Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer C. McKinney
Liaison

Brigadier General Hugh T. Broomall

Brigadier General Hugh T. Broomall is the Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters Delaware Air National Guard. General Broomall commands the Delaware Air National Guard and is responsible for providing trained, equipped and mission ready forces in support of federal mobilization requirements and state emergency operations. He develops plans, programs and policies in support of the Delaware C-130 Wing and maintains liaison with major commands and the National Guard Bureau.

General Broomall was commissioned in November 1974 through the Academy of Military Science, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base. Prior to receiving his commission, General Broomall served as an enlisted member in the Delaware Air National Guard. Following his commissioning, General Broomall attended the Department of Defense Armed Forces Intelligence Officer Course at Lowry Air Force Base and upon graduation was assigned as Air Intelligence Officer. During that assignment, he attended the United States Air Force Intelligence Service Soviet Military Power Training, United States Air Force Tactical Air Warfare Training, Battle Staff Management, Special Operations School, and Latin American Orientation. He deployed worldwide in support of exercises and contingencies. General Broomall was designated the Military Airlift command’s Intelligence Officer of the Year.

General Broomall has commanded the 166th Support Group, Delaware Air National Guard, where he was responsible for all matters relating to civil engineering, personnel, services, security and communications. In 1997, General Broomall was selected by Delaware’s Senator William V. Roth to serve as a member of the Congressional Fellowship Program. He served in this capacity from January to November 1997. As a congressional fellow he served as a primary military staff officer supporting the United States Senate North Atlantic Treaty Organization Observer Group. Prior to his current assignment, General Broomall served as the United States Property and Fiscal Officer until his appointment as Assistant Adjutant General for Air in October 2004.

Technical Sergeant Daniel Dierickx

TSgt Daniel F. Dierickx is an air traffic control craftsman with the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Sergeant Dierickx volunteered to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and to extend an additional 120 days when personnel manning dropped to unacceptable levels. He was fully certified to control aircraft at Sather AB, Iraq in only three days after arrival. His quick reaction controlled a battle-damaged emergency Marine helicopter landing on the civilian portion of the airfield without delaying local traffic and while conducting crash rescue response and host nation coordination. He ensured Army and Air Force pilots understood and complied with complex Iraqi civil air authority rules. Overcoming language issues and differing rules, he forged a joint U.S. and Iraqi control team for 13,000 monthly operations. He was the deployed watch supervisor’s choice when traffic `complexity dictated the need for an understanding and enthusiastic controller.

He’s dedicated to increasing his knowledge base by simultaneously working on his Associates Degree from the Community College of the Air Force and a Bachelor’s Degree from Thomas Edison University. In addition, he generously gives his time serving as a Big Brother for a Christian Youth Center.

Sergeant Dierickx enlisted in the Air National Guard shortly after his junior year in high school and entered basic training in June 2002. After completing air traffic control training at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, he returned to Klamath Falls to serve as a traditional national guardsman.

Major General (ret) Michael J. Haugen

Major General Michael J. Haugen assumed the duties of the Adjutant General of North Dakota on December 19th, 2000. The adjutant general commands 4,500 North Dakota Air and Army National Guard men and women, with approximately 1100 full time federal and state employees. He is responsible for federal and state missions, is the Director of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services consisting of two Divisions; the Division of Homeland Security and the Division of State Radio Communications.

The general enlisted in the North Dakota Air National Guard in 1967 and served in aircraft maintenance. He received his commission in 1970, and completed Undergraduate Pilot Training in 1972. He has served in various assignments and command positions at the squadron, group and wing level. MG Haugen is a command pilot with more than 11,000 hours of flying time. Aircraft flown include: T-37, T-38, F-101, F-4D, C-131, Convair 580, Boeing 737, and F-16.

The general retired from military service in September of 2006. He currently is president of M.J. Haugen and Associates Inc., a business and professional development consulting firm.

General William B. Lynch

Chief Master Sergeant Jon Rosa

Chief Master Sergeant Jon Rosa is the Combat Control (CCT) CEM, 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, Kentucky ANG. He entered the active duty Air Force in 1981. Initially trained as an air traffic controller, he was stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ and Homestead AFB, FL. He was also assigned to the 2nd Combat Communications Squadron at Patrick AFB, FL. Chief Rosa later cross trained into the CCT career field. In 1994, he transferred to the Kentucky ANG. He has held numerous leadership positions within the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron from Mobility NCO to Chief of Standardization and Evaluation. He is a ground combat veteran of both Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Chief Rosa’s military and civilian education includes Airman Leadership School; Noncommissioned Officer’s Academy ; Senior NCO Academy; Chief’s Leadership Course; and the Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Course. He holds an Associate’s Degree in Airway Science from the Community College of the Air Force. He also graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautics.

He is active in various veterans organizations, and is currently serving as the Kentucky state President of the Air Force Association. Most recently he oversaw the evacuation of over 11,000 citizens in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, the largest non-combatant evacuation in history.

Colonel J. Kurt Vogel, Jr.

Chief Master Sergeant Andrew Stadler

Major General (ret) Mason C. Whitney

Major General (USAFR retired) Mason C. Whitney was appointed the Director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security for Colorado by Governor Bill Ritter February 4th, 2008 and serves on the Governor’s cabinet. His responsibilities include planning and implementing the State Homeland Security Strategy, ensuring that effective risk management is used in assessing threats to Colorado, developing capabilities to achieve the Homeland Security mission, and evaluating preparedness. He served as The Adjutant General of Colorado from 2000 to 2007. He retired from the Colorado National Guard in April of 2007 with almost 39 years of commissioned service in the United States Air Force and the Colorado National Guard. His responsibilities as The Adjutant General included the command administration for 5,400 Colorado Army and Air National Guard members and state support for the 2,000 members of the Colorado Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. He also served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and was a member of Governor Owens’ cabinet from 2000 to 2007.

The general graduated from Kansas State University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program in June 1968. He entered active duty in August 1968, attended undergraduate pilot training at Laredo AFB, Texas, and earned his pilot wings in August 1969. He served as a forward air controller at Ban Me Thout Special Forces Camp, South Vietnam, where he flew 343 combat missions in the O-2A aircraft throughout Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. After a tour in Air Training Command as an instructor pilot, he served in Tactical Air Command as a flight commander and wing standardization/evaluation officer at England AFB, Louisiana in the A-7D Corsair II aircraft.

The general joined the Colorado Air National Guard in August 1979 where he held the positions of chief of standardization/evaluation, fighter squadron operations officer, fighter squadron commander, deputy commander for maintenance, and wing vice commander. In September of 1990 he was appointed as the 140th Tactical Fighter Wing Commander and served in that position until May 1998. At that time, he was selected for the position of ANG Assistant to the Commander of Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Virginia and was promoted to Major General. Governor Bill Owens appointed him to the position of The Adjutant General of Colorado in February of 2000.

General Whitney and his wife Miriam live in Centennial, Colorado and have two grown sons.

Captain Stacy Williamson

Lieutenant General Harry M. Wyatt III (Advisor)

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As of October 23, 2009

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