Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Kamorski: Director of Operations

Lt Col Kamorski is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies assigned to the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 890, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. The detachment has seven cadre members and 150 cadets located at the University of Virginia, Liberty University, James Madison University, and Piedmont Valley Community College.

Lt Col Kamorski was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force in 1990 through the University of Massachusetts ROTC program. Following Intercontinental Ballistic Missile training, he served as Combat Crew Commander, instructor, evaluator, and Chief of Emergency War Order training at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. He has held a variety of positions in nuclear testing and evaluation, served as an Air Officer Commanding at the US Air Force Academy, and worked staff positions at Air Space Command Headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO, and USAF Headquarters, the Pentagon, Washington, DC. He also served on the USAF Director of Operations' Commander's Action Group preparing speeches and congressional testimony. Most recently, he served as Squadron Commander of the 392nd Training Squadron at Vandenberg AFB, CA.

Education

1991 Bachelor of Science, Management Sciences, University of Massachusetts', Lowell, MA

1996 Master of Science, Business Administration, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL

2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

2005 Doctor of Education, Adult Education, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL

2006 Master of Science, Military Arts and Science, Army Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS

2007 Air War College, by seminar

Assignments

1. Feb 92 – Jul 92, Distinguished Graduate, Undergraduate Missile Training, Minuteman II & III, 392nd Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA
2. Jul 92 – Jun 98, Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander, Instructor and Evaluator; Missile Combat Crew Commander, Instructor, Evaluator and Operations Support Flight Commander; Emergency War Order Instructor, Chief of Training; 10th Missile Squadron, 341st Operations Group, 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB, MT
3. Jun 98 – Jun 01, Flight Test Officer; Launch Operations Flight Commander; Space Tactics Flight Commander; 576th Flight Test Squadron (TOP HAND), Vandenberg AFB, CA
4. Jun 01 – Jun 03, Chief, Nuclear Plans and Policy, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
5. Jun 03 – Jun 05, Commander, 11th Cadet Squadron, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
6. Jun 05 – Jun 06, Student, Army Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS
7. Jun 06 – Jun 08, Chief, Counter-CBRN / Counterproliferation Branch, Strategic Plans and Policy Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC
8. Jun 08 – Jul 10, Deputy Director, Air Force A3/5 Commander's Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC (Aug 09 - Feb 10, Inspector General, CJTF-82, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan)
9. Jul 10 – May 12, Commander, 392nd Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA
10. May 12 – Present, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies, Det 890, University of Virginia

Major Awards and Decorations

• Defense Meritorious Service Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
• Air Force Commendation Medal
• Joint Service Achievement Medal
• Air Force Achievement Medal
• Combat Readiness Medal
• National Defense Service Medal with bronze star device
• Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star device
• Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold border

Effective Dates of Promotion

Second Lieutenant February 1991

First Lieutenant February 1993

Captain February 1995

Major February 2002

Lieutenant Colonel January 2007