MAJOR GENERAL KATHLEEN E. FICK

Director of Intelligence (J2), National Guard Bureau

Major General Kathleen E. Fick currently serves as the Director of Intelligence (J2), National Guard Bureau. She was previously assigned as the Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Hawaii Air National Guard.

General Fick received her commission in 1976 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. She began her military career as a training officer at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and later became a Department of Defense Schools Officer and the Headquarters Squadron Section Commander at the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. She then served as a Squadron Section Commander within the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. In 1981, General Fick transitioned to the Missouri Air National Guard and served as the Wing Intelligence Officer in the 131st Fighter Wing supporting fighter operations. After graduating from the Post Graduate Intelligence Program at the Joint Military Intelligence College at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia in 1994, General Fick served as the Air National Guard Advisor to the Air Force Director for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance while also serving as the program element monitor and functional manager for Air National Guard intelligence programs.

Upon graduation from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair, Washington, District of Columbia in 1999, General Fick served as the Division Chief for Space, Intelligence and Information Warfare at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia. She then became the Air National Guard director for Space and Information Superiority, where she provided leadership, direction and oversight for all Air National Guard Space, Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, and Information Operations missions. She holds a Master Intelligence Officer Badge.

EDUCATION:

1976 Washburn University, Bachelor of Education, Topeka, Kansas
1989 University of Missouri, Master of Education, Saint Louis, Missouri
1994 Joint Military Intelligence College, Master of Strategic Intelligence, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia
1997 Air War College, by Seminar
1999 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Fort McNair, Washington, District of Columbia

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. October 1976 - August 1977, Center Operations and Plans Staff Officer, Headquarters Military Training Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
2. September 1977 -August 1979, Wing/Base Dependent Schools Officer, 52nd Combat Support Group, United States Air Forces in Europe, Spangdahlem Air Base Germany
3. January 1980 - February 1982, Squadron Section Commander, 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina
4. February 1982 - February 1984, Unit Intelligence Briefing Officer, 110th Tactical fighter Squadron, Bridgeton, Missouri
5. February 1984 - February 1992, Intelligence Briefing Officer, 131st Tactical Fighter Wing, Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, Bridgeton, Missouri
6. February 1992 - August 1993, Intelligence Briefing Officer, 131st Fighter Wing, Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, Bridgeton, Missouri
7. August 1993 - August 1994, Student, Joint Military Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, District of Columbia
8. August 1994 - May 1995, Intelligence Briefing Officer, 131st Fighter Wing, Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, Bridgeton, Missouri
9. June 1995 - December 1996, Air National Guard Advisor to the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
10. January 1997 - December 1997, Air National Guard Advisor to the Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
11. August 1998 - June 1999, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
12. Jun 1999 - June 2004, Chief, Space, Intelligence and Information Warfare Division,
Air National Guard Operations Directorate, Arlington, Virginia
13. June 2004 - May 2006, Director, Space and Information Superiority, Air National Guard, Arlington, Virginia
14. May 2006 - July 2006, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Virginia Air National Guard, Sandston, Virginia
15. July 2006 - January 2007, Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Virginia Air National Guard Sandston, Virginia
16. January 2007 - June 2007, Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Hawaii Air National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii
17. July 2007 - Present, Director of Intelligence (J-2), National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon - Long Tour
Air Force Longevity Service Award (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass)
Air Force Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 15 May 1976
First Lieutenant 2 June 1979
Captain 5 May 1981
Major 12 December 1987
Lieutenant Colonel 15 August 1995
Colonel 30 March 2000
Brigadier General 31 May 2006
Major General 2 October 2008

(Current as of July 2010)