MAJOR GENERAL NORMAN J. BROZENICK JR.
Maj. Gen. Norman J. Brozenick, Jr., is the Vice Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida. The command is the Air Force component of U.S. Special Operations Command. AFSOC provides Air Force special operations forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to unified combatant commanders. The command has approximately 19,000 active-duty, Reserve, Air National Guard, and civilian professionals.
General Brozenick entered the Air Force in 1983 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The general is a command pilot with over 4,000 flying hours in mobility and special operations aircraft.
General Brozenick commanded a squadron, group, and wing, a combined/joint special operations air component and joint special operations task forces, and a subunified theater special operations command. During overseas contingency operations he commanded joint special operations forces conducting humanitarian assistance, advisory, and combat operations in Operation Unified Assistance, Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines. His staff assignments include duty at Headquarters Air Force and the Joint Staff. The general also served at the Joint Special Operations Command as Assistant Commanding General.
Prior to his current assignment, he was the Commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.
EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor of Science degree in international affairs, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1988 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1994 Master of International Affairs degree, Troy State University, Ala.
1997 Master of National Security Studies degree, Naval War College, R.I.
1998 Master of Military Art and Science degree, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2002 Air Force Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1983 - August 1984, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. September 1984 - January 1985, student, C-130 training, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
3. February 1985 - July 1989, C-130H aircraft commander and instructor, 772nd Tactical Airlift Squadron, later, instructor and flight examiner, 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas
4. August 1989 - November 1989, student, MC-130E training, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
5. December 1989 - November 1991, MC-130E aircraft commander and instructor, 1st Special
Operations Squadron, Clark Air Base, Philippines
6. December 1991 - August 1993, MC-130E instructor and flight examiner, 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
7. September 1993 - August 1994, Chief, Long Range Strategy, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
8. September 1994 - July 1996, Chief of Special Operations, later, Chief of Joint Air Operations, Checkmate Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
9. August 1996 - July 1997, student, U.S. Naval Command and Staff College, Naval War College, R.I.
10. August 1997 - August 1998, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. September 1998 - January 1999, student, MC-130H training, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
12. February 1999 - June 2001, Chief of Safety, 16th Special Operations Wing, later, Commander, 6th Special Operations Squadron, then Deputy Commander, 16th Operations Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
13. July 2001 - June 2002, Air Force Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
14. June 2002 - March 2003, Chief of the Studies, Analysis and Gaming Division, Force Structure, Resources and Assessment Directorate, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
15. April 2003 - April 2004, special assistant, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
16. May 2004 - June 2004, student, MC-130P training, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
17. June 2004 - July 2005, Commander, 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan
18. July 2005 - November 2006, Commander, 16th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
19. November 2006 - July 2007, Commander, 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
20. July 2007 - April 2008, Deputy Director, Studies and Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned (A9), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
21. April 2008 - June 2010, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.
22. June 2010 - May 2011, Director of Plans, Programs, Requirements and Assessments, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
23. June 2011 – June 2013, Commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.
24. June 2013 – present, Vice Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2002 - March 2003, Chief of the Studies, Analysis and Gaming Division, Force Structure, Resources and Assessment Directorate, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel
2. April 2003 - April 2004, special assistant, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel and colonel
3. April 2008 - June 2010, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., as a colonel and brigadier general
4. June 2011 to June 2013, Commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, as a major general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 4,000
Aircraft flown: C-130E/H, EC-130H, HC-130H, MC-130E/H/P, C-146, CV-22, An-26, and PC-12
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star
Iraq Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1983
First Lieutenant June 1, 1985
Captain June 1, 1987
Major April 1, 1995
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1998
Colonel July 1, 2003
Brigadier General Aug. 31, 2008
Major General May 20, 2011
(Current as of November 2014)