Col Sandra I. Vandiviere serves as the Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel, and Services, Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC. She is responsible for assisting, representing, or acting for the AF/A1, in personnel Total Force planning and policy initiatives. She ensures Air Force active, reserve and civilian forces are provided the skilled personnel to meet USAF operational requirements, world-wide, in both peacetime and wartime, and ensures the effective transition from peacetime to wartime via mobilization. Finally, she assists the AF/A1 with Total Force and Air Reserve Component (ARC) program advocacy for overall personnel policy and planning.
Col Vandiviere was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corp program at the University of Michigan. She began her active duty career in 1993 as a Wing Weather Officer at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. In 1997, she transferred to the Air Force Reserve and since has served in numerous assignments in the Personnel, Weather, Executive Officer and Plans and Programs career fields. Col Vandiviere is a graduated Squadron and Group Commander, completed a joint assignment and has held multiple staff assignments. Prior to her current position, Col Vandiviere was the Individual Mobilization
Augmentee to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Force Management and Integration. In her civilian role, she is the Executive Director for the Air Force Reserve Command Directorate of Manpower, Personnel and Services, which provides support to over 70,000 Reserve Citizen Airmen around the globe.
EDUCATION
1993 Bachelor of Meteorology, Cum Laude, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2002 Squadron Officer School, correspondence
2008 Air Command and Staff College, correspondence 2009 Leadership Today & Tomorrow
2010 Masters of Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude, Trident University, Cypress, Calif. 2012 Naval Theater Security Decision Making Course
2012 Air War College, correspondence
2014 Reserve Component National Security Course 2019 Leading Strategically, Center for Creative Learning
ASSIGNMENTS OR CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. September 1993 – June 1995, Wing Weather Officer, 20th Operations Support Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C.
2. July 1995 – July 1996, Meteorological Satellite Coordinator, 607th Combat Operations Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea
3. July 1996 – November 1997, Wing Weather Officer, 44rd Operations Support Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.
4. November 1997 – December 1999, Weather Flight Commander, 44rd Operations Support Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.
5. December 2001 – November 2007, Executive Officer, 71th Operations Group & 5th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, Okla.
6. November 2007 – December 2009, Assistant Chief and Chief, Plans & Programs, 413th Flight Test Group, Robins AFB, Ga.
7. December 2009 – May 2012, Command Action Officer, Commander’s Action Group, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
8. May 2012 – August 2014, Commander, 951st Reserve Support Squadron and Section Commander, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
9. August 2014 – April 2015, Chief, Personnel Utilization/Customer Service and Special Assistant to the Director of Manpower, Personnel, and Services, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
10. May 2015 – September 2016, Director of Manpower, Personnel & Support (J1) for Reserve Affairs (IMA to USFJ/J1), United States Forces Japan, Yokota AB, Japan
11. October 2016 – July 2017, IMA to the Commander, Headquarters, Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley AFB, Colo.
12. July 2017 – April 2020, Commander, 307th Mission Support Group, Barksdale AFB, La.
13. April 2020 – April 2021, Georgia Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, First Air Force, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
14. April 2021 – March 2023, Chief Resiliency and Development Division, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
15. March 2023 – December 2023, IMA to the Commander, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley SFB, Colo.
16. December 2023 – April 2023, IMA to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Force Management Integration, Pentagon, Washington DC
17. May 2024 – Present, Mobilization Assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 2015 – September 2016, Director of Manpower, Personnel & Support (J1) for Reserve Affairs (IMA to USFJ/J1), United States Forces Japan, Yokota AB, Japan as a Colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legin of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal with one service star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with one oak leaf cluster Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant July 13, 1993
First Lieutenant July 13, 1995
Captain July 13, 1997
Major October 1, 2003
Lieutenant Colonel August 20, 2010
Colonel July 1, 2015
(CURRENT AS OF MARCH 2024)