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I enlisted in 2005. My first duty station was Schofield barracks HI and I worked at Wheeler Army Airfield from 2005 to 2008. I deployed with the 25ID for 8 months to Iraq with 25ID. When I was in Hawaii, I was 68th Medivac and rotated with the S3 3-25ID S3 and flight operations. My 2nd duty station was good ole Fort Bragg 82CAB. I was there for 1 year and reenlisted. I did not deploy. I had my second child and had surgery. I was with HHC 3-82 then moved to 3-82 Brigade to oversee all taskings. My 3rd duty station was Fort Wainwright AK. I was again with 25ID and deployed with 6-17 CAV to Iraq for 11 months in 2010 for the drawdown. This duty station was with Kiowa aircraft. My 4th duty station, I chose Fort Bragg because it was the best out of the options (Fort Hood, Fort Bragg, or Fort Drum). This was my last duty station from 2013 to 2018. I was back with the Medevac unit 3-82. I ETS'd in June 2018. After my military service, I moved back to Arizona because my children wanted to be closer my immediate family. I live on the Navajo Reservation and I'm enjoying my life living in a rural area.
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Assignments July 2002 - August 2002, Student, Basic Military Training, 321 TRS, Lackland AFB, TX August 2002 - November 2002, Student, Electronic Principles, 344 TRS, Lackland AFB, TX November 2002 - March 2003, Student, Missile and Space Systems Electronic Maintenance Training, 532 TRS, Vandenberg SFB, CA March 2003 - June 2006, ICBM Electro-mechanical Technician, 90 MMXS, F.E. Warren AFB, WY June 2006 - June 2008, Wing ICBM Codes Controller, 90 OSS, F.E. Warren AFB, WY June 2008 - August 2008, Student, Space 100/SBIRS Mission Course, 533 TRS, Vandenberg SFB, CA August 2008 - June 2010, SBIRS Mission Crew Chief, 2 SWS, Buckley SFB, CO June 2010 - January 2012, NCOIC Operations Integration, 460 OSS, Buckley SFB, CO January 2012 - December 2016, NCOIC Training Division (SBIRS GEO), 460 OG, Det 1, Boulder, CO December 2016 – June 2021, Space 200 Instructor, NSSI, Peterson SFB, CO December 2016 – June 2018, Space 200 Flight Chief, NSSI, Peterson SFB, CO June 2018 – September 2019, Space 300 Flight Chief, NSSI, Peterson AFB, CO September 2019 – November 2020, College of Space Warfare Flight Chief, NSSI, Peterson SFB, CO November 2020 – June 2021, Senior Enlisted Leader, NSSI, Peterson SFB, CO June 2021 – Present, Operations Superintendent, 16 EWS, Peterson SFB, CO Promotions 02 Jul 2002 - Airman First Class (A1C) 02 Nov 2004 - Senior Airman (SrA) 01 Jul 2006 - Staff Sergeant (SSgt) 01 Oct 2013 - Technical Sergeant (TSgt) 01 Jan 2018 - Master Sergeant (MSgt)
Major James E. Webber was born and raised in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he graduated with honors from Leavenworth Senior High School in 1968. After four years in the Air Force ROTC program at Washburn University in Topeka, he graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant as a Minuteman Nuclear Missile Launch Officer at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyoming. Major Webber achieved instructor status in Minuteman I and Minuteman III Missile systems as well as Missile Combat Crew Commander in Minuteman III culminating in the award of the Combat Crew Excellence Award in 1976. This award is earned by only the top 10 percent of the entire missile crew force. After his four year tour in missile operations, Major Webber transitioned into the relatively unknown career field of Space Systems Operations. For the next 16 years, Major Webber became a pioneer in the development, testing, and operational training of large phased array strategic warning radar systems. In 1981, Major Webber earned the 15th Air Force, Space Operator of the Year Award for sustained superior performance and was in the initial cadre of personnel who formed Air Force Space Command. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Space Systems Management from Webster University and taught courses in Natural Science and the Fundamentals of Space Flight as an adjunct professor for the University of Alaska, Pikes Peak Community College, and Webster University. Major Webber and his wife of 51 years, Suzy, raised two wonderful sons, Trey and Taran.
Col John Cornett is Deputy Director, Inspections Directorate and Inspection Team Chief, The Inspection Agency, Department of the Air Force. The Inspections Directorate provides inspections and reporting for Department-level Field Operating Agencies, Direct Reporting Units, oversight inspections of Major Commands, and special inspections as directed by The Inspector General and Secretary of the Air Force. Col Cornett received his commission following graduation from the University of Kentucky in 2000. He has operational experience in nuclear and conventional operations in the continental United States, at Andersen AFB, Guam as part of the Continuous Bomber Presence, Diego Garcia in Operation Enduring Freedom, and at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar supporting the fight against ISIS and other terrorist networks. Col Cornett has served in a variety of assignments as a B-52H instructor electronic warfare officer and weapons officer at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana and Minot AFB, North Dakota. He held a staff assignment at Joint Chief of Staff J-33 in the Pentagon as a Presidential Strike Advisor and Bomber Planner. Additionally, he served as the Director of Operations for the 69th Bomb Squadron, where he led a successful deployment to Al Udeid, which was followed by commanding the 5th Operations Support Squadorn in Minot AFB.