Secretary of the Air Force, directorate of public affairs news release (Jan. 28, 2005): Glasow assumes directorship of DMSO.

Army Col. Jerry Glasow assumed the directorship of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office on Jan. 7 from Air Force Col. Michael L. Finnern. Glasow had served as the DMSO deputy director for requirements since July 19, 2004. Finnern, who had served as the director since March 1, 2003, retired in January.

Prior to his assignment at DMSO Glasow, a chemical branch officer, served as the military assistant for weapons of mass destruction and chemical weapons demilitarization to the deputy under secretary of the Army for operations research. "My vision for DMSO is overcoming barriers to modeling and simulation interoperability and fostering M & S capabilities useful to multiple communities," Glasow said. "We will leverage the recent energization of M & S within the training, analysis, acquisition, and test and evaluation communities in concert with the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System and the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium."

Glasow's earlier assignments include munitions requirements analyst and nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare analysis reviewer at the U.S. Army Center for Army Analysis; and modeling and simulation special assistant to the deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for chemical and biological defense. Glasow entered the Army in May 1982 upon graduating from Texas A & M University as a distinguished military graduate with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. He is also a graduate of the chemical officer basic and advanced courses at the U.S. Army Chemical School; the Naval Postgraduate School, where he received a master's degree in operations research; and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University, where he received a master's degree in strategic resource management.

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