Col. Robert Claude is the Mobilization Assistant (MA) to the Director of Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. As MA to the Director, he assists in developing strategy, doctrine and policy for space operations, as well as defining the future of space systems through requirements definition, mission area architectures, analysis, and science and technology development in support of the joint warfighter. He also assists in managing the Command’s international relations and foreign disclosure programs. As the senior Reservist, he is responsible for integrating reserve forces into the execution of the Directorate’s mission, in addition to the oversight and administrative management for all assigned Air Force IMAs.
Col. Claude was commissioned in 1991 through the AFROTC program at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a career Space and Cyber officer with over 28 years of service.
Col. Claude has commanded one squadron, served as wing vice commander, and has held numerous staff positions at the unit, major command, and Combatant Command levels. Prior to his current position, the Colonel was the Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) to the Deputy Director of Operations, United States Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelors Degree, Computer Science and Quantitative Methods, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.
1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1997 Master’s of Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2005 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2009 Air War College, by correspondence
2016 Joint and Combined Warfighting School – Hybrid – JPME II, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1991 – March 1992, Student, Undergraduate Space Training, Lowry Air Force Base, Colo.
2. March 1992 – January 1994, Crew Commander/Flight Commander, 6th Space Operations Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
3. January 1994 – August 1995, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 6th Space Operations Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
4. August 1995 – September 1997, Wing Command Post Operations Officer, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan.
5. September 1997 – July 2003, Milstar INFOSEC Systems Security Engineer/Information Systems Security Operations Officer, 694th Intelligence Group, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
6. July 2003 – June 2004, Deputy Flight Commander/Crew Commander, 8th Space Warning Squadron, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.
7. June 2004 – October 2007, Adversary Tactics Flight Commander and Defensive Counterspace Officer, 26th Space Aggressor Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
8. October 2007 – May 2011, Director of Operations, 380th Space Control Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
9. May 2011 – October 2012, Commander, 380th Space Control Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
10. October 2012 – April 2014, IMA to the Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
11. May 2014 – June 2016, Vice Commander, 310th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo.
12. June 2016 – June 2019, IMA to the Deputy Director for Operations (J3), United States Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Md, and Senior Service Lead, Joint Cyber Reserve Element, United States Cyber Command, Ft. Meade, Md.
13. June 2019 – present, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
June 2016 – June 2019, IMA to the Deputy Director for Operations (J3), United States Cyber Command, Ft. Meade, Md., and Senior Service Lead, Joint Cyber Reserve Element, United States Cyber Command, Ft. Meade, Md., as a colonel.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant August 29, 1991
First Lieutenant August 29, 1993
Captain August 29, 1995
Major October 1, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel August 2, 2007
Colonel October 13, 2012
(Current as of November 2019)