BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES E. DANIEL, JR.

Senior Defense Official/Defense Attache, Office of Defense Cooperation, Turkey, United States European Command

Brigadier James E. Daniel, Jr is Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache, Office of Defense Cooperation, Turkey, United States European Command. He manages all aspects of security assistance and security cooperation programs necessary to sustain the military-to-military relationship between the United States and Turkey. He also represents the Secretary of Defense and the Commander, United States European Command, as the single United States military point of contact in Turkey. As Defense Attache, he diplomatically represents the Department of Defense and is charged with developing harmonious and cooperative relations between the United States military and Turkish military and government.

General Daniel earned his commission in 1982 from the Academy of Military Science, Air National Guard Training and Education Center, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee. He completed undergraduate pilot training in 1987 and has served in numerous assignments and command positions in flying and operations. General Daniel's past positions include Director, Strategic Plans, Policy, National Guard Bureau, J5, Arlington, Virginia and Director of Operations, First Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. He was also deployed as Commander, Kirkuk Airbase and Commander 506th Air Expeditionary Group, Iraq. Prior to his current assignment, General Daniel was Deputy Director, European Command J3, European Command Plans and Operations Center where he supervised crisis/contingency planning and resourcing to enable effective response to emergent, expanding and urgent missions including: area Ballistic Missile Defense, United States Government Phased Adaptive Approach for European Ballistic Missile Defense with integration into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ballistic Missile Defense, and Cyber, STO, and Space Operations.

EDUCATION:

1987 Auburn University, Bachelor of Arts, History, Auburn, Alabama
1999 Air War College, by correspondence
2006 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
2009 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany
2010 Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. August 1982 - June 1986, Weapons Systems Officer, F-4, 160th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, Montgomery, Alabama
2. June 1986 - May 1988, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus, Mississippi
3. June 1987 - September 1987, Student, Fighter Lead in Training, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
4. September 1987 - March 1988, Student, F-16 Replacement Training Unit, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
5. March 1988 - October 1988, Alert Pilot, F-16, Burlington, Vermont
6. October 1988 - June 1992, Assistant Flight Commander and Squadron Safety and Life Support Officer, 160th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Alabama
7. June 1992 - June 1993, Current Operations Officer, Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
8. June 1993 - March 1994, Instructor Pilot and Standardization Evaluation Flight Examiner, F-16, 160th Fighter Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Alabama
9. March 1994 - February 1997, Scheduler, 160th Fighter Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Alabama
10. February 1997 - September 1998, Chief, Standardization Evaluation, 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Alabama
11. September 1998 - November 2000, Flight Commander, 160th Fighter Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Alabama
12. November 2000 - October 2002, Commander, 160th Fighter Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Alabama
13. October 2002 - May 2003, Vice Commander, 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery, Alabama
14. May 2003 - October 2003, Deputy Director, Continental North American Aerospace Defense Command Region Air Operation Center, Tyndall Air Force Base,
15. October 2003 - August 2004, First Air Force Director of Operations, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
16. August 2004 - August 2006, Vice Commander, First Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
17. August 2006 - June 2007, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
18. June 2007 - May 2008, Deputy Director, Doctrine, Training, and Force Development, J7, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
19. May 2008 - April 2009, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Alabama National Guard, Montgomery, Alabama
20. May 2009 - December 2009, Director for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia
21. January 2010 - September 2010, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, First Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
22. October 2010 - July 2011, Deputy Director for Readiness and Exercises, European Command Plans and Operations Center, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
23. July 2011 - Present, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attache, Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey, Ankara, Turkey

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 3,200
Aircraft Flown: F-4, F-16, T-38, T-38 A/B
Pilot wings from: Columbus, Mississippi

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal (with1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Readiness Medal
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Services Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (with Gold Frame)
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass, M Device and Numeral 3)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Star)
Air Force Training Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 19 August 1982
First Lieutenant 19 August 1984
Captain 19 August 1986
Major 10 February 1993
Lieutenant Colonel 13 April 1997
Colonel 6 October 2002
Brigadier General 30 May 2008

(Current as of January 2014)