Major General ROBERT W. CLAUDE Maj. Gen. Robert W. Claude is the Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations, Headquarters United States Space Force, the Pentagon. In this position, he assists the CSO with the responsibility to organize, train and equip space forces; develop and acquire space forces; and conduct space operations to advance and protect U.S and allied interests. Maj. Gen. Claude also serves as the USSF lead for Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control, and the Advanced Battle Management System. He is the senior Reserve officer on the staff and serves as the CSO’s principal advisor on planning, coordination, and employment of Reserve forces. Maj. Gen. Claude earned his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1991. He is a career Space and Cyber officer with over 33 years of service. Maj. Gen. Claude has commanded one squadron, served as wing vice commander, and has held numerous staff positions at the unit, major command, service headquarters and combatant command levels. Prior to his current position, Maj. Gen. Claude served as the MA to the Commander, United States Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. EDUCATION 1991 Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science and Quantitative Methods, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn. 1992 Distinguished Graduate, Undergraduate Space Training, Lowry Air Force Base, Colo. 1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 1997 Master of Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2005 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence 2009 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2016 Joint and Combined Warfighting School – Hybrid – JPME II, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 2017 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Keenan-Flagler Graduate School of Business, Chapel Hill 2019 Leading Strategically, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2022 Continuous Improvement and Innovation for Executives, Institute for Defense and Business, Durham, N.C. 2023 Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 2024 Leading Data and Artificial Intelligence Enabled Organizations, Naval Post Graduate School and Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif. ASSIGNMENTS 1. December 1991–March 1992, Student, Undergraduate Space Training, Lowry Air Force Base, Colo. 2. March 1992–January 1994, Crew Commander/Flight Commander, 6th Space Operations Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. 3. January 1994–August 1995, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 6th Space Operations Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb. 4. August 1995–September 1997, Wing Command Post Operations Officer, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan 5. September 1997–July 2003, Milstar INFOSEC Systems Security Engineer/Information Systems Security Operations Officer, 694th Intelligence Group, Fort George G. Meade, Md. 6. July 2003–June 2004, Deputy Flight Commander/Crew Commander, 8th Space Warning Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colo. 7. June 2004–October 2007, Adversary Tactics Flight Commander and Defensive Counterspace Officer, 26th Space Aggressor Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo. 8. October 2007–May 2011, Director of Operations, 380th Space Control Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo. 9. May 2011–October 2012, Commander, 380th Space Control Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo. 10. October 2012–April 2014, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 11. May 2014–June 2016, Vice Commander, 310th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo. 12. June 2016–June 2019, IMA to the Deputy Director for Operations (J3), United States Cyber Command, and Senior Service Lead, Joint Cyber Reserve Element, United States Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Md. 13. June 2019–February 2021, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis, United States Space Force, Peterson AFB, Colo. 14. February 2021–December 2021, Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis, USSF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 15. December 2021–December 2022, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Operations, Training and Force Development (J3/7), Headquarters United States Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. 16. December 2022–May 2024, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Headquarters United States Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo. 17. May 2024–present, Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 2016–June 2019, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Deputy Director for Operations (J3), United States Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Md., and Senior Service Lead, Joint Cyber Reserve Element, United States Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Md., as a colonel 2. December 2021–December 2022, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Operations, Training and Force Development (J3/7), United States Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., as a brigadier general 3. December 2022–May 2024, MA to the Commander, United States Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo., as a major general MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air and Space Achievement Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass OCCUPATIONAL BADGES Command Space Badge Cyberspace Operations Badge (Current as of August 2024)