Major General, USAF, Ret.; Master's degree in management from Troy State University and a Master's degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College; at the time of his selection assigned at Edwards AFB, California; semi finalist in NASA astronaut group 8 selection; later commander of the Air Force Security Assistance Center at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio; currently Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition.