James Bray:  

CLASS OF 1983
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Dimock, PA
Oklahoma city, OK

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Life Here's my military bio. They're always a bit over the top and written in the third person but saved me some writing :) Lt Col James R. Bray is the Deputy Commander, Air Force Information Operations Battlelab, Air Force Information Operations Center, Lackland AFB, Texas. Lt Col Bray earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from The Pennsylvania State University in January 1988, and a master’s degree in Managerial Economics from the University of Oklahoma in December 1995. He was a distinguished graduate from Penn State AFROTC where he received a regular commission on 7 January 1988. He attended Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training at Mather AFB in Sacramento California and specialized in Electronic Warfare. He received the 1993 Jerome F. O’Malley Award as the best reconnaissance crew of the year. During his stay at Offutt, Lt Col Bray played integral roles in the 55th Wing’s involvement in Operations DESERT SHIELD, DESERT STORM, DESERT CALM, DENY FLIGHT, and PROVIDE PROMISE. Lt Col Bray is a Master Navigator with over 3900 flying hours in various models of the RC-135. His military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal, the Aerial Achievement Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters (OLC), the Air Force Commendation Medal with one OLC, and the Air Force Achievement Medal. He is married to the former Kimberly Jo Wilson of Omaha, Nebraska. They have two children, Courtney Nicole, age 10, and Robert James, age 8. EDUCATION: 1988 BS, Computer Science, The Pennsylvania State University 1989 Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training/Electronic Warfare Officer, Mather AFB, CA 1994 Electronic Combat Coordinator’s Course, Randolph AFB, Texas 1995 Joint Doctrine Air Campaign Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. 1995 MA, Managerial Economics, University of Oklahoma 1995 Squadron Officers School (SOS), In Residence, Maxwell Air Forc...Expand for more
e Base, Alabama. 2002 Air Command & Staff College (ACSC), Seminar Program, Patrick AFB, Florida. 2002 Acquisition 101, Correspondence 2002 Test and Evaluation 101, Correspondence 2004 Acquisition 201, Correspondence 2005 Test and Evaluation 202, Seminar ASSIGNMENTS: 1. September 1988 – November 1989, Nav/EWO Student, 453FTS, Mather AFB, California. 2. November 1989 – January 1995, Instructor, Mission Director Electronic Warfare Officer, 343 Reconnaissance Squadron, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. 3. April 1995 – September 1996, Chief of Intelligence, Assistant Director of Operations, Detachment 1, 95 Reconnaissance Squadron, NSA Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. 4. September 1996 – May 2000, Flight Commander, Instructor Mission Director, RC-135S, 45 Reconnaissance Squadron, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. 5. May 2000 – Jul 2004, Chief, Airborne Integration and Transition Team, Defense Intelligence Agency Technology Coordination Office, Patrick AFB, Florida 6. Jul 2004 – Present, Deputy Commander, Air Force Information Operations Battlelab, Air Force Information Operations Center, Lackland AFB, Texas AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: AOC Silver Crow Award Air Force Association's Jerome F. O'Malley Reconnaissance Crew of the Year Recipient for 1992 Distinguished Graduate, AFROTC, The Pennsylvania State University Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal Aerial Achievement Medal with 11 OLC AF Commendation Medal with 1 OLC AF Achievement Medal with 1 OLC Combat Readiness Medal with 1 OLC Air Force Recognition Ribbon Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 Devices Small Arms Expert Marksmanship with 1 Device Kuwaiti Liberation Medal - Saudi Arabia Kuwaiti Liberation Medal - Kuwait NATO Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION: Second Lieutenant, 9 January 1988 First Lieutenant, 17 May 1990 Captain, 17 May 1992 Major, 1 September 1999 Lt Col, 1 June 2004
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