MAJOR GENERAL CATHERINE S. LUTZ

Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Mississippi National Guard

Major General Catherine S. Lutz is the Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Mississippi National Guard. She also serves as Commander, Mississippi Air National Guard. General Lutz is responsible to the Adjutant General for directing Air National Guard operations and establishing policy to ensure mission readiness of two airlift wings, combat readiness training center, air support operations squadron, air control squadron and civil engineer squadron.

General Lutz was commissioned in the Mississippi Air National Guard in 1982 as a Flight Nurse; and in 1987 she was re-commissioned as a Medical Service Corps Officer. As a member of the Air National Guard, General Lutz commanded three units: an Air Expeditionary medical unit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an aeromedical evacuation squadron and a medical squadron. In 2004, she transferred to the Air Force Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentee program after serving over 21 years in the Mississippi Air National Guard. During her Air Force Reserve tour she served as the Health Services Administrator to the 81st Medical Group at Keesler Air Force Base. In October 2005 she returned to the Air National Guard as Special Assistant to the Mississippi Adjutant General. In March 2006, she was assigned as the Air National Guard Assistant to the 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base. On 1 Dec 2008, she began her current tour at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Chief Nurse of the Air Force. General Lutz was appointed to her current position in December 2011.

EDUCATION:

1977 University of Southern Mississippi, Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1985 University of Southern Mississippi, Master of Science, Nursing Administration, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1998 University of Mississippi, Doctor of Philosophy, Education, Oxford, Mississippi
2000 Air War College, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. September 1982 - August 1987, Flight Nurse, C-130/C-141, 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 172nd Airlift Group, Jackson, Mississippi
2. August 1987 - April 1988, Health Services Administrator, 172nd Medical Squadron, 172nd Airlift Group, Jackson, Mississippi
3. April 1988 - June 1999, Clinic Administrator, 172nd Medical Squadron, 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson, Mississippi
4. June 1999 - January 2001, Commander, 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson, Mississippi
5. January 2001 - March 2004, Commander, 172nd Medical Squadron, 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson, Mississippi
6. March 2004 - October 2005, Health Services Administrator, Air Force Reserve-Individual Mobilization Augmentee, 81st Medical Group, 403rd Air Force Reserve Wing Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi
7. October 2005 - March 2006, Special Assistant to The Adjutant General, Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi
8. March 2006 - November 2008, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
9. December 2008 - November 2011, Air National Guard Assistant to Chief Nurse of the Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, Maryland
10. December 2011 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Mississippi National Guard

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with 1 Silver and 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Air Force Overseas Short Tour Ribbon
Air Force Longevity Service Award (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass)

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 11 September 1982
First Lieutenant 13 July 1985
Second Lieutenant 18 August 1987
First Lieutenant 2 September 1987
Captain 12 September 1989
Major 12 September 1993
Lieutenant Colonel 28 January 1998
Colonel 21 March 2002
Brigadier General 12 January 2009
Major General 3 December 2011

(Current as of March 2012)