ROBERT DAVIS Brig. Gen. Robert Davis is the Deputy Director for Operations, Joint Staff J-3, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Davis is responsible to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for ensuring continuous 24/7 operations from the National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center, including nuclear command and control and global operations monitoring, reporting and direction to combatant commands. Brig. Gen. Davis commissioned into the Air Force in 2000 through the University of Portland Air Force ROTC program. Following his commissioning, Brig. Gen. Davis performed an operational exchange tour as an aircraft maintenance officer before continuing his career in the national security space enterprise. He has held a variety of assignments in the space mission area to include satellite acquisition, launch, operations and associated staff work, and has served in the Air Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Space Force, the Joint Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Prior to his current assignment, Brig. Gen. Davis was the Space Force Program Executive Officer for Space Sensing, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. Brig. Gen. Davis cross-commissioned from the Air Force into the Space Force in 2021. EDUCATION 2000 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Portland, Ore. 2001 Aircraft Maintenance Officer’s Course, Shepard Air Force Base, Texas 2004 Master of Business Administration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 2005 Squadron Officer’s School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2007 Air Force Intern Program, Strategic Policy Intern, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 2010 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2013 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2017 Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort Lesley J. McNair, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 2000–July 2003, Accessories Flight Commander, Propulsion Flight Commander, 58th Maintenance Squadron, Sortie Support Flight Commander, 551st Special Operations Squadron, Sortie Generation Flight Commander, 550th Special Operations Squadron, and then 550th Aircraft Maintenance Unit Officer in Charge, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. 2. July 2003–July 2006, Flight Commander, Chief, Launch Readiness, and then Chief, Launch and Integration, National Reconnaissance Office Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo. 3. July 2006–May 2007, Air Force Intern, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Air Warfare Division, and then Junior Military Assistant for the Deputy Secretary of Defense Military Assistant, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 4. May 2007–September 2007, Personal Security Coordination Center, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq 5. October 2007–June 2010, Deputy, then Chief, Delta Payload Launch Integration and Operations, Office of Space Launch, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va. 6. July 2010–June 2012, Chief, Satellite Operations Engineering Branch, Operating Location-Alpha, 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. 7. June 2012–June 2014, Chief, Space Control Science and Technology Section, and then Chief, Space Control Mission Integration Branch, Directorate of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 8. June 2014–July 2016, Materiel Leader, Imagery Spacecraft Program Manager, Electro-Optical Systems Program Office, Imagery Intelligence Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va. 9. August 2016–June 2017, Student, Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 10. June 2017–June 2021, Chief, Department of Defense Special Access Program Policy and Governance, and then Deputy Directory, Department of Defense Special Access Program Central Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 11. June 2021–June 2022, Senior Materiel Leader, Acquisitions Delta Strategic Satellite Communications, Military Communications and Position, Navigation, and Timing Directorate, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 12. June 2022–July 2025, Space Force Program Executive Officer for Space Sensing and Director, Space Sensing Directorate, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 13. July 2025–present, Deputy Director for Operations, Joint Staff J-3, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 2006–May 2007, Air Force Intern, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Air Warfare Division, and then Junior Military Assistant for the Deputy Secretary of Defense Military Assistant, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a captain 2. May 2007–September 2007, Personal Security Coordination Center, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, as a captain 3. June 2017–June 2021, Chief, Department of Defense Special Access Program Policy and Governance, and then Deputy Directory, Department of Defense Special Access Program Central Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel 4. July 2025–present, Deputy Director for Operations, Joint Staff J-3, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a brigadier general MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air and Space Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Joint Service Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air and Space Commendation Medal Air and Space Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 2011 U.S. Air Force Space Operations Crew of the Year 2016 National Reconnaissance Office Gold Medal (Current as of September 2025)