Brig. Gen. Jocelyn Schermerhorn is the senior U.S. military officer in Canada and serves as Deputy Commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba. She assumes command of coalition forces assigned to Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command Region in the Canadian Commander’s absence. Brig. Gen. Schermerhorn leads force employment of airpower, while ensuring the region’s battle staff, air operations center, flying units, radar sensors, intelligence and joint, all-domain command-and-control assets provide joint air, space and maritime warning and control.
Brig. Gen. Schermerhorn entered the Air Force in 1995 as a distinguished graduate of Colorado State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. She earned her wings as a distinguished graduate of navigator training at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas and holds Master of Business Administration and Master of Strategic Studies postgraduate degrees. She has served as a flight commander, executive officer, Air Force Special Operations Command plans and programs chief of special projects, Special Operations Command South chief of air operations, squadron operations officer, squadron commander, joint special operations air component commander, faculty instructor, vice-wing commander and wing commander. Prior to her current position, Brig. Gen. Schermerhorn was the Director of Operations, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Brig. Gen. Schermerhorn is a master navigator with over 3,500 flight hours as a C-130E evaluator navigator, a MC-130H evaluator navigator, a U-28A combat systems officer, and a UH-1N observer navigator. She has participated in a number of worldwide contingency operations and is a veteran of Operations Joint Guard, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and Freedom’s Sentinel.
EDUCATION
1995 Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
2000 Master of Business Administration, Webster University, Mo.
2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2005 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2007 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2008 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2012 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2015 Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1995–September 1996, Student, Undergraduate Navigator Training, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
2. September 1996–January 1997, Student, C-130E Navigator Initial Qualification, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
3. January 1997–June 2001, Navigator, Instructor, Flight Examiner, 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
4. June 2001–September 2002, Navigator, Formal Training Unit Instructor, Flight Examiner, 53rd AS, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
5. September 2002–March 2003, Student, MC-130H Navigator Initial Qualification, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
6. March 2003–August 2005, Navigator, Instructor and Flight Examiner, 15th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
7. August 2005–September 2006, Wing Executive Officer, 16th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
8. September 2006–January 2007, Chief of Special Projects, Air Force Special Operation Command Plans and Programs, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
9. January 2007–January 2008, Student, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
10. January 2008–March 2008, Student, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
11. March 2008–April 2010, Chief of J3 Air Operations, Special Operations Command South, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.
12. April 2010–June 2012, Director of Operations, 19th SOS, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
13. June 2012–June 2014, Commander, 19th SOS, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
14. June 2014–June 2015, Student, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
15. June 2015–June 2017, Faculty Instructor, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
16. June 2017–June 2020 Vice Commander, 11th Wing, Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington, Md.
17. June 2020–July 2022, Commander, 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
18. August 2022–June 2023, Director of Operations, AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
19. June 2023–present, Deputy Commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Joint Forces Air Component Commander, 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. 2008–2010, Chief of J3 Air Operations, Special Operations Command South, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., as a major
2. 2011, Commander, Joint Special Operations Air Component Africa, Stuttgart, Germany, as a lieutenant colonel
3. 2015–2017, Faculty Instructor, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pa., as a colonel
4. 2020–2021, Commander, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component Afghanistan, Bagram, as a colonel
5. 2023–present, Deputy Commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Joint Forces Air Component Commander, 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: master navigator
Flight hours: more than 3,500
Aircraft flown: C-130E, MC-130H, U-28A, UH-1N
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
(Current as of July 2023)