BRIGADIER GENERAL DANIEL E. GABRIELLI
Brig. Gen. Gabrielli is the Assistant Adjutant General of the Minnesota Air National Guard. In this role, he is chief advisor to the Adjutant General on all matters pertaining to Army National Guard operations, training and readiness. He is responsible for command supervision, oversight, and leadership of the 133rd Airlift Wing and the 148th Fighter Wing, to include all items pertaining to manning, readiness, training, and equipping of units in the Minnesota Air National Guard.General Gabrielli graduated from Mankato State University in 1986. He was commissioned through USAF Officer Training School, and attended Undergraduate Pilot Training in 1989. While on active duty, he served in training and operational flying roles as a first assignment T-37 instructor pilot, and as a C-5 aircraft commander. General Gabrielli joined the
Minnesota Air National Guard in 1998, and deployed multiple times as a C-130 pilot and aircraft commander, in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, SHINING HOPE, JOINT FORGE, JOINT ENTERPRISE, and CORONET OAK. In 2012, he served as the deputy commander for the 386th Expeditionary Operations Group at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.
Prior to his current assignment, General Gabrielli was the Commander of the 133rd Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, where he led more than 1,200 Airmen assigned to the wing. In this role, he oversaw the organizing, equipping, and training of personnel for worldwide deployments, to provide necessary capability to combatant commanders and the State of Minnesota. Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Director for Air, Space and Cyber Operations for the Air National Guard, where he assisted in advising the Director, Air National Guard, on operational matters, and assisted as the Air National Guard liaison with congressional staff, DOD agencies, major command offices, and operational field units, concerning management and policy matters.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota
1995 Squadron Officer School (SOS)
1997 Master of Arts in International Relations, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, Oklahoma
2005 Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), by correspondence
2012 Air War College (AWC), by correspondence
2015 Director of Mobility Forces Course, USAF Expeditionary Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2015 George Washington University, National Security Senior Managers Course
2018 National Security Studies Management Course (NSSMC), Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
2021 Regional Seminar - Middle East/Southwest Asia, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, District of Columbia
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1989 - May 1990, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. May 1990 - July 1992, T-37 Instructor Pilot, 98th Flying Training Squadron, Williams AFB, Ariz.
3. July 1992 - May 1995, T-37 Instructor/Evaluator Pilot, Assistant Flight Commander, Chief, Squadron Standards and Evaluations, 8th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, Okla.
4. May 1995 - July 1998, C-5 Aircraft Commander, Squadron Scheduler, Assistant Flight Commander, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Del.
5. July 1998 - October 2010, C-130 Instructor/Evaluator Pilot, Command Post Duty Officer, Flight Commander, Chief Pilot, Chief, Squadron Training, 109th Airlift Squadron, 133rd Airlift Wing, St. Paul, Minn.
6. October 2010 - April 2011, Acting Vice Commander, 133rd Airlift Wing, St. Paul, Minn.
7. April 2011 - November 2011, Director of Operations, 109th Airlift Squadron, St. Paul, Minn.
8. November 2011 - September 2012, Commander, 133rd Operations Support Flight, St. Paul, Minn.
9. March 2012 - July 2012, Deputy Group Commander, 386th Expeditionary Operations Group, Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait
10. September 2012 - July 2013, Deputy Commander, 133rd Operations Group, 133rd Airlift Wing, St. Paul, Minn.
11. July 2013 - June 2014, Commander, 133rd Operations Group, 133rd Airlift Wing, St. Paul, Minn.
12. June 2014 - April 2016, Deputy Director for Air, Space and Cyber Operations, National Guard Bureau, Andrews AFB, Md.
13. April 2016 - August 2019, Commander, 133rd Airlift Wing, St. Paul, Minn.
14. September 2019 - March 2021, Chief of Staff, St Paul, MN
15. March 2021 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, St Paul, Minn.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 5,000
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, C-5, C-130H3
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 4, 1989
First Lieutenant May 4, 1991
Captain May 4, 1993
Major May 4, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel May 4, 2007
Colonel June 20, 2013
Brigadier General Sept. 1, 2019
(Current as of October 2021)
