MAJOR GENERAL RANDOLPH J. STAUDENRAUS
Maj. Gen. Randolph J. Staudenraus serves as Director, Strategy, Policy, Plans, and International Affairs (NGB/J-5), National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. His responsibilities include development and implementation of National Guard Bureau strategy, policy, plans, initiatives and concepts related to war fighting; transformation; the State Partnership Program; theater security cooperation; federal and state homeland security; interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational coordination; and civil support.General Staudenraus was commissioned from Washington State University. Following pilot training, he flew A-10s, T-38s and F-15Es. General Staudenraus joined the Maryland Air National Guard in 2003, where he served as Operations Group, Vice Wing and Wing Commander, responsible for the organization, training and equipping of over 1,400 Airmen serving both state and federal missions, 175th Wing, Warfield Air National Guard Base, Maryland. He also served as Director of Plans and Programs (NGB/A8/9) two different times, representing the National Guard Bureau/A8/A9 in the Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD) strategic planning and programming processes where he directed Air National Guard (ANG) resource, ANG future missions strategy and directed long range planning to meet NGB federal and state missions. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Embassy of the United States, Kuwait.
EDUCATION
1987 Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.
1994 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2002 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2002 Master of Science, Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2011 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2013 National Security Studies Management Course, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
2014 Joint Task Force Commander Course, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2015 General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar, Harvard Kennedy School, Mass.
2016 Joint Task Force Dual Status Commander Course, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2016 National Defense University, CAPSTONE, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2016 Senior Leader Officer Course, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
2018 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2018 Joint Military Attaché School, Defense Intelligence Agency, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, DC.
2020 Senior Executives in National and International Security (SENIS) Harvard Kennedy School, Mass.
2021 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar (ASLDS), Warrenton, Va.
2021 Enterprise Leadership Seminar (ELS), University of North Carolina (UNC), Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, N.C.
2021 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1988 - October 1989, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin AFB, TX
2. October 1989 - September 1991, A-10 Pilot, Flight Commander, 76th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, La.
3. September 1991 - October 1994, T-38 Instructor Pilot, Chief, Standards/Evaluation, 86th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin AFB, Texas
4. October 1994 - May 1996, Division Air Liaison Officer, Camp Red Cloud, South Korea
5. May 1996 - July 1999, F-15E Pilot, Flight Commander, 492nd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England
6. July 1999 - July 2002, F-15E Instructor Pilot, Assistant Operations Officer, 334th Fighter Training Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
7. July 2002 - June 2003, F-15E Evaluator Pilot, Assistant Operations Officer, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
8. June 2003 - June 2005, A-10 Pilot, Chief Wing Plans, 175th Wing, Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md.
9. June 2005 - June 2006, Base, Realignment and Closure Programmer, Air National Guard, Crystal City, Va.
10. June 2006 - July 2008, Air National Guard A3X Deputy Chief, Operational Plans and Execution Division, Air National Guard, Andrews AFB, Md.
11. July 2008 - April 2010, Chief, Current Operations Division, National Guard Bureau, Crystal City, Va.
12. April 2010 - March 2011, 175th Operations Group Commander, 175th Wing, Warfield ANGB Base, Md.
13. March 2011 - September 2011, Chief, Force Planning and Basing Division, National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard Readiness Center, JB Andrews, Md.
14. September 2011 - April 2013, Director, Plans and Programs, National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard Readiness Center, JB Andrews, MD.
15. April 2013 - December 2014, Vice Wing Commander, 175th Wing, Warfield ANGB, MD.
16. December 2014 - December 2015, Director, Plans and Programs, NGB, Air National Guard Readiness Center, JB Andrews, MD.
17. December 2015 - January 2018, Commander, 175th Wing, Warfield ANGB, MD.
18. January 2018 - May 2018, Special Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard, Washington, DC.
19. June 2018 - September 2020, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Embassy of the United States, Kuwait
20. September 2020 - September 2022, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, and International Affairs (J-5), Washington, DC
21. September 2022 - August 2023, Director, Programs and Resources, NGB J-8, Arlington, VA
22. August 2023 - Present, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command- Brunssum, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The Netherlands, AE
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2018 - September 2020, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Embassy of the United States, Kuwait as a major general
2. September 2020 - September 2022, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, and International Affairs (J-5), Washington, DC as a major general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: Over 4,000
Aircraft flown: A-10A/C, AT-38, F-15E, T-37 and T-38
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with valor device with three oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Sept. 21, 1987
First Lieutenant Sept. 21, 1989
Captain Sept. 21, 1991
Major April 1, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel June 8, 2005
Colonel Feb. 27, 2009
Brigadier General Dec. 11, 2014
Major General May 18, 2020
(Current as of September 2024)
