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COLONEL STEPHEN D. PETTERS
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Colonel Stephen D. Petters is the commander of the 2nd Maintenance Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. As commander, Colonel Petters oversees maintenance and munitions operations of the Air Force's largest and most diverse bomb wing. He leads more than 1,850 Airmen in four squadrons with 27 assigned B-52H aircraft to ensure devastating global strike capability.
Colonel Petters graduated from Brigham Young University and was commissioned through Officer Training School in 1989. He has held a variety of aircraft and munitions maintenance assignments while assigned to wings, Air Logistics Center, Air Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has also commanded two maintenance squadrons. Colonel Petters is Level II certified in life cycle logistics and is a designated Joint Qualified Officer.
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1995 Masters of Arts, Procurement and Acquisition Management, Webster University, Albuquerque, N.M.
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1996 Master of Business Administration (with Honors), Webster University
2003 Master of Military Operational Art and Science degree (Distinguished Graduate), Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB
2005 Air War College, Correspondence
2009 Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy (Distinguished Graduate), Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1989 - February 1990, student, Officer Training School, Lackland AFB, Texas; student, Aircraft and Munitions Maintenance Officer Course, Chanute AFB, Ill.; and student, Nuclear Weapons Officer Maintenance Course, Lowry AFB, Colo.
2. February 1990 - June 1993, Munitions Accountable Systems officer, OIC Nuclear and Conventional Munitions Maintenance, and chief, Reentry Vehicle Flight, 341st Field Missile Maintenance Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
3. June 1993 - August 1996, National Nuclear Weapons instructor and course developer, Defense Nuclear Weapons School, Defense Nuclear Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
4. August 1996 - July 1998, chief of maintenance, 18th Munitions Squadron, Kadena AB, Japan.
5. July 1998 - August 1999, squadron maintenance officer, 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena AB
6. August 1999 - July 2002, logistics career broadening officer, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah.
7. July 2002 - July 2003, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. July 2003 - July 2005, commander, 48th Munitions Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom.
9. July 2005 - July 2006, commander, 48th Component Maintenance Squadron, RAF Lakenheath
10. July 2006 - March 2007, chief logistics programs, Directorate of Resource Integration, DCS/Logistics, Installations, and Mission Support, Air Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
11. March 2007 - February 2008, director, Logistics and Resourcing, Combined Air Power Task Force, Combined Security Transition Command--A, Camp Eggers, Afghanistan.
12. February - July 2008, chief, Readiness Branch, Directorate of Resource Integration, DCS/Logistics, Installations, and Mission Support, Air Staff, Pentagon
13. July 2008 - June 2009, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
14. July 2009 - June 2011, senior readiness analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Pentagon
15. July 2011 - Present, commander, 2nd Maintenance Group, Barksdale AFB
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Afghan Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
NATO Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant -- August 1989
First Lieutenant - August 1991
Captain - August 1993
Major - December 2000
Lieutenant Colonel -- April 2004
Colonel - August 2009
(Current as of March 2012)
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