Col. Murray Clark assumes command of 376th Expeditionary Operations Group at Manas AB.Col. Murray Clark assumed command of the 376th Expeditionary Operations Group in a change of command ceremony on August 4, said on the website of the Manas AB. Colonel Clark replaces Col. Randall Ogden, who has completed a four month deployment and will return to Grissom Air Reserve Base Grissom Air Reserve Base (IATA: GUS, ICAO: KGUS, FAA LID: GUS), formerly known as Grissom Air Force Base, is a military airport located five miles (8 km) south of the central business district of Peru, a city in Miami County, Indiana, United , Ind., where he serves as the 434th Operations Group commander. Colonel Clark is an Iowa native and 1987 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy United States Air Force Academy, at Colorado Springs, Colo.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. air force; authorized in 1954 by Congress. , where he earned a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Humanities and was named a Distinguished Graduate and Outstanding Cadet in both Philosophy and Humanities. Colonel Clark is an experience KC-135 Stratotanker pilot and has served as an evaluator pilot, operations officer, squadron commander, deputy operations group commander, and as part of the Commander's Action Group at Air Mobility Command headquarters. He is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College The Command and General Staff College (C&GSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is a United States Army facility that functions as a graduate school for U.S. military leaders. It was originally established in 1881 as a school for infantry and cavalry. and the Air War College. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Colonel Clark has deployed five times to four different forward operating locations; twice as a director of operations and three times as an expeditionary air refueling squadron commander, including command of the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Manas AB in 2003. Prior to assuming command of the 376th EOG EOG electro-olfactogram. EOG abbr. electro-oculography EOG electro-oculogram; electro-olfactogram. EOG Electrooculogram, see there , Colonel Clark completed an assignment as a Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow working at Cisco Systems in San Jose, Calif where he was tasked to glean the best of change, innovation, and leading-edge business practices to transform DoD. The 376th EOG's assigned units consist of a KC-135 air refueling squadron and an operations support squadron In the United States Air Force, an operations support squadron supplies all the necessary manpower and equipment needed to continue numerous operational tasks. An operations support squadron may dictate policy, train aircrews, and maintain airfields based on the missions of the . The support squadron's functions include airfield management and operations, air traffic control, intelligence, and weather. The unit also supports the flying mission of Spanish C-130 and French C135FR detachments assigned here as well as the transient aircraft that move through Manas AB around the clock. Manas AB serves as the premier air mobility hub supporting Coalition and International Security Assistance Force operations in Afghanistan. Its primary missions include aerial refueling and mobility support to include intra-theater combat airlift, airdrop air·drop n. A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft. tr. & intr.v. air·dropped, air·drop·ping, air·drops To drop or be dropped from an aircraft. Noun 1. , and aeromedical evacuations. A[umlaut] News Agency I...IUIypress - 2001-2008 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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