BRIGADIER GENERAL JEFFREY R. ALEXANDER
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey R. Alexander is Chief of Staff of the Michigan Air National Guard and serves as the United States Air Force Global Strike Command’s ANG Advisor for Strategic Plans, Programs, and Requirements Directorate. In these roles, he provides strategic counsel and management for the entire Michigan Air National Guard, comprising over 2,400 Airmen, provides insight to the National All Domain Warfighting Center / the Kelly Johnson Joint All Domain Innovation Center, and directs the $97 billion Program Objective Memorandum (POM) for U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command’s nuclear modernization.
General Alexander is a 1990 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps graduate from North Carolina State University, Raleigh. He graduated from Naval Flight School in 1992. In the Navy, he flew multiple fixed-wing and rotary aircraft before transferring to the Air Force in 1999, flying the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. In 2003, he transferred to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, where he was instrumental in establishing an Air Force Cyberspace Air Operations Center and cyber integration into the Air Force Warfare Center. In 2008, he transferred to United States Strategic Command - Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He created operational directives for deterrence and conducted full-spectrum informational global plans. After retiring from active duty in 2011, he joined the Air National Guard. In October 2013, he was the Director, Operations Staff, 217th Air Operations Group, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, where he planned non-kinetic operations for multiple combatant commands. As the 110th Operations Group Commander, he stood up MQ-9 and Cyber operations squadrons in the Michigan Air National Guard. During COVID, he was appointed to be the deputy JTF commander supporting the Governors of Michigan’s requirements. Prior to his current position, he served as the A3/A5 Director Joint Force Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor of Arts in Business, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2004 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Master of Arts in Business Administration, Touro University (International), Cypress, Texas
2010 Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va.
2014 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2021 Senior Leader Orientation Course (SLOC), Joint Base Andrews, Md.
2022 General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar (GFOS), Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1990 - April 1991, T-34C Student Pilot, Naval Flight Training, Training Squadron 27, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas
2. April 1991 - May 1992, HT-57B/C Student Pilot, Helicopter Training Squadron 18, NAS Whiting, Fla.
3. May 1992 - August 1992, CH-53E/MH-53E Student Pilot, Helicopter Countermeasures Squadron 12, NAS Norfolk, Va
4. August 1992 - March 1996, CH-53E/MH-53E Instructor Pilot, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4, NAS Sigonella, Italy
5. March 1996 - July 1999, T-34C, T-6, T-45A/C Instructor Pilot, Training Squadron 27, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas.
6. July 1999 - April 2000, E-3 Pilot Student, 552d Training Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
7. April 2000 - June 2000, E-3 Pilot, 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
8. June 2000 - June 2002, Flight Commander, 965th Airborne ACS, Tinker AFB, Okla.
9. June 2002 - December 2003, Wing Exercise Planner, 522d Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla.
10. December 2003 - August 2004, Chief, Command and Control Plans Division, 608th Air Operations Group, Barksdale AFB, La.
11. August 2004 - July 2006, Commander, Air Tasking Order Production Flight, 608th Air Operations Group, Barksdale AFB, La.
12. July 2006 - July 2007, Director of Operations, 608th Combat Plans Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
13. July 2007 - September 2007, Commander, 608th Combat Plans Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
14. September 2007 - February 2008, Chief, Operational Plans, Headquarters 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.
15. February 2008 - January 2009, Chief, Global Deterrence Operations, U.S. Strategic Command Commander’s Action Group, U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb.
16. January 2009 - July 2009, Chief, Global Deterrence Operations, U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb.
17. July 2009 - April 2010, Chief, Operational Planner Team; U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb.
18. April 2010 - January 2011, Chief, Operational Plans, 8001/8010 Planner; U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb.
19. January 2011 - December 2011, break in service after retirement from active duty
20. December 2011 - November 2012, Deputy Chief, Combat Plans Division/Director, Air and Space Operations, 102d Air Operations Group, Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass.
21. November 2012 - October 2013, Chief, Combat Plans Division, 217th Air Operations Group, Battle Creek ANGB, Mich.
22. October 2013 - June 2016, Director, Operations Staff, 217th Air Operations Group, Battle Creek ANGB, Mich.
23. June 2016 - April 2019, Commander, 110th Operations Group, Battle Creek ANGB, Mich.
24. April 2019 - July 2019, Deputy Joint Task Force Commander, Operation COVID HAMMER-JFHQ, Lansing, Mich.
25. July 2019 - March 2021, A3/A5 Director JFHQ, Lansing, Mich.
26. March 2021 - January 2023, Chief of Staff, Michigan Air National Guard-JFHQ, Lansing, Mich.
27. January 2023 - June 2023, ANG Advisor, Strategic Plans, Programs and Requirements (A5/8), U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La.
28. June 2023 - Present, Chief of Staff, Michigan Air National Guard-JFHQ, Lansing, Mich.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 2008 - January 2009, Chief, Global Deterrence Operations, U.S. Strategic Command Commander’s Action Group, U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb. as a lieutenant colonel
2. January 2009 - July 2009, Chief, Global Deterrence Operations, U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb. as a lieutenant colonel
3. July 2009 - April 2010, Chief, Operational Planner Team; U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb. as a lieutenant colonel
4. April 2010 - January 2011, Chief, Operational Plans, 8001/8010 Planner; U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Functional Component Command Global Strike, Offutt AFB, Neb. as a lieutenant colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Naval Aviator, command pilot
Flight hours: more than 4,660
Aircraft flown: CH-53E, E-3B/C, MH-53E, MQ-9, T-6, T-34C, T-45C, TH-57B/C
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Navy Achievement Medal with gold star
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Major May 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2006
Colonel June 1, 2016
Brigadier General March 1, 2021
(Current as of April 2024)
