Major General DENNIS O. BYTHEWOOD

Maj. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood is Special Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. Bythewood entered the Air Force via the Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1992 upon graduating from the University of Vermont and transferred to the Space Force in 2021. He has commanded space operations at the squadron and group level and as a Joint Task Force commander. He has led acquisitions as a Materiel Leader, two-time System Program Director, and Program Executive Officer.

Prior to his current position, Maj. Gen. Bythewood was the Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Forces – Space, U.S. Command, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington
1998 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2004 Master of Business Administration, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2013 Program Manager’s Course, Defense Acquisition University, San Diego, Calif.
2017 Executive Program Manager’s Course, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2021 Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va.
2023 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2023 CAPSTONE, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Va.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1992–June 1996, Range System Manager, 501st Range Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
2. July 1996–August 1999, Electric Combat Analyst and Chief, Unmanned Air Vehicle Branch, Detachment 1, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
3. August 1999–June 2002, Chief, Test and Certification, System Test Division, Milstar Joint Program Office, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
4. July 2002–October 2005, Chief of Engineering, Operations Support Flight Commander and Operations Officer, 4th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo.
5. November 2005–July 2007, Chief, Military Satellite Communications Operations Branch, HAF/DCS, Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans, Requirements, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
6. August 2007–May 2009, Executive Officer, SAF/SO, Air Forces Smart Operations, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
7. June 2009–June 2011, Commander, Space Communications Operations Squadron, Network Operations Group, Mission Operations Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Los Angeles, Calif.
8. July 2011–July 2013, Materiel Leader, Space Based Infrared System Production, Infrared Space Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
9. August 2013–June 2014, Director, Ground Frontiers Office, Ground Enterprise Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.
10. July 2014–June 2016, Commander, 50th Operations Group, Schriever AFB, Colo.
11. July 2016–December 2016, Special Assistant to the Director, Remote Sensing Systems Directorate, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
12. December 2016–October 2018, Senior Materiel Leader & Director, Remote Sensing Systems Directorate, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
13. October 2018–July 2020, Director, Space Development Corps and Program Executive Officer for Space Development, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
14. July 2020–June 2021, Senior Materiel Leader and Director, Special Programs, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
15. July 2021–November 2022, Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colo.
16. November 2022–August 2023, Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo.
17. August 2023–December 2023, Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command Schriever SFB, Colo. and Deputy Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg SFB, Calif.
18. December 2023–July 2024, Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Forces, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg SFB, Calif.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2021–November 2022, Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., as a brigadier general
2. November 2022–August 2023, Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo., as a brigadier general
3. August 2023–July 2024, Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command Schriever SFB, Colo. and Deputy Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg SFB, Calif., as a major general

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

(Current as of September 2024)