Retired June 1, 2014
Assistant
to the Commander, Air Force Space Command
Major General Robert M. Stonestreet was Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Space Command. He was the principal assistant on matters affecting Air National Guard forces and assigned personnel supporting operations in the space and cyberspace domains. This included over 6,000 Air National Guard personnel in over 50 Air Force Space Command gained units conducting Space Operations, Command and Control, Engineering and Installation, Combat Communications and Cyberspace Warfare/Information Operations. General Stonestreet kept the Director, Air National Guard abreast of critical Air Force Space Command issues.
General Stonestreet began his military career by enlisting in the North Carolina Air National Guard's 263rd Combat Communications Squadron located at Badin, North Carolina, in May 1970. He was commissioned in 1979 upon completion of the Air National Guard Academy of Military Science. General Stonestreet has held a variety of positions in communications and support areas. He has commanded at the squadron, group and vice wing commander levels and served as the dual hatted Air National Guard Assistant to the Chief, Warfighter Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. General Stonestreet is a deployed veteran of Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and Operation Enduring Freedom in 2003. Prior to assuming his current position, General Stonestreet was the Chief of Staff, North Carolina Air National Guard.
1973 Appalachian State University, Bachelor of Science, Business
Administration, Boone, North Carolina
1974 Appalachian State University, Master of Arts, Economics and Business,
Boone, North Carolina
1994 Air War College, by correspondence
2010 Senior Joint Information Operations Applications Course, Air University,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2011 Introduction to Space, Advanced Space Operations School, by correspondence
1. July 1979 - February 1984, Communications Maintenance Officer, 263rd Combat Communications Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, Badin, North Carolina
2. February 1984 - August 1985, Chief of Maintenance, 263rd Combat Communications Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, Badin, North Carolina
3. August 1985 - August 1991, Director of Operations, 263rd Combat Communications Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, Badin, North Carolina
4. August 1991 - November 1994, Commander, 263rd Combat Communications Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, Badin, North Carolina
5. November 1994 - January 2000, Comptroller, 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, Charlotte, North Carolina
6. January 2000 - October 2006, Commander, 145th Mission Support Group, North Carolina Air National Guard, Charlotte, North Carolina
7. November 2006 - May 2011, Chief of Staff, North Carolina Air National
Guard, Joint Forces Headquarters, Raleigh, North Carolina; dual-hatted November
2007 - October 2010, Air National Guard Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff
for Warfighter Integration, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
8. May 2011 - May 2014, Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Space Command,
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Valor and four Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Readiness Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal (with three Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
National Defense Service Medal (with one Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster)
Humanitarian Service Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Short Tour
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (with Gold Border)
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon (with one Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass, M Device, and Numeral 3)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon (with one Oak Leaf Cluster)
Kuwait Liberation Medal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait
North Carolina National Guard Commendation Medal
North Carolina Guard State Active Duty Award (with one Device)
North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Unit
North Carolina National Guard State Service Ribbon (with one Silver Device and one Bronze Device)
2010 Master Cyberspace Officer Badge
2011 Space Badge
1982 Master Communications and Information Badge
1995 Acquisition Badge
2000 - 2001 President, 13,500 member North Carolina National Guard Association
2004 - 2006 Chair, Air National Guard Mission Support Advisory Council
2006 - 2010 Regional Chair, Air National Guard Strategic Planning Process Steering Committee
Second Lieutenant 12 July 1979
First Lieutenant 1 August 1981
Captain 11 September 1983
Major 13 September 1987
Lieutenant Colonel 6 October 1991
Colonel 21 March 2002
Brigadier General 3 November 2006
Major General 9 February 2011
(Current as of July 2014)