Mr. Mark “MRE” Engelbaum, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Force Management, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He provides guidance and oversight in the formulation of strategic plans and policies for 700,000 Air and Space Force military and civilian personnel and their dependents in the human resource arena, to include: compensation and entitlements, education and training, total force military personnel policy, civilian personnel policy, manpower and organization, and officer and enlisted accession programs. Mr. Engelbaum chairs the Air Force Human Resources Strategic Board and is the Manpower and Reserve Affairs representative to the Air Force Board.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Engelbaum served as the Director of Civilian Force Management, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He was responsible for establishing force management policy and integrating civilian personnel policies across the talent management life cycle for 200,000 Air Force appropriated and non-appropriated fund personnel. Mr. Engelbaum also served as the Deputy Director of Military Force Management Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Manpower, Personnel and Services, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, where he was responsible for establishing force management policies for more than 500,000 Total Air Force military personnel.
Mr. Engelbaum has served in a variety of civilian assignments throughout his career. As the Deputy Director of Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, he was responsible for the development and management of manpower, personnel, and services policy, programs and objectives for more than 134,000 active-duty military, civilians and their families, in all 50 states and 17 foreign countries. Mr. Engelbaum also served in various plans and programming positions to include programming, strategy, transformation, doctrine, nuclear policy, strategic plans, arms control and counterproliferation. Prior to beginning his career as an Air Force civilian, Mr. Engelbaum served in the military including operational assignments as a platoon leader, executive officer, troop commander and battalion operations officer, followed by a tour with the Joint Staff. His service included tours of duty on the East-West German border with the 1-1 Cavalry and in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm with the 3/3 Armored Cavalry Regiment. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Cavalry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, U.S. Army Airborne and Jungle Schools and the Defense Attaché Course.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
1993 Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
1993 Defense Foreign Language Institute, Monterey Calif.
1994 Master of Arts, National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Calif.
1999 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2015 Air Force Senior Leader Orientation Course
2016 AFSO21: Leading for Results, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2017 APEX: Senior Executive Joint Orientation Program, Washington, D.C.
2018 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar
2018 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar
2021 Vanguard Senior Executive Leadership Program
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. January 1986–June 1987, Platoon Leader, B Troop, 1-1 Cavalry, Schwabach, Germany
2. June 1987–April 1989, Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1-1 Cavalry, Schwabach, Germany
3. November 1989–May 1991, Operations Officer, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas
4. May 1991–June 1993, Commander HHT, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas
5. June 1993–November 1993, Student, Defense Foreign Language Institute, Monterey, Calif.
6. November 1994–November 1995, Student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.
7. November 1995–February 1996, Action Officer, Joint Chiefs of Staffs Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Vienna, Austria
8. February 1996–August 1996, Operations Analyst, CUBIC Corporation
9. August 1996–April 1997, Treaty Compliance Officer, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
10. April 1997–March 2001, Deputy Chief, Arms Control & Chief, Arms Control Branch, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany
11. March 2001–November 2003, Chief, Arms Control and Counterproliferation Branch, Headquarters USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany
12. November 2003–August 2006, Deputy Chief, Plans Division, Headquarters USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany
13. August 2006–June 2013, Chief, Programming Plans Division, Headquarters USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany
14. June 2013–February 2015, Deputy Director, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
15. February 2015–September 2017, Deputy Director, Military Force Management, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
16. September 2017–April 2020, Director, Civilian Force Management, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
17. April 2020–present, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Force Management Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Civilian Service Award (x3)
(Current as of August 2023)