BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT W. ENZENAUER

Assistant Adjutant General - Space, Colorado National Guard

Brigadier General Robert W. Enzenauer is Assistant Adjutant General - Space, Colorado Army National Guard. He provides leadership, current operations oversight and emerging mission capabilities and technologies advocacy in the critical mission area of Space with a specific focus on Mid-Course Missile Defense, Army Space Support Teams and Space Support Elements. General Enzenauer interacts with all three components of the Army and Air Force, the National Guards of Alaska, California and Colorado and the National Guard Bureau to support Department of Defense space missions. He also provides General Officer leadership for the Soldiers and Airmen of the Colorado National Guard serving in the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, the 117th Space Support Battalion and the 137th Space Warning Squadron.

General Enzenauer was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers from the United States Military Academy on 4 June 1975. He transferred to the Medical Service Corps during medical school, and was commissioned as a Captain in the Medical Corps in 1979. General Enzenauer left active duty in 1994 after serving as the Chief of Ophthalmology and the Medical Center Flight Surgeon at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado. In 1995, General Enzenauer joined the Illinois Army National Guard and transferred to the Colorado Army National Guard in 1996.

EDUCATION:

1975 United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
1979 University of Missouri School of Medicine, Medical Doctor, Columbia, Missouri
1984 University of Hawaii School of Public Health, Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005 United States Army War College, Master of Science, Strategic Studies, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
2008 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Master of Business Administration, Amherst, Massachusetts

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. June 1975 - July 1979, Medical Student, Assigned Academy of Health Sciences, University of Missouri School of Medicine
2. July 1979 - July 1982, Internship and Residency, Department of Pediatrics, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
3. July 1982 - August 1984, Staff Pediatrician, United States Army Health Clinic, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
4. August 1984 - September 1984, Student, Flight Surgeon Course 84-3, School of Aviation Medicine, Fort Rucker, Alabama
5. September 1984 - July 1986, Flight Surgeon, 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
6. July 1986 - July 1989, Ophthalmology Resident, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
7. July 1989 - July 1990, Student, Assigned Academy of Health Sciences, Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellow, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8. July 1990 - June 1994, Assistant Chief and Chief, Ophthalmology Service, Department of Surgery, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
9. July 1995 - July 1996, Flight Surgeon, Detachment 2, State Area Regional Command, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois
10. July 1996 - October 1998, Flight Surgeon, Detachment 5, State Area Regional Command, Buckley Air National Guard Base, Aurora, Colorado
11. October 1998 - July 2003, Battalion Surgeon, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Watkins, Colorado
12. July 2003 - October 2003, Flight Surgeon, 2/135th Aviation Battalion, Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado
13. October 2003 - February 2004, Field Surgeon, C Company, 109th Area Support Medical Battalion, Montrose, Colorado
14. February 2004 - July 2010, Battalion Surgeon, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Watkins, Colorado
15. July 2010 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Space, Colorado National Guard, Centennial, Colorado

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Ribbon (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Afghanistan Campaign Ribbon
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Bronze Hourglass, M Device, and Numeral 2)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 2)
Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 2)
Combat Medical Badge
Expert Field Medical Badge
Senior Flight Surgeon Badge
Basic Parachutist Badge

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:

Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado - Denver School of Medicine.
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, The Children's Hospital, Aurora, Colorado.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

American College of Physician Executives
American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
American Association of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Pediatrics

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

2004 Distinguished Service Award, University of Missouri School of Medicine
2006 Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 4 June 1975
First Lieutenant 4 June 1977
Captain 15 May 1979
Major 4 June 1984
Lieutenant Colonel 4 June 1990
Colonel 15 June 1998
Brigadier General 4 July 2010

(Current as of August 2012)