Brigadier General Timothy Lynn Frye
Brigadier General Timothy L. Frye serves as the Director, US Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (CDDOC). The CDDOC synchronizes transportation, distribution, and sustainment for the 20 countries of the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). The CDDOC projects and maintains national power with the greatest speed and agility, the highest efficiency, and with the most reliable level of accuracy. The CDDOC links the strategic deployment and distribution processes to operational and tactical functions in support of the Warfighter, thereby improving total materiel distribution within USCENTCOM's AOR.
General Frye joined the Air Force from his home near Salt Rock, West Virginia and received his commission in 1980 from the United States Air Force Academy. He completed undergraduate pilot training in 1981, and his flying assignments have included positions such as chief of training, chief of scheduling, chief of tactics, chief of standardization and evaluation, chief of plans, operations officer, and operations group commander. Most recently, General Frye served as the Assistant Adjutant General for Air for the WV National Guard and was dual hatted as the Director of Engineering and Logistics (NG J4) for the National Guard Bureau. Previously, he served as the chief of staff for the WV National Guard and the Deputy Director of NG J4. He commanded the 130th Airlift Wing for ten years, during which time he deployed as the Vice Commander, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. He has also deployed as the Director of Mobility Forces for Air Force Central Command and served for two years as the operations officer and Deputy Commander for OPERATION DEEP FREEZE, a joint mission supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program with U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and U.S. Coast Guard personnel and assets. General Frye has flown in multiple operations from DESERT STORM to ENDURING FREEDOM. He is a command pilot with over 6,500 hours in C-130, HC-130, and LC-130 aircraft
EDUCATION
1980 United States Air Force Academy, Bachelor of Science, International Affairs, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1980 Bachelor of Science in International Affairs, United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, Colorado
1993 Squadron Officer School (SOS), by correspondence
1994 Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), by correspondence
1995 Master of Science in Political Science, Marshall University, Hungtington, West Virginia
2000 Air War College (AWC), by correspondence
2014 Senior Leadership Officer Course (SLOC), by in residence
2015 Syracuse NSDM, by in residence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1980 - June 1981, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
2. June 1981 - October 1981, Student, C-130 Pilot Initial and Mission Qualification, 34th Tactical Airlift Training Group, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
3. October 1981 - April 1983, Unit Pilot, C-130E, 39th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina
4. April 1983 - April 1987, Instructor Aircraft Commander, C-130E, 39th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina
5. April 1987 - June 1988, Headquarters, Air Readiness Personnel Center, Denver, Colorado
6. June 1988 - June 1989, HC130 Pilot, 106th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group, Suffolk County Air National Guard Base, New York
7. June 1989 - September 1989, Headquarters, Air Readiness Personnel Center, Denver, Colorado
8. September 1989 - April 1992, C-130H Flight Instructor and Examiner, 130th Airlift Squadron, Charleston, West Virginia
9. April 1992 - December 1994, Tactics Officer, C-130, 130th Operations Support Flight, Charleston, West Virginia
10. January 1995 - December 1996, Logistics Officer, 130th Airlift Wing, Charleston, West Virginia
11. January 1997 - August 1998, Operations Officer, 130th Airlift Squadron, Charleston, West Virginia
12. August 1998 - August 1999, Operations Officer, Air National Guard Detachment 13, Operation Deep Freeze, Christchurch, New Zealand
13. August 1999 - May 2000, Deputy Commander, Air National Guard Detachment 13, Operation Deep Freeze, Christchurch, New Zealand
14. May 2000 - May 2001, Operations Group Commander, 130th Operations Group, Charleston, West Virginia
15. May 2001 - August 2012, Wing Commander, 130th Airlift Wing, Charleston, West Virginia
16. September 2012 - June 2016, Assistant Adjutant General, JFHQ, Virginia National Guard; dual-hatted, as Director Engineering and Logistics National Guard Bureau, Arlington VA
17. June 2016 - Present, Director, CENTCOM, Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (CDDOC), Camp Arifjan, AP
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star
Antarctica Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with bronze service star
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze service stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Overseas Ribbon Short Tour
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame
Longevity Service Award Ribbon with silver oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with bronze hourglass and "M" device
Small Arm Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Emirate of Kuwait)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 28, 1980
First Lieutenant May 28, 1982
Captain Jun. 22, 1984
Major Feb. 11, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 7, 1997
Colonel Mar. 21, 2002
Brigadier General Oct. 10, 2012
(Current as of February 2017)
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