BRIGADIER GENERAL WAYNE R. MONTEITH Brig. Gen. Wayne R. Monteith is Commander, 45th Space Wing, and Director, Eastern Range, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. General Monteith leads over 15,300 military, Defense Department civilian and contractor personnel responsible for the processing and launching of U.S. government and commercial satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. He is also the final approval authority for all launches on the Eastern Range, a 15 million square mile area which supports over 25 launches per year aboard Delta, Atlas, Falcon, Minotaur, Pegasus and emerging launch vehicles. In addition, he manages more than $4 billion in wing/range infrastructure supporting DoD, NRO, NASA and commercial launches, and submarine launched ballistic missile testing for the United States and United Kingdom. Prior to assuming his current position, General Monteith served as the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force. General Monteith earned his commission in 1989 as a distinguished graduate from the University of New Mexico’s Air Force ROTC program. He has served as a Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile combat crew member, senior ICBM standardization and evaluation crew commander, ICBM instructor, chief ICBM flight testing, and command lead for a major space acquisition program. He commanded the Air Force’s only ICBM combat crew training squadron and the 50th Space Wing where he led more than 5,300 military, DoD civilian and contractor personnel serving at 14 operating locations worldwide in support of more than 170 communications, navigation, weather and surveillance satellites with their associated systems valued at more than $66 billion. General Monteith has also served in various special duty capacities including major command, combatant command, Headquarters Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense staff positions. He earned the Master Missile Operations designation and is a Command Space Professional. EDUCATION 1989 Bachelor of Arts in Geography, University of New Mexico 1994 Master of Science in Business Administration, Lesley University, Cambridge, Mass. 1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 2000 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2005 Air War College, by correspondence 2007 Master of Science in National Resource Strategy, Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 2010 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2012 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia 2016 Capstone General & Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. November 1989 – March 1990, Student, Distinguished Graduate, Undergraduate Missile Training, 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. 2. March 1990 – April 1994, Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Combat Crew, Standards/Evaluation Instructor and Senior Combat Crew Evaluator, 400th Strategic Missile Squadron and 90th Operations Group, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo. 3. April 1994 – September 1994, ICBM Officer Code Controller, 90th Operations Support Squadron, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo. 4. September 1994 – September 1997, ICBM Test Operations Director and Chief, ICBM Flight Testing (Top Hand), 576th Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. 5. September 1997 – November 2000, Command Lead, Range Standardization and Automation, Phase I, and Chief, Space Launch Programs, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 6. November 2000 – April 2001, Executive Officer to the Director of Staff, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 7. April 2001 – July 2003, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command; Commander, United States Space Command, United States Northern Command and Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 8. July 2003 – July 2004, Deputy Division Chief, Space Superiority Division, Plans and Programs Directorate, Headquarters United States Air Force, Arlington, Va. 9. July 2004 – July 2006, Commander, 392nd Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. 10. August 2006 - June 2007, student, Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy (formerly Industrial College of the Armed Forces), Ft. McNair, Washington D.C. 11. June 2007 – July 2008, Director, Navigation Warfare, Space Programs and Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Networks and Information Integration, Washington D.C. 12. July 2008 – August 2009, Vice Commander, 21st Space Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo. 13. August 2009 – August 2011, Commander, 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo. 14. September 2011 – May 2013, Deputy Director, DoD Executive Agent for Space Staff and Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (Space), Arlington, Va. 15. May 2013 – June 2014, Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Arlington, Va. 16. June 2014 – July 2015, Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, Arlington, Va. 17. August 2015 – present, Commander, 45th Space Wing and Director, Eastern Range, Patrick AFB, Fla. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. April 2001 – July 2003, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command; Commander, United States Space Command and United States Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo., as a major 2. June 2007 – July 2008, Director, Navigation Warfare, Space Programs and Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Networks and Information Integration, Arlington, Va., as a colonel 3. September 2011 – May 2013, Deputy Director, DoD Executive Agent for Space Staff, Arlington, Va., as a colonel OPERATIONAL INFORMATION Weapon systems: Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, PAVE PAWS Upgraded Early Warning Radar and Wideband Global Satellite Communications MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Combat Readiness Medal Humanitarian Service Medal Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with device United States Air Force Chief of Staff's Team Excellence Award, 2005 Air Force Space Command ICBM Instructor/Evaluator of the Year, 1993 EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant November 3, 1989 First Lieutenant August 10, 1991 Captain August 10, 1993 Major December 1, 2000 Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 2004 Colonel September 1, 2007 Brigadier General March 1, 2015 (Current as of August 2018)