Assistant Adjutant General for Space, Colorado Army National Guard
Brigadier General Stuart C. Pike was assigned as the Assistant Adjutant General for Space Colorado National Guard on 30 March 2007. General Pike provides General Officer leadership, current operations oversight and emerging mission capabilities and technologies advocacy for the Airmen and Soldiers of the Colorado National Guard serving at Northern Command, in the Ground-Based Mid-Course Defense Brigade and the Space Support Battalion. He is responsible for implementing changes to management initiatives in accordance with the Colorado National Guard Strategic Change Management Plan to insure readiness, future relevance and a fully modernized and compatible force.
General Pike earned a Reserve commission as an Armor Officer after graduating from Officer Candidate School in 1977. He has served in numerous positions to include Colorado National Guard J-7, Commander, 89th Troop Command Brigade and Commander, Joint Special Operations Task Force-Crisis Response Element.
1982 University of Colorado, Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Boulder, Colorado
1996 University of Colorado, Master of Science, Management Science, Boulder, Colorado
2001 United States Army War College, Master of Strategic Arts, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
1. July 1977 - April 1978, Platoon Leader, Company A, 6th Battalion, 32nd Armor, Fort Carson, Colorado
2. April 1978 - January 1979, Anti-Tank Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colorado
3. January 1979 - April 1979, Assistant S-3, Battalion, 12th Infantry (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colorado
4. April 1979 - March 1980, Executive Officer, Company A, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colorado
5. March 1980 - September 1984, Individual Ready Reserve, Saint Louis, Missouri
6. September 1984 - June 1985, Communications/Electronics Officer, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Golden, Colorado
7. July 1985 - September 1988, Commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 974, Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado
8. October 1988 - November 1989, Executive Officer, Company A, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado
9. November 1989 - November 1990, Commander, Support Company, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Golden, Colorado
10. February 1991 - December 1991, Commander, Company C, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Collins, Colorado
11. December 1993 - December 1994, Executive Officer, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Golden, Colorado
12. January 1995 - April 1997, S-3, 89th Troop Command, Golden, Colorado
13. May 1997 - July 1998, Commander, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Watkins, Colorado
14. August 1998 - May 1999, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters, State Area Readiness Command-Colorado, Centennial, Colorado
15. May 1999 - May 2000, Team Chief, Military Liaison Team Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
16. July 2000 - June 2001, Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
17. July 2001 - November 2001, Commander, Theater Special Operations Detachment, Aurora, Colorado
18. December 2001 - July 2002, Commander, Joint Special Operations Task Force Crisis Response Element, Doha, Qatar
19. July 2002 - October 2002, Chief, Special Operations Division, United States Northern Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado
20. December 2002 - April 2003, Operations Staff Officer, Headquarters, State Area Readiness Command-Colorado, Centennial, Colorado
21. May 2003 - October 2003, Team Chief, Weapons of Mass Destruction Planning and Exercise Cell, Joint Force Headquarters, Centennial, Colorado
22. May 2003 - March 2007, Commander, 89th Troop Command Denver, Colorado
23. March 2007 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General for Space, Joint Force Headquarters, Colorado National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Good Conduct Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 2)
Special Forces Tab
Ranger Tab
Master Parachutist Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Military Freefall Parachutist Badge
Second Lieutenant USAR 3 March 1977
First Lieutenant USAR 3 March 1979
Captain USAR 1 March 1984
Major ARNG 15 April 1991
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 15 April 1995
Colonel ARNG 4 March 1999
Brigadier General (Line) ARNG 30 March 2007
(Current as of June 2009)
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