Major General Troy L. Endicott Maj. Gen. Troy L. Endicott is the Director, Global Space Operations (J-3), Headquarters United States Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. U.S. Space Command is one of 11 Unified Combatant Commands under the Department of Defense and is responsible for deterring conflict and defending U.S. and Allied freedom of action in space. As the J-3, he is responsible for executing full-spectrum joint space operations with assigned and allocated space forces.  Maj. Gen. Endicott received his commission in 1994 through the ROTC program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His career includes a range of assignments as a space operator, instructor, planner, weapons officer, speechwriter, major command and Numbered Air Force executive officer and Secretary of the Air Force's space policy lead. He was the Director for Space Policy at the National Security Council, where he advised three National Security Advisors and two Presidential administrations on national security, civil and commercial space policies and strategies. He also facilitated the stand up of the U.S. Space Force and re-establishment of U.S. Space Command. Maj. Gen. Endicott deployed four times during operations Northern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and led one of the first expeditionary space units in Iraq. He commanded the 21st Operations Support Squadron, 21st Operations Group, the 460th Space Wing and was the installation commander of Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado. Prior to his current position, he was the Headquarters Space Force’s Deputy Chief Operations Officer at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. EDUCATION 1994 Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Ariz. 1999 Master of Science, Space Operations, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 2002 U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 2004 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2006 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 2008 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2013 National Defense Fellowship (Senior Developmental Education), Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, Mass. 2014 Joint Forces Staff College (Joint Professional Military Education, Phase II), Norfolk, Va. 2016 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2021 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. September 1994–April 1995, Flight Test Project Officer, Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 2. April 1995–August 1997, Reconnaissance Systems Project Manager, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 3. August 1997–March 1999, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 4. March 1999–January 2002, Orbital Analyst Instructor (Air Education and Training Command Master Instructor) and Flight Commander, Detachment 1, 533rd Training Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo. 5. January 2002–June 2002, Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 6. June 2002–March 2005, Chief, Space Operations Plans, Headquarters 16th Air Force, Aviano Air Base, Italy 7. April 2005–June 2006, Student, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 8. June 2006–April 2008, Chief, Current Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command Space Operations Squadron, and Member, Commander’s Action Group, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 9. May 2008–May 2009, Operations Officer, 76th Space Control Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo. 10. May 2009–May 2011, Commander, 21st Operations Support Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo. 11. June 2011–June 2012, Executive Officer to the Commander, 14th Air Force and Joint Functional Component Command for Space, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. 12. July 2012–June 2013, Senior Developmental Education Student, National Defense Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 13. July 2013–June 2015, Chief, Policy and Integration Division, Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space Staff, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 14. June 2015–May 2017, Commander, 21st Operations Group, Peterson AFB, Colo. 15. June 2017–January 2018, Executive Officer to the Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 16. January 2018–May 2019, Commander, 460th Space Wing, Buckley AFB, Colo. 17. May 2019–May 2021, Director for Space Policy, National Security Council, the White House, Washington, D.C. 18. May 2021–June 2023, Assistant Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber and Nuclear, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 19. July 2023–present, Director, Global Space Operations (J-3), Headquarters United States Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 2013–June 2015, Chief, Policy and Integration Division, Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel 2. May 2019–May 2021, Director for Space Policy, National Security Council, the White House, Washington, D.C., as a brigadier general MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal Air and Space Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air and Space Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Joint Meritorious Unit Citation with oak leaf cluster Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award with ‘V’ device and three oak leaf clusters Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with star device Iraq Campaign Medal with star device Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Armed Forces Service Medal (Current as of January 2024)