Major General John B. Handy is the mobilization assistant to the director of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). Under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; DCMA was created'and designated as a Combat Support Agency'in March 2000. Its 12,000 civilian and military leaders, managers, and technical experts ensure the readiness of the military services through customer-focused acquisition life cycle support and contract management services on over 300,000 contracts valued in excess of $973 billion. The agency also is chartered to streamline and standardize the contracting process within the Department of Defense. General Handy is responsible for managing the reserve component support to the agency and serves as an advisor/confidant to the director and the agency's Senior Leadership Team.
Prior to joining DCMA, Maj. Gen. Handy was the deputy commanding general, air, District of Columbia National Guard. In that position, he was responsible to the commanding general for the two District of Columbia Air National Guard (DCANG) flying units, a combat communications squadron, and a weather flight. In this role he also directed and supervised the activities of the headquarters staff.
Maj. Gen. Handy was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Program in 1973. As a civil engineering officer, he served in Air Force Civil Engineering positions in Arizona, Greece, and the National Capital Region. He has commanded a civil engineering squadron and support group in an Air Combat Command-tasked wing in the DCANG.
1973 Bachelor of industrial engineering degree, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA
1975 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1982 Master of engineering administration degree, The George Washington
University, Washington, D.C.
1990 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1994 Air War College, by correspondence
1. September 1973 - May 1976, chief, industrial engineering, 803rd Civil
Engineering Squadron, Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
2. May 1976 - January 1979, deputy staff civil engineer, Iraklion Air Station,
Greece.
3. January 1979 - July 1979, chief, analysis section, 1185th Civil Engineering
Group, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
4. July 1979 - December 1980, chief, industrial engineering, 1100th Civil
Engineering Squadron, Bolling Air Force Base, D.C.
5. December 1980 - July 1982, chief, operations, 1100th Civil Engineering
Squadron, Bolling Air Force Base, D.C.
6. July 1982 - September 1984, engineering plans officer, 113th Civil
Engineering Flight, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
7. September 1984 - August 1992, commander, 113th Civil Engineering Squadron,
Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
8. August 1992 - October 1992, director of resource management, Headquarters,
District of Columbia Air National Guard, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
9. October 1992 - June 1996, support group commander, 113th Wing, Andrews Air
Force Base, Md.
10. June 1996 - October 1998, director of support, Headquarters, District of
Columbia Air National Guard, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
11. October 1998 - August 2000, chief of staff, Headquarters, District of
Columbia Air National Guard, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
12. August 2000 - May 2002, deputy commanding general, air, District of Columbia
National Guard, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
13. May 2002 - present, mobilization assistant to the director, Defense Contract
Management Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Program Director for Health Systems Management, Logistics Management Institute
Second Lieutenant Sep 15, 1973
First Lieutenant Sep 15, 1975
Captain Sep 15, 1977
Major Mar 18, 1984
Lieutenant Colonel May 23, 1990
Colonel Jun 30, 1994
Brigadier General Aug 15, 2000
Major General June 23, 2003
(Current as of August 2003)
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