Brig. Gen. Athanasia “Sia” Shinas is the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. She serves a world-class workforce of more than 7,000 skilled personnel. The complex performs programmed depot-level maintenance, sustainment operations and modifications on all variants of the F-15, C-17, C-130 and special operations forces aircraft. Additionally, she is responsible for maintenance, repairs and overhaul of diverse aircraft components, avionics and electronic warfare equipment, program test sets and automated test equipment across 177 buildings and operating locations. Her team coordinates and collaborates on mission-critical software and develops innovative solutions through microelectronics troubleshooting and repairs. The complex also develops alternative manufacturing solutions with reverse engineering and robotics.
Brig. Gen. Shinas entered the Air Force in August 1997 through a ROTC commission from Boston University. She served on active duty for 12 years before transferring to the Air Force Reserve in 2009. She is a career Logistics Readiness Officer with crossflow experience in aircraft maintenance and served in various positions at the squadron, group, schoolhouse, operational, warfare center and joint and Air Force headquarters levels. She was the first Advanced Logistics Readiness Officer Course graduate to instruct at the Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Brig. Gen. Shinas deployed in support of multiple operations including Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Spartan Shield and supported Operation Odyssey Dawn in place at Aviano Air Base, Italy.
Prior to her current position, Brig. Gen. Shinas was the Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection at Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. She advised the Director on oversight, policy, guidance, training and resources for 45,000 PACAF personnel in 10 wings and three Numbered Air Forces and made strides in setting the Indo-Pacific Theater for sustainment during competition and conflict.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Arts, Archaeology, Boston University, Mass.
2003 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2004 Advanced Logistics Readiness Officer Course, McGuire AFB, N.J.
2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2008 Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Ariz.
2010 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2010 Masters in International Relations, Webster University, Webster Grove, Mo.
2011 Joint Humanitarian Operations Course, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, Washington, D.C. 2012 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2014 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
2016 LOGTECH Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2018 National Security Fellowship, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 2021 Indo-Pacific Command Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington D.C.
2024 Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
2025 Masters in Global Arts, Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1997–April 1998, Assistant Officer in Charge, Readiness Flight, 20th Transportation Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.
2. April 1998–July 1999, Flight Commander, Vehicle Operations Flight, 20th Transportation Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C. (September –December 1999, Transportation Flight Commander, 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Squadron, Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait)
3. July 1999–May 2000, Flight Commander, Traffic Management Office, 20th Transportation Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C.
4. May 2000–July 2001, OIC, Air Terminal Operations Center, 731st Mobility Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea
5. July 2001–July 2002, Flight Commander, Accessories Flight, 31st Maintenance Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
6. July 2002–May 2003, Assistant OIC, Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 31st Maintenance Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
7. May 2003–April 2005, Flight Commander, Readiness Flight, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
8. April 2005–October 2007, Logistics Instructor, Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School, Nellis AFB, Nev. (January–May, 2006, Aerial Port Flight Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Camp Speicher, Iraq) (August–December 2007, Aerial Port Advocate, U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait)
9. October 2007–June 2008, Chief, Logistics, Coalition Irregular Warfare Center, Air Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nev.
10. June 2008–February 2009, Executive Officer to the Commander, Air Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nev.
11. February 2009–July 2015, Battle Captain/Joint Logistics Operations Officer, Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-4, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (May–September 2009, Logistics Officer, Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.), (April–September 2011, Director of Operations, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy), (January–October 2012, Logistics Inspector, 31st Fighter Wing Inspector General, Aviano AB, Italy)
12. July 2015–May 2017, 55th Aerial Port Squadron Commander, Travis AFB, Calif. (March–August 2016, Chief, Logistics Readiness Inspections, Pacific Air Forces Inspector General, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii)
13. May 2017–July 2018, National Security Fellow, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
14. July 2018–September 2022, Commander, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (January–July 2022, Agile Combat Employment Command and Control Chief, 609th Air Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar)
15. September 2022–January 2024, Reserve Advisor and Director of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
16. January 2024–November 2025, Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
17. November 2025–present, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins AFB, Ga.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
February 2009–July 2015, Joint Logistics Operations Officer, Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-4, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a major and lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Army Commendation Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
(Current as of January 2026)