BRIGADIER GENERAL DEBORAH S. ROSE

Retired, October 1, 2011

Director, Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters

Brigadier General Deborah S. Rose was the Director, Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters.

General Rose entered military service with a direct commission into the Nurse Corps in March 1983, where she remained until 1994 when the wing leadership requested she leave the Nurse Corps to take on a crucial leadership role. She was moved to a line officer position where she became the 190th Service Flight Commander, transforming the organization to one of the finest in the Air National Guard. She has served in assignments with progressively more responsibility in the 190th Air Refueling Wing, first at a squadron level, then at a group level, and finally at the wing level. During Desert Shield, she deployed to Saudi Arabia where she served as a nurse. Pre-Operation Iraqi Freedom, she deployed to Turkey as the leader of an aerial refueling base bed-down team. She became the highest-ranking female in the Kansas National Guard when she was promoted to the rank of colonel in 2002, and upon her promotion to brigadier general in 2007 was also the first female to achieve that rank in the Kansas National Guard.

EDUCATION:

1982 Washburn University, Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Topeka, Kansas
1989 Wichita State University, Masters of Science, Nursing, Wichita, Kansas
1984 United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2000 Air War College, by correspondence
2007 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Service College, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. March 1983 - October 1984, Nurse, 184th Tactical Fighter Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas
2. October 1984 - October 1986, Primary Care Nurse, 190th Air Refueling Group, Topeka, Kansas
3. October 1986 - October 1987, Officer In Charge - Immunization, 190th Air Refueling Group, Topeka, Kansas
4. October 1987 - October 1993, Primary Care Nurse, 190th Air Refueling Group, Topeka, Kansas
5. October 1993 - October 1996, Commander, 190th Services Flight, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, Kansas
6. October 1996 - October 2000, Commander, 190th Logistics Squadron, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, Kansas
7. October 2000 - October 2001, Commander, 190th Maintenance Squadron, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, Kansas
8. October 2001 - June 2003, Commander, 190th Mission Support Group, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, Kansas
9. June 2003 - April 2007, Vice Commander, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, Kansas
10. April 2007 - November 2010, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, Kansas National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
11. November 2010 - March 2011, Chief of Staff, Kansas Air National Guard, Topeka, Kansas
12. April 2011 - September 2011, Director, Joint Staff, Kansas Joint Force Headquarters, Topeka, Kansas

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Valor Device and 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Short Tour
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (with Gold Border)
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Bronze Hourglass, M Device, and Numeral 2)
Air Force Training Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait
Kansas National Guard Commendation Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Kansas National Guard Achievement Ribbon
Kansas National Guard State Emergency Duty Service Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Sunflower)
Kansas National Guard Service Medal (with 2 Gold Sunflowers)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

Federally Employed Women Chapter of Kansas
National Guard Association of the United States, Life Member
National Guard Association of Kansas, Life Member
American Nurses Association
Nurses Association of Kansas
Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

1990-1991 Adjunct Professor, St. Mary's of the Plains School of Nursing
1990-1994 Adjunct Professor, University of Kansas School of Nursing
1991 Kansas Air National Guard Company Grade Officer of the Year
1993 Air Force Association Superior Performer Award
1994 Woman's Leadership Award Nominee, Young Women's Christian Association,
1997 to 1998: President, National Guard Association of Kansas
1999 National Guard Association of Kansas Meritorious Service Award
1999-2004 Chairperson, Board of Governors, Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame
2001 The United Who's Who Registry
2002 Leadership Kansas, Class 2002
2006 Strathmore's Who's Who
2007 Key to the City of Overbrook
2007 Washburn University School of Nursing Alumni Fellow
2007-2009, President, Board of Directors, Young Women's Christian Association of Topeka
2009 Board of Directors, Stormont-Vail Foundation

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 5 March 1983
First Lieutenant 3 November 1985
Captain 6 February 1988
Major 7 June 1994
Lieutenant Colonel 2 April 1997
Colonel 9 April 2002
Brigadier General 14 April 2007

(Current as of November 2011)