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I was born in Salem, Oregon and am a graduate of South Salem High School. I attended Brigham Young University, participated in the Air Force ROTC program and graduated with a B.S. degree in Computer Science. Upon graduation I was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. My first assignment was to Minot AFB, ND as a Missile Launch Officer, Combat Crew Commander and Flight Commander. Following my four years at Minot I moved to Ramstein AB, Germany. I served in a NATO wargaming center at Einsiedlerhof AS.
I then attended the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio where I earned a Masters Degree in Computer Science, developing the first ever helmet mounted virtual environment color display system. I then stayed on at Wright Patterson where I and two others wrote the Air Force Forms Preparation System, an automated forms package distributed to over 250,000 Air Force units.
My former commander then asked me to head up the SAC Command Center modernization team at Offutt AFB, NE. While there I led the effort to bring the SAC Command Center into the 21st century and helped to establish the J64 directorate in the new United States Strategic Command.
I was then selected to move to San Antonio, Texas and lead the 76th Communications Squadron, Mission Systems Flight at Kelly AFB. While stationed at Kelly, I deployed to Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait and served as the Commander, 4406th Support Squadron. I returned to San Antonio and served as the Deputy Squadron commander for the 76th Communications Squadron. I was then asked to command the Support Flight for the 425th ABS in Izmir, Turkey.
After Turkey I moved to Germany again and served as the Chief of the Corporate Information Office, Chief of the Y2K Transistion Office and then Chief, Force Management Branch in the Communications and Information Systems Directorate of Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
I was then selected to serve as the Military Assistant to the Deputy Commander Joint Command South Centre, a NATO Subregional Headquarters in Larissa, Greece. After a year in Greece, I returned to Germany, where I am now serving as the Deputy Director, Technical Support, Warrior Preparation Center, Einsiedlerhof Air Station, Germany.
My decorations and awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with five Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Combat Readiness Medal, NATO Medal, 15th Air Force Crew Member Excellence Award, Air Force Award for Scientific Achievement, and a Vice Presidential Citation, the "Hammer Award" from Vice President Al Gore.
I am married to the former Debra K. Bahrt of Beaverton, Oregon and do not have any children left at home.