Brig. Gen. Lance R. Bunch is the Deputy Director, Transregional Threats Coordination Cell (T2C2), Joint Staff J5, Pentagon, Arlington, Va. The T2C2 supports the Chairman’s global integration efforts, and enables the Combatant Commander’s to effectively address transregional threats and their enabling networks by coordinating and synchronizing the Joint Force. T2C2 is also charged with coordinating and collaborating the Joint Force’s activities with interagency partners and integrating partner nation military efforts into a unified transregional strategic approach.

General Bunch was commissioned upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy in 1992. His flying assignments include operational tours in the F-15E, F-15C and B-52, and also instructing in the T-38A/C. General Bunch’s command tours include leading combat missions as Commander of the 335th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard AFB, Texas, which conducts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program, the world's only internationally manned and managed Undergraduate Pilot Training program. His staff assignments include tours at U.S. Pacific Command, the Joint Staff as a Chief of Staff of the Air Force Fellow, U.S. Central Command, United States Forces Afghanistan and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

General Bunch is a command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours in the F-15C/E, B-52G/H, and T-38A/C. His operational experiences include Operations Northern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle and Resolute Support/Freedom Sentinal.

EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Science in History, United States Air Force Academy, Colo.
1997 Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle University
1998 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2006 College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval Station Newport, R.I.
2006 Maritime Advanced Warfare School (MAWS), Naval Station Newport, R.I.
2007 Air War College, by correspondence
2011 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1992 - July 1993, student, Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese AFB, Texas
2. July 1993 - March 1994, student, B-52 Combat Crew Training School, Castle AFB, Calif.
3. March 1994 - February 1996, B-52H Copilot, 23rd and 72nd Bomb Squadrons, Minot AFB, N.D.
4. February 1996 - June 1996, student, T-38 Pilot Instructor Training, Randolph AFB, Texas
5. June 1996 - November 1998, Assistant Flight Commander, 87th Flying Training Squadron; Wing Programmer, 47th Operational Support Squadron, Laughlin AFB, Texas
6. November 1998 - May 1999, Executive Officer, 560th Flying Training Squadron, Randolph AFB, TX
7. June 1999 - January 2000, Student, F-15C Upgrade Training, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
8. January 2000 - February 2003, Flight Commander, 67th Fighter Squadron; Chief, Fighter Plans, 18th Operational Support Squadron, Kadena AB, Japan
9. March 2003 - March 2004, Action Officer, J33, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
10. March 2004 - June 2005, Executive Officer to the J3, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
11. July 2005 – September 2006, student, College of Naval Command and Staff and Maritime Advanced Warfare School (MAWS), Naval Station Newport, R.I.
12. October 2006 - April 2007, Assistant Director of Operations, 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
13. May 2007 - April 2008, Director of Operations, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
14. May 2008 - February 2010, Commander, 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
15. March 2010 - June 2010, Deputy Commander, 4th Operations Group, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
16. July 2010 - June 2011, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C.
17. June 2011 - January 2013, CSAF Fellow, Joint Chiefs Strategy Working Group, Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
18. January 2013 - March 2013, Student, T-38 Pilot Instructor Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
19. March 2013 - February 2015, Commander, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas
20. March 2015 - March 2016, Executive Officer to the Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
21. March 2016 – September 2017, Principal Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
22. September 2017 – July 2018, Director, Future Operations CJ35, Resolute Support Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan
23. July 2018 – August 2018, Assistant Deputy Commander for Air and Vice Commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan, Resolute Support Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan
24. September 2018 – present, Deputy Director, Transregional Threats Coordination Cell, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Arlington, Va.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 2003 - June 2005, Action Officer and then Executive Officer to the J3, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, as a major
2. March 2015 - March 2016, Executive Officer to the Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla., as a colonel
3. March 2016 – September 2017, Principal Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel and brigadier general
4. September 2017 – July 2018, Director, Future Operations CJ35, Resolute Support Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan
5. July 2018 – August 2018, Assistant Deputy Commander for Air and Vice Commander 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan, Resolute Support Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan
6. September 2018 – present, Deputy Director, Transregional Threats Coordination Cell, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Arlington, Va.

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,500
Aircraft flown: F-15C/E, B-52G/H, and T-38A/C

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Combat Action Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant, May 27, 1992
First Lieutenant, May 27, 1994
Captain, May 27, 1996
Major, January 1, 2003
Lieutenant Colonel, December 1, 2006
Colonel, October 1, 2010
Brigadier General, July 4, 2017

(Current as of September 2018)