Col. Beth Kelley Horine is the Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. She is responsible for providing the Secretary, Air Force Chief of Staff, and Chief of Space Operations public affairs policy and communication strategies, developing and executing global public affairs processes to support the Air and Space Forces. She provides integration guidance, synchronization and support for nearly 4,500 active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen, Guardians and civilians in their mission to execute public affairs operations world-wide.
Colonel Horine is a 1997 graduate of Trinity University, receiving her commission through The University of Texas San Antonio Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. She served over 10 years on active duty, as both a navigator and a public affairs officer. In 2005, Colonel Horine deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad. She transitioned to the Air Force Reserve in 2007, first as a public affairs Individual Mobilization Augmentee, then later as a traditional Reserve commander in the unit program and Headquarters Active Guard Reserve senior leader. Prior to her current position, the colonel served as the Air Reserve Component Medical Continuation program division chief, leading a Total Force team in caring for Guard and Reserve wounded warriors. In the civilian sector, Colonel Horine taught as an adjunct professor of management and communications at American Public University.
Previously, Colonel Horine served as the Director of Public Affairs, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, assuring communication and career field planning, synchronization and execution for headquarters and component initiatives across the Total Force public affairs enterprise.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 2002 Master of Business Administration, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas
2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2006 Joint Intermediate Public Affairs Officer Course, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Md. 2008 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2010 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C
2011 Leadership Today and Tomorrow, Washington, D.C.
2012 Master of Military Arts and Science, Air Command and Staff College in-residence, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2013 Air War College, by correspondence
2013 Joint Maritime Operations Course, Naval War College, Naval Air Station Newport, R.I.
2015 Joint Forces Staff College, Advanced Joint Professional Military Education II, Norfolk NAS, Va.
2016 North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Partnership for Peace Outreach Committee, Headquarters NATO, Brussels, Belgium
2017 Joint Senior Public Affairs Course, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Md. 2018 NATO Senior Officer Policy Course, NATO School Oberammergau, Germany 2022 Strategic Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1997-December 1997, Air Force Institute of Technology, Active Duty at the Detachment (Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 842), The University of Texas at San Antonio/Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
2. January 1998–July 1998, student, joint undergraduate navigator training, Training Wing Four, Pensacola NAS, Fla.
3. August 1998–March 1999, student, joint undergraduate navigator training, 562nd Flying Training Squadron, Randolph AFB, Texas
4. March 1999–January 2000, Assistant Executive Officer to the Wing Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas
5. January 2000–March 2000, student, C-130 navigator qualification, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
6. March 2000–August 2001, Public Affairs Officer, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
7. August 2001–July 2002, Chief of Protocol, Headquarters 19th Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas
8. July 2002–July 2005, Chief of Public Affairs, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.
9. July 2005–September 2007, Chief of Public Affairs, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
10. September 2007–April 2010, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Chief of Public Affairs, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas
11. May 2010–March 2012, IMA to the Chief of Public Affairs, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas (with duties at Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas)
12. April 2012–July 2014, Commander, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (with duties at the Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.)
13. August 2014–October 2015, IMA to the Office of the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Policy Integration Division, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
14. October 2015–September 2016, IMA to the Operations Special Activities Division, Operations Directorate, U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
15. October 2016–August 2018, IMA to the Director of Public Affairs, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (with duties at Headquarters NATO Allied Air Command and Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany)
16. August 2018–August 2019, Chief, Readiness and Integration Division, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Robins AFB, Ga.
17. August 2019–November 2021, Director of Public Affairs, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
18. November 2021–February 2023, Chief, Air Reserve Component Medical Continuation Program Case Management Division, Directorate of Airman and Family Care, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
19. March 2023–current, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2015–September 2016, IMA to the Operations Special Activities Division, Operations Directorate, U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Navigator
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters Joint Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters Global War on Terror-Service Medal
Iraqi Freedom Service Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 10, 1997
First Lieutenant May 28, 1999
Captain May 28, 2001
Major Feb. 1, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 10, 2012
Colonel May 1, 2017
Current as of March 2023