Colonel Rodney E. McCraine is the Associate Director and Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Logistics (A4L), Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C. The staff trains, organizes, and equips personnel for all facets of maintenance, logistics, and operational contract support and develops strategic guidance to align MAJCOM, DAF, and NDS priorities to ensure logistics equities for over 300K Total Force personnel are optimized across the FYDP. They also provide authoritative guidance to enhance process and resource utilization, and draft and coordinate annexes to war plans supporting National Command Authority, Joint Staff, and MAJCOMs, as well as oversee weapon system sustainment performance measurement and metrics.
Col McCraine graduated from the University of Colorado and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1999 through the ROTC program. He is a logistics readiness officer and has served in all three Air Force components: Active Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve. He is currently on full time orders as an Active Guard Reserve officer and has served as an Air Reserve Technician, and Individual Mobilization Augmentee, and a Drill Status Guardsman.
Throughout his career, he has held a variety of assignments to include multiple MAJCOM and higher staffs, Group Command, Squadron Command, and several base-level logistics readiness roles.
EDUCATION
1999 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
2001 Master of Arts, Human Resource Management, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri 2004 Squadron Officer School, (Top Third Graduate), In-Residence, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2006 Master of Science, Logistics Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 2008 Air Command and Staff College, correspondence
2009 Air Operations Center, Air Mobility Division Operator Course, Hurlburt Field, Florida 2012 U.S. Northern Command Joint Domestic Operations Course
2012 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia 2012 Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution, Washington, D.C.
2014 Congressional Operations Seminar, Washington, D.C. 2016 Air War College, correspondence 2018 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1999 – November 2000, Assistant Chief, Management and Systems Flight, 22nd Supply Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kansas
2. November 2000 - November 2001, 22nd Logistics Group Executive Officer, McConnell AFB, Kansas
3. November 2001 - April 2002, Officer-in-Charge, Readiness, 22nd Supply Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kansas
4. April 2002 - January 2003, OIC, Flightline Support, 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
5. January 2003 - August 2004, Flight Commander, Material Management and Distribution, 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron (Deployed 444th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, January 2003 - May 2003), Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
6. August 2004 - March 2006, Graduate Student, Supply Chain/Logistics Management, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. March 2006 - August 2007, Chief, Aerial Port Transformation, Air Mobility Command Air Transportation Division, Scott AFB, Illinois
8. August 2007 - January 2009, Logistics Transformation Staff Officer, AMC Resources and Requirements Division (Deployed to Combined Airpower Transition Force - Afghanistan as Aviation Supply Advisor, August 2007 – March 2008), Scott AFB, Illinois
9. January 2009 - November 2009, Chief, Aerial Port Requirements, 183rd Air Operations Group, Springfield, Illinois
10. November 2009 - October 2010, Joint Movements Officer, U.S. Southern Command J4, Deployment and Distribution Operations Center /DDOC, Miami, Florida
11. October 2010 - October 2012, Commander, 403rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
12. October 2012 - July 2014, Chief, Program Integration Branch, Directorate of Logistics, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Georgia
13. July 2014 - July 2015, Logistics Specialist, Office of the Secretary of Defense Supply and Transportation Fellow Program, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply Chain Integration, Alexandria, Virginia
14. July 2015 – July 2017, Chief, Strategic Integration Branch, Office of the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Washington, D.C.
15. July 2017 - May 2018, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
16. May 2018 – August 2018, Chief, AFR Protection Programs, Office of the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Washington, D.C.
17. August 2018 – May 2020, Commander, 403rd Mission Support Group, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
18. May 2020 – August 2022, Commander, 452d Mission Support Group, March ARB, California
19. August 2022 – December 2022, IMA, Logistics Readiness Division Chief, Robins AFB, Georgia
20. December 2022 – January 2024, Future Plans Director, Camp Smith, Hawaii
21. January 2024 – June 2024, Director of Staff and Reserve Advisor, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering & Force Protection, Washington, D.C.
22. June 2024 – Present, Associate Director and Mobilization Assistant, Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering & Force Protection, Washington, D.C.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 2022 – January 2024, IMA, Future Plans Division Chief, Camp Smith, Hawaii, as a Colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Army Commendation Medal Joint Service Commendation Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal Air Force Overseas Ribbon Short NATO Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION [MILITARY ONLY]
Second Lieutenant June 13, 1999
First Lieutenant June 13, 2001
Captain June 13, 2003
Major April 1, 2009
Lieutenant Colonel September 3, 2015
Colonel April 2, 2020
(Current as of June 2024)