Brigadier General Michael J. Carey
DJ3 Deputy Director, Global Operations

Brigadier General Michael J. Carey is the Deputy Director, Global Operations (DJ3), Global Operations Directorate.

He is responsible to the Commander on matters of situational awareness, command and control and integrated plans and operations across space, nuclear, and cyber operations.

General Carey enlisted in the Air Force in 1978 and was later commissioned through the ROTC program in 1983. He has operated the 5D-2 Defense Meteorological Support Program weather satellite, Giant Sapphire space surveillance radar, Atlas I/II/IIA rockets, Colorado Tracking Station, the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. He has also served as Director of Space Forces with deployment experience in support of the Central Air Force Commander and Chief, STRATCOM Forward Integration Team in support of International Security Assistance Force Headquarters.

The general has held staff assignments at Headquarters Air Force Space Command as politico-military affairs officer, executive officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, and aide to the Commander. He has also served on the Air Staff and for the Directorate for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment on the Joint Staff. His previous commands include Detachment 7, 750th Space Group, Falcon AFB, Colo.; the 321st Missile Squadron, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo.; 595th Space Group, Schriever AFB, Colo.; and 90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.

EDUCATION
1982 Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.
1986 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1988 Master of Public Administration, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
1995 Air Command and Staff College (Distinguished Graduate)
1998 Armed Forces Staff College, Joint & Combined Staff Officer School, Norfolk, Va.
1999 Air War College (by correspondence)
2001 Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies (with distinction), Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
2001 Naval War College (Distinguished Graduate) Newport, R.I.
2005 National Security Fellow, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, N.Y.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1978 - December 1980, Communication-Navigation System Specialist, 63rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Mac Dill AFB, Fla.
2. December 1983 - August 1986, Satellite Operations Officer, 1000 Satellite Operations Group, Offutt AFB, Neb.
3. August 1986 - June 1989, Chief, Operations Training, 17th Surveillance Squadron, San Miguel COMNAVSTA, RP
4. June 1989 - October 1989, Politico-Military Affairs Officer, International Affairs Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
5. October 1989 - July 1990, Executive Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
6. July 1990 - September 1991, Aide to the Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
7. September 1991 - June 1993, Commander, Detachment 8, 750th Space Group, Falcon AFB, Colo.
8. June 1993 - July 1994, Chief, Atlas Launch Control Flight, 3d Space Launch Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla.
9. August 1995 - June 1995, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. July 1995 - April 1996, Information Warfare Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment Integrator, Directorate of Operational Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff Plans and Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
11. April 1996 - June 1998, Space Operations Planner, Directorate for Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
12. March 1998 - April 1998, Student, Joint and Combined Staff Officer School, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
13. June 1998 - June 2000, Commander, 321st Missile Squadron, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
14. June 2000 - July 2001, Student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
15. June 2001 - June 2002, Chief, Space Control Division, Directorate of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
16. June 2002 - June 2004, Commander, 595th Space Group, Space Warfare Center, Schriever AFB, Colo.
17. July 2004 - May 2005, Vice Commander, 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo.
18. October 2004 - March 2005, Director of Space Forces, Combined Air Operations Center, Southwest Asia
19. March 2005 - June 2005, National Defense Management Course, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
20. June 2005 - June 2007, Commander, 90th Space Wing, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
21. June 2007 - Feb 2008, J3B Director, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Neb.
22. March 2008 - Present, Deputy Director, Global Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. April 1996 - June 1998, Space Operations Planner, Directorate for Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. as a major and lieutenant colonel
2. October 2004 - March 2005, Director of Space Forces, Combined Air Operations Center, Southwest Asia as a colonel
3. June 2007 - Feb 2008, J3B Director, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Neb. as a colonel
4. March 2008 - Present, Deputy Director, Global Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. (June 2009 - Aug 2009, Chief, Stratcom Forward Integration Team, Kabul Afghanistan), as a brigadier general

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with one oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with one star
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with one star
Humanitarian Service Medal with one star
NATO Medal - ISAF

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant April 29, 1983
First Lieutenant Aug. 5, 1985
Captain Aug. 5, 1987
Major Nov. 11, 1994
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1998
Colonel Aug. 1, 2002
Brigadier General Nov. 14, 2008

(Current as of March 2010)