Brig. Gen. Roderick T. Grunwald is the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. He assists the Commander in leading an intermediate-level headquarters responsible for providing installation and mission support capabilities to 83 Air Force and Space Force installations, nine Air Force major commands and two direct reporting units with an annual budget of $13 billion. One of six centers assigned to Air Force Materiel Command, the unit’s cross-functional team integrates civil engineering, operational acquisition, security forces, Airmen and family services, base communications, chaplain, financial management, logistics readiness and public affairs programs across 10 detachments and four primary subordinate units. Those units are the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Air Force Security Forces Center and Air Force Services Center.
Brig. Gen. Grunwald graduated from California State University, Stanislaus, in 1991, with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He entered the Air Force in June 1994, graduating from Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. After completing missile launch officer training at Vandenberg AFB, California, in 1995, he was assigned to the 564th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Montana. He served seven years on active duty as a flight commander and instructor for 20 missile crews and their facility management/security teams, and as a space operations officer at Vandenberg AFB, working satellite intelligence and strategic operational plans for Air Force Space Command. Prior to his current position, Brig. Gen. Grunwald was the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins AFB, Georgia.
Brig. Gen. Grunwald transitioned to the Air Force Reserve in August 2000 as a logistics plans officer with the 349th Air Mobility Wing. He earned top graduate honors at Air Force Logistics Training and augmented U.S. Air Forces in Europe deployment operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom, engineering the first direct passenger flights into Iraq from outside the area of responsibility. He later served as operations officer and commander of the 349th Logistics Readiness Squadron, advising NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center for seven years. From 2010 to 2011, he deployed to Jordan under the U.S. Security Coordinator Joint Task Force, leading multinational training and budgeting efforts for more than 2,100 Palestinian security and civil defense personnel. His subsequent assignments included roles at Special Operations Command Central, where he developed logistics structures for anti-ISIS operations, and multiple mission support group commands. He also served as Chief of Strategy and Planning for the Chief, Air Force Reserve, and as Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Second Air Force, overseeing all aspects of enlisted and non-rated officer training.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Arts, Economics, California State University, Stanislaus
1994 Belcher Athletic Leadership Award, Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1995 Distinguished Graduate, Undergraduate Space and Missile Training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
1997 Master of Science, Human Resource Management, Troy State University, Ala.
1998 Target Logistics College, Minneapolis, Minn.
2001 Top Graduate, Air Force Officer Logistics Plans & Programs Officer Course, Lackland AFB, Texas
2002 Squadron Officer’s School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2003 Distinguished Graduate, Logistics Readiness Officer Transportation Course, Lackland AFB, Texas
2005 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2006 NATO Joint Operational Logistics Planning Course, Oberammergau, Germany
2013 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2013 NATO Civil-Military Planning Course, Oberammergau, Germany
2015 Senior Leader Generation Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2024 Art of the Possible 402 Senior Leaders Course, Tinker AFB, Okla.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1994–November 1994, Student, Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2. November 1994–June 1995, Student, Officer Space and Missile Training, 381st Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
3. July 1995–June 1996, ICBM Deputy Crew Commander, 564th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
4. July 1996–December 1996, ICBM Crew Commander, 564th MS, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
5. January 1997–August 1998, ICBM Flight Commander/Instructor, 564th MS, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
6. August 1998–July 2000, Space Operations Officer, 14th Air Force Headquarters, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
7. August 2000–September 2003, Assistant Chief of Wing Plans, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif.
8. October 2003–July 2007, Operations Officer, 349th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
9. August 2007–August 2015, Commander, 349th LRS, Travis AFB, Calif.
10. August 2015–December 2016, Commander, 940th Mission Support Group, Beale AFB, Calif.
11. December 2016–July 2020, Commander, 349th MSG, Travis AFB, Calif.
12. July 2020–November 2022, Chief, Strategy and Planning, Headquarters Air Force Reserve, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. November 2022–June 2024, Chief, Strategy and Integration, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
14. December 2022–June 2024, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Second Air Force, Keesler AFB, Miss.
15. July 2024–August 2025, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins AFB, Ga.
16. September 2025–present, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2010–July 2011, Jordan Training Officer, United States Security Coordinator, Joint Task Force Israel, U.S. Consulate, Jerusalem, as a lieutenant colonel
2. March 2014–February 2015, Logistics Operations Support Team Lead for Central Asian States and Arabian Peninsula, U.S. Special Operations Command Central, Headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., as a lieutenant colonel
3. July 2020–November 2022, Chief, Strategy and Planning, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air and Space Force Outstanding Unit Award with “V” device, one silver and four bronze oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal
(Current as of January 2026)