BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHEN E. JOYCE

Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff Stability/Deputy Director Allied Command Europe Projects and Partnering, International Security Assistance Force, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan

Brigadier General Stephen E. Joyce serves as the Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff Stability/Deputy Director Allied Command Europe Projects and Partnering, International Security Assistance Force, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Kabul, Afghanistan. He is charged with managing the Governance and Development lines of Operation at the strategic level, two of the six Lines of Operation in the Campaign Plan. General Joyce ensures integration and action with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, United States Government and other nation's agencies, and donors to directly address the governance and development issues undermining progress. He advises the Deputy Chief of Staff on aviation related projects in Afghanistan from a developmental and operational perspective. General Joyce co-chairs the Executive Working Group in the United States Embassy, chairs the Borders Issues Working Group and is the senior United States uniformed representative of all civilian/military synchronization for Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces Afghanistan.

Within the Deputy Chief of Staff Stability, General Joyce represents the Deputy Chief of Staff Stability as required and administers the 165+ person multinational directorate. This includes five, 1-Star subordinate divisions within Deputy Chief of Staff Stability: Governance, Development, Aviation Development, Civil/Military Synchronization and Telecommunications Advisory Team.

General Joyce enlisted in the Alaska Air National Guard in 1979 as a C-130 Loadmaster. He attended the United States Army Flight School as a Warrant Officer Candidate and then graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1985. General Joyce is a graduate of Wayland Baptist University and the United States Army War College.

EDUCATION:

1990 Wayland Baptist University, Bachelor of Science, Aviation Flight Technology Charleston, South Carolina
2005 United States Army War College, Master of Science, Strategic Studies, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
2005 United States Army War College, by Correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. May 1985 - April 1987, Section Leader, 1898th Combat Support Aviation Company, Fort Richardson, Alaska
2. April 1987 - April 1988, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion 297th Infantry Group, Anchorage Alaska
3. April 1989 - April 1992, Assistant S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st, Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska
4. April 1992 - January 1993, C Company, 1-223D Aviation, Aviation Training Battalion, Fort Rucker, Alabama.
5. February 1993 - August 1993, Utility Branch Chief, Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, Fort Indiantown Gap, Anniville, Pennsylvania
6. November 1993 - March 1995, Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska
7. April 1995 - July 1997, Aviation Staff Officer, Headquarters, State Area Command, Atlanta, Georgia
8. July 1997 - May 1999, Aviation Liaison Officer, Headquarters, 48th Brigade, State Area Command, Ellenwood, Georgia
9. May 1999 - January 2000, Army Aviation Support Facility 3 Commander/Detachment Commander,1st Aviation Group (Provisional), Headquarters, State Area Command Dobbins, Air Reserve Base, Georgia
10. January 2000 - June 2000, Detachment Commander, Group S-2/3 1st Aviation Group (Provisional), Headquarters, State Area Command, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia
11. July 2000 - June 2001, Commander, Detachment 1, Company F, 131st Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia
12. June 2001 - September 2003, Commander and Army Aviation Support Facility 3 Commander, Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Dobbins, Air Reserve Base, Georgia
13. October 2003 - November 2005, Safety and Occupational Health Director, Headquarters, State Area Command, Ellenwood, Georgia
14. December 2005 - April 2006, Mobilization Readiness Officer, Georgia Joint Force Headquarters, Ellenwood, Georgia
15. May 2006 - July 2008, Human Resources Officer, Georgia Joint Force Headquarters, Ellenwood, Georgia
16. August 2008 - February 2010, Commander, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Rear), Macon, GA
17. February 2010 - June 2011, Vice Commander, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, United States Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Virginia
18. June 2011 - Present, Deputy to the Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff Stability/Deputy Director Allied Command Europe Projects and Partnering, International Security Assistance Force, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Kabul, Afghanistan

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Army Master Aviator
Flight Hours: More than 2500 hours
Aircraft flown: UH-1, UH-60 and CH-47
Pilot wings from: Fort Rucker, Alabama

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster and 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Components

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant ARNG 4 April 1985
First Lieutenant ARNG 4 May 1988
Captain ARNG 10 May 1989
Major ARNG 26 July 1996
Lieutenant Colonel ARNG 12 June 2001
Colonel ARNG 9 June 2006
Brigadier General ARNG 22 December 2010

(Current as of March 2012)