BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHAN A. PAPPAS

Retired, June 8, 2009

Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Wyoming

Brigadier General Stephan A. Pappas is the Assistant Adjutant General, Wyoming Air National Guard. He is responsible for the formulation, development, and coordination of policies plans and programs affecting more than 1200 members of the Wyoming Air National Guard. He is also tasked with ensuring the Wyoming Air National Guard's ability to respond to peacetime contingencies, while maintaining readiness to accomplish their wartime missions.

General Pappas was commissioned in 1985 through the Air National Guard Academy of Military Science in Knoxville, Tennessee. Upon graduation General Pappas worked as a Civil Engineer Staff Officer in the Wyoming Air National Guard until 1991 when he became the Civil Engineering Logistics Officer. In 1995 he became the Civil Engineering Operations officer and in 1998 became the 153d Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Commander.

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. December 1985 - December 1987, Civil Engineering Officer, 153d Civil Engineering Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming
2. December 1987 - September 1988, Civil Engineering Staff Officer, 153d Civil Engineering Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming
3. September 1988 - August 1998, 153d Civil Engineer Commander, 153d Civil Engineering Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming
4. August 1998 - February 2002, Director of Support, Headquarters Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming
5. February 2002 - December 2004, Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming
6. December 2004 - June 2009, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Wyoming National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal w/ 1 Device
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device
National Defense Medal w/ 1 Device
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon w/ 4 Devices
Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/ 2 Devices
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon w/1 Device
Air Force Service Ribbon
Wyoming Distinguished Service Medal

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:

General Pappas is a registered architect and is the President and CEO of Pappas & Pappas Architects, in Cheyenne Wyoming, specializing in educational and medical architecture.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

President, Wyoming State Board of Architects
President, Cheyenne Cowboy Chapter #357 of the Air Force Association
Chairman, Military Affairs Committee of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
Chairman, Cheyenne Contractor's Licensing Board
Team Chairman, National Architectural Accrediting Board
Regional Officer for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 05 November 1985
First Lieutenant 7 November 1988
Captain 02 December 1990
Major 03 December 1994
Lieutenant Col 05 December 1998
Colonel 17 March 2005
Brigadier General 04 August 2009

(Current as of November 2009)