Colonel Traci Kueker-Murphy is the Mobilization Assistant to the Headquarters Air Force Space Command Director of Operations and Communications at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. She assists the Director with the organization, training, equipping and presentation of globally integrated space forces executing a broad spectrum of missions for combatant commands worldwide.
Colonel Kueker-Murphy is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - River Falls and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1990 and joined the Air Force Reserve in 1998, where she was heavily involved in the early expansion of Reserve space missions. She has commanded at the squadron, group and wing level, and served as Deputy Director of Staff, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command.
Colonel Kueker-Murphy has also served on a Joint Air Component Coordination Element and as the Director of Space Forces for Key Resolve.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science in geology, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wis.
1990 Bachelor of Science in geography, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Ill. 1992 Undergraduate Missile Training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
1996 Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, Patrick AFB, Fla.
1997 Master of Science in geography, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Ill. 1999 Inter-service Space Fundamentals Course, Peterson AFB, Colo.
2000 Advanced Space Operations Course, Schriever AFB, Colo. 2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2007 Air War College, by correspondence
2009 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Washington D.C. 2011 National Security Decision Making, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
2011 Space Warfighter Preparation Course, National Security Space Institute, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2014 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, by correspondence
2017 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2019 Middle East and South Asia Seminar, Alan L. Freed Assoc, Inc, Washington D.C.
2019 Middle East and South Asia Seminar, Alan L. Freed Association, Inc., Washington D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
June 1991 - December 1993, missile combat crew deputy and crew commander, 446th Missile Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.
December 1993 - May 1995, missile combat crew commander instructor, 321st Operations Support Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.
May 1995 - August 1998, Chief, Social Actions, 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.
August 1998 - September 2000, Deputy Chief, Plans and Programs, 310th Space Group, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
September 2000 - July 2005, Chief, Plans and Programs, 310th Space Group, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
July 2005 - November 2007, Director of Operations, 19th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
November 2007 - September 2010, Commander, 19th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
September 2010 - May 2011, Deputy Commander, 310th Operations Group, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
May 2011 - January 2014, Commander, 310th Operations Group, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
January 2014 - September 2016, Deputy Director of Staff, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
September 2016 - November 2018, Commander, 310th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
November 2018 - present, Mobilization Assistant to the Air Force Space Commander Director of Operations and Communications, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
SPACE PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Command Space Badge
Space Level 3 Certification
Systems: Minuteman III and Global Positioning System
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with "N" Device
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Distinguished Graduate, AFROTC
Top Performer, Undergraduate Missile Training
Distinguished Graduate, Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Outstanding Writer, Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
Air Force Reserve Command Plans Manager of the Year, 2000
John J. Welch Award for Excellence in Acquisition Management, 2007 GPS World 50+ Leaders to Watch, 2008
Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award, 2011
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant Dec. 15, 1990
First Lieutenant Dec. 15, 1992
Captain Dec. 15, 1994
Major April 10, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 18, 2005
Colonel Nov. 1, 2010
(Effective as of June 2019)