Joe Hogler:  

Left the Air Force a couple of years ago, recently finished a PhD in International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury, England. Working as an adjunct Senior Political Scientist with The RAND Corporation. Retired as Colonel from the U.S. Air Force in June 2006. Last assignment: Chief, Combating WMD Division, Joint Staff, Directorate for Strategic Plans & Policy. Chief, Strategic Initiatives Group. Prior to assuming these duties, Colonel Hogler served as a member of the Strategic Inititatives Group and as a Strategic Planner for the War on Terrorism. PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS: Colonel Hogler served as an instructor and missile combat crew commander in the Titan II and Minuteman III ICBM weapons systems early in his career. While assigned to McConnell AFB, he competed twice in the SAC Missile Combat Competition. At Minot AFB, he served as a missile maintenance officer and organized the base'’s first arms control office in support of the START Treaty. He was a bases and units action officer at Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, and was responsible for planning the merger of space and missile training at Vandenberg AFB, t...Expand for more