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CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT ROGER A. TOWBERMAN

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Chief Master Sergeant Roger A. Towberman is the Command Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Space Command and Command Chief, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

USSPACECOM is responsible for deterring conflict, defending U.S. and Allied freedom of action in space, delivering combat-relevant space capability to the joint/combined force, and developing joint warfighters to advance U.S. and Allied interests in, through and from the space domain. The command and associated components will be dispersed across various locations including Peterson AFB, Colorado; Schriever AFB, Colorado; Offutt AFB, Nebraska; and Vandenberg AFB, California. As the Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Towberman advises the Commander USSPACECOM on space forces providing tailored, responsive, theater and global space effects in support of national objectives.

AFSPC is responsible for organizing, equipping, training and maintaining mission-ready space and cyberspace forces for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Strategic Command and other combatant commands around the world. Chief Towberman is the senior enlisted advisor for the command’s over 26,000 space professionals. 

Chief Towberman entered the Air Force in September 1990. He graduated from the cryptologic language analyst course at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas in May 1992. His background includes various duties as a ground and airborne cryptologic language and intelligence analyst. Throughout his career, he has filled myriad leadership roles at the squadron, group, wing, and numbered Air Force level, while stateside and deployed including Operations Joint Forge, Allied Force, Northern Watch, Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Unified Protector. He is a Career Enlisted Aviator with more than 4,500 flying hours.

EDUCATION
1995 Pacific Air Forces Airman Leadership School, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
2002 United States Air Forces in Europe Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Kapaun AB, Germany
2002 Joint Advanced Tactical Signals Intelligence Training Program, Naval Strike, Air Warfare Center, Fallon, Nev.
2004 Associate in Communications Application Technology degree, Community College of the Air Force
2006 U.S. Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Leadership Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2014 Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
2014 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1990 - October 1990, trainee, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas
2. October 1990 - December 1991, student, Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.
3. January 1992 - May 1992, student, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
4. May 1992 - March 1997, Systems Operator and Collection Manager, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii
5. March 1997 - March 1999, C2 Network Analyst, Kelly AFB, Texas
6. March 1999 - August 2007, Superintendent, Standardization and Evaluations, Flight Chief Airborne Operations, 488th Intelligence Squadron, RAF, Mildenhall, United Kingdom
7. August 2007 - October 2009, Operations Superintendent, 338th Combat Training Sq, Offutt AFB, Neb.
8. October 2009 - July 2010, Operations Superintendent, 488th Intelligence Sq, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
9. July 2010 - August 2011, Superintendent, 488th Intelligence Sq, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
10. August 2011 - May 2013, Superintendent, 55th Electronic Combat Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. (April 2012- November 2012, Superintendent, 455th Expeditionary Operations Group, Bagram, Afghanistan)
11. May 2013 – September 2014, Command Chief Master Sergeant, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
12. September 2014 – August 2017, Command Chief Master Sergeant, 25th Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas
13. August 2017 – November 2018, Senior Enlisted Advisor, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), Pentagon, Washington D.C.
14. November 2018 – Present, Command Chief, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

15. August 2019 – Present, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1995 Distinguished Graduate, Airmen Leadership School
2002 Distinguished Graduate, Noncommissioned Officer Academy
2005 Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, 488th Intelligence Squadron
2006 Distinguished Graduate, Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy
2006 Chief Master Sgt. James M. McCoy Academic Achievement Award Winner, Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy
2006 Air Force Intelligence Awards Program, Active Duty Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, 8th Air Force
2007 Airborne Mission Supervisor of the Year, 55th Wing
2007 Electronic Warfare Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, 55th Wing

FLIGHT INFORMATION
CEA Status: Master Enlisted Aircrew
Flight Hours: 4,574 including 3,748 combat/combat support hours
Aircraft Flown: RC-135V/W/U

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Chief Master Sergeant Dec 2009

 

As of 29 Aug 2019