Maj. Gen. Robert M. Worley II is Director of Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The Directorate of Programs develops, integrates, evaluates, and analyzes the Air Force Program across the Future Years Defense Program and is responsible for maintaining the integrity and discipline of the Air Force Corporate Structure process.

General Worley was commissioned through the U.S. Air Force Academy in May 1978. His initial assignment involved test development for the Weighted Airman Promotion System. He was then assigned to the Pentagon as an Air Staff Training officer, and later worked Global Positioning System phase-in issues and Strategic Defense Initiative architectures and employment concepts. He has served as the Director of Operations for the Global Positioning System squadron during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and then moved to the U.S. Space Command staff working wartime employment issues for satellite systems.

General Worley has commanded the 12th Missile Squadron, 12th Space Warning Squadron, 50th Operations Group and 30th Space Wing, where he led spacelift operations and directed the Western Test Range at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.  In 2003, he was assigned to Headquarters Air Force Space Command, serving as Director of Mission Support and Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned. He was responsible for programming and advocating resources for the command; planning for the commands force structure, bases and facilities; and managing the command's international relations and foreign disclosure programs. Prior to his current assignment, he was Deputy Director of Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs.

EDUCATION
1978 Bachelor's degree in organizational behavior, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1980 Master's degree in industrial psychology, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas
1981 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1982 Marine Corps Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1989 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1991 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
1996 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 National Security Course, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2005 National Security Leadership Course, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, N.Y.
2005 Systems Acquisition Management for General/Flag Officers Course, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2010 Program for Senior Managers in Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1978 - June 1983, officer-in-charge, Test Construction Team; Chief, Test Analysis Unit; occupational analyst; and executive officer, U.S. Air Force Occupational Measurement Center, Randolph AFB, Texas
2. June 1983 - June 1984, Air Staff Training officer, Directorate of Personnel Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington. D.C.
3. June 1984 - June 1987, Chief, Global Positioning System Equipment Phase-In Branch, Directorate of Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
4. June 1987 - July 1988, space plans and programs officer, Directorate of Plans, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
5. August 1988 - June 1989, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
6. June 1989 - July 1991, Chief, Current Operations, and Director of Operations, 2nd Satellite Control Squadron, Falcon AFB, Colo.
7. July 1991 - June 1993, Chief, Navigation and Remote Sensing Systems Branch; Chief, Satellite Systems Division, Directorate of Operations, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
8. June 1993 - June 1994, executive officer to the Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
9. June 1994 - June 1995, Commander, 12th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
10. August 1995 - June 1996, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. August 1996 - August 1997, Commander, 12th Space Warning Squadron, Thule Air Base, Greenland
12. August 1997 - May 1998, Chief, Strategy and Policy Division, Directorate of Strategic Planning, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
13. May 1998 - June 2000, Commander, 50th Operations Group, Schriever AFB, Colo.
14. July 2000 - May 2001, Chief, Space Superiority Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
15. May 2001 - June 2003, Commander, 30th Space Wing, and Director of the Western Test Range, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
16. June 2003 - June 2005, Director of Mission Support, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
17. June 2005 - March 2007, Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Analysis, Assessment and Lessons Learned, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
18. March 2007 - October 2007, Deputy Director of Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Force, Washington, D.C.
19. October 2007 - present, Director of  Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 31,1978
First Lieutenant May 31,1980
Captain May 31,1982
Major March 1, 1988
Lieutenant Colonel April 1,1992
Colonel Dec. 1, 1997
Brigadier General May 1, 2004
Major General  Aug. 3, 2007

(Current as of August 2010)