Colonel Warlick is the Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations. He is responsible for policy, guidance, and oversight of the global Air Force ISR enterprise. He drives daily operations, tasks, and resource management for the 140- member directorate and guides a $72B ISR budget through service and Intelligence Community (IC) corporate processes. He also advises the Director on military professional development, oversees directorate manpower requirements, and ensures timely information to the Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR and Cyber Effects Operations and other Air Force, DoD, and IC senior leaders.
Colonel Warlick was commissioned in 1997 through the US Air Force Academy. He commanded at the Wing level and has held a variety of operational and staff assignments in targeting, all-source analysis, ISR operations, and professional military education. Colonel Warlick began his career on active duty as an intelligence officer. In late 2003, he transitioned to the Air Force Reserve where he held a variety of part- and full-time positions supporting Air Force, joint, and inter-agency units and programs. He is a Level III Joint Qualified Officer, having served in US Indo-Pacific Command, the Joint Staff Directorate of Intelligence, and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, US Air Force Academy, Colo. 2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Air Command and Staff College (distance learning), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2010 Master of Arts, Marriage & Family Counseling, Master of Arts, Christian Education, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
2012 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (JPME Phase II equivalent), Joint Forces Staff College, Suffolk, Va. 2016 Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2024 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1997 - October 1997, Assistant Professor, US Air Force Academy Preparatory School, Colo.
2. October 1997 - July 1998, Student, 315th Training Squadron, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
3. July 1998 – June 2001, various positions, 36th Intelligence Squadron, Langley AFB, Va. (September 1999 – January 2000, Chief, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Cell, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Air Operations Center, Vicenza, Italy)
4. June 2001 – December 2003, Chief, Target Intelligence, 2nd Operations Support Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La. (September 2001 – January 2002, Chief, Target Intelligence, 28 Air Expeditionary Wing, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory; January – April 2003, Chief, Target Intelligence, 7 Air Expeditionary Wing, Guam)
5. December 2003 – October 2005, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Targeting Flight Commander, 36th Intelligence Squadron, Langley AFB, Va.
6. October 2005 – September 2011, various positions, Joint Intelligence Operations Center, US Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
7. September 2011 – July 2012, Intelligence Flight Commander, 301st Operations Support Flight, 301st Fighter Wing, Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas
8. July 2012 – June 2015, Reserve Deputy Director for Joint Targeting and Director of Operations, Joint Reserve Intelligence Support Element, Defense Intelligence Agency/Joint Staff J2, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (October 2014 – June 2105, Program Manager, Hard Target Program, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.)
9. June 2015 – May 2016, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. June 2016 – November 2018, Academic Advisor & Instructor, Director of Staff, and Deputy Chair, Joint Warfighting Department, Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (June 2018 – November 2018, Chief, ISR Operations and Analysis Division and Deputy Director for ISR, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii)
11. November 2018 – June 2019, Director of Intelligence, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. June 2019 – May 2020, IMA to the Commander, Space, Missiles, and Forces Group, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
13. May 2020 – February 2023, Vice Commander, 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
14. March 2023 – April 2025, Commander, 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15. April 2025 – Present, Mobilization Assistant to the Director, ISR Operations, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2005 – September 2011, various positions, Joint Intelligence Operations Center, US Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a major
2. July 2012 – June 2015, Reserve Deputy Director for Joint Targeting and Director of Operations, Joint Reserve Intelligence Support Element, Defense Intelligence Agency/Joint Staff J2, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (October 2014 – June 2105, Program Manager, Hard Target Program, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.), as a lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Global War on Terrorism Medal
NATO Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 28, 1997
First Lieutenant May 28, 1999
Captain May 28, 2001
Major May 28, 2005
Lieutenant Colonel May 28, 2012
Colonel September 1, 2017
(Current as of April 2025)