal
(Current as of September 2024)