JOSEPH D. ROUGE Joseph D. Rouge, a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. In this capacity, he serves as the deputy senior Intelligence Advisor to the Chief of Space Operations and is responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations for policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight and leadership of Space Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. In his previous assignment, as a Defense Intelligence Senior Leader, he was the Technical Advisor for Space and Cyberspace ISR capabilities in AF/A2/6, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Arlington, Va. He advised on intelligence-related space and cyber activities and ensured AF/A2/6 effectively participated in Air Force, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community planning activities and policy development for space and cyber activities. Prior to that assignment, as a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, he was the Director, National Security Space Office, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. He was responsible for leading a multi-agency unit tasked to create unity of effort across all of National Security Space. Specifically, the NSSO was responsible for promoting synergy and integrating interagency space policy, strategy, acquisition, launch, planning programming and technology development. Mr. Rouge is a graduate of the ROTC program at the University of Southern California where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in aerospace engineering. He came on active duty in September 1974, serving in a variety of positions involving ballistic missile systems, space surveillance systems, Strategic Defense Initiative programs, strategic war planning and BM/C2 systems, and systems engineering and program integration. \ He has served on the faculty of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, at the Air Force Inspection Agency, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Headquarters U.S. Strategic Command, and on the staff at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He was both a Research Fellow both at the Airpower Research Institute, Maxwell Air Force Base and at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, authoring books on military space strategy and national security strategy respectively. He also served as a joint specialty officer. Mr. Rouge retired from active duty in June 2004 as Chief of NSSO's Integration Division, and then served as a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Services as the Associate Director of NSSO before assuming the position of Director of NSSO. EDUCATION 1973 Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1974 Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, USC, Los Angeles 1977 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 1982 Master of Science, Business Administration, Auburn University, Ala. 1982 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1987 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk,Va. 1987 Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va. 1993 Distinguished Graduate, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1994 Senior Acquisition Course, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2000 Executive Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va. 2005 Leadership Development Program with the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C. 2005 Senior Information Warfare Applications Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2007 Fellow, Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 2010 AFSO21 Executive Leaders Course, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1.July 1982–June 1983, Research Fellow, Airpower Research Institute, Air University Center for Aerospace Doctrineand Education, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 2.July 1983–December 1987, Deputy Special Assistant, Strategic Defense Initiative Programs, Headquarters U.S.Air Force, Arlington, Va. 3.December 1987–June 1989, Chief, System Engineering Division, Boost Surveillance and Tracking SystemProgram Office, Space Division, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. 4.June 1989–June 1992, Assistant Program Director and Director for Systems Engineering and Program Integration,Air Force Strategic Defense Initiative Programs, Space Division, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 5.June 1992–July 1993, Research Fellow, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair,Washington, D.C. 6.July 1993–July 1996, Associate Dean for Information Systems and Acquisition Faculty, Industrial College of theArmed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 7.July 1996–July 1997, Chief, Programs Inspection Division, Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M. 8.July 1997–July 1998, Director, Acquisition Inspections, Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M. 9.July 1998–November 2000, Deputy Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems; Chief,C4 Programs Management Division; and System Program Director for the Strategic War Planning System, OffuttAFB, Neb. 10.November 2000–May 2002, Deputy Director, Air Force-National Reconnaissance Office Integration PlanningGroup, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 11. May 2002–June 2004, Chief, Program Integration Division, Directorate of National Security Space Integration, thePentagon, Arlington, Va. 12.June 2004–October 2007, Associate Director, National Security Space Office, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 13.October 2007–January 2011 Director, National Security Space Office, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 14.January 2011–April 2012, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under-Secretary of the Air Force (Space Programs),the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 15.April 2012–November 2020, Technical Advisor for Space and Cyberspace Intelligence, Surveillance andReconnaissance Capabilities in AF/A2/6, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 16.November 2020–present, Deputy Director of ISR, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. AWARDS AND HONORS Meritorious Presidential Rank Award 1995 Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Organizational Excellence Award PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS Senior Intelligence Officer, Intelligence Community Senior Leadership Corps Life member, Air Force Association Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Current as of February 2024)