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LIEUTENANT COLONEL MATTHEW R. BEER Lieutenant Colonel Beer is the Commander, Air Force ROTC Detachment 001, at the University of Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska. He is responsible for recruiting, training, and educating Air Force officer candidates and is the Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Studies. Colonel Beer entered the Air Force in 1996 as a graduate of Washington State University. He recently served as Commander of the 714th Training Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, where he lead 1350 C-130 formal training students and oversaw Air Education and Training Command’s $1.1 billion C-130 aircrew training contracts. Colonel Beer has experience in a variety of flying and higher headquarters assignments and is a graduate of Air Education and Training Command’s TORCH LIGHT leadership development program. He also served in support of Operations JOINT GUARD, JOINT FORGE, and ENDURING FREEDOM. Colonel Beer is a master navigator with more than 2,600 flying hours in C-130E/H aircraft. EDUCATION 1996 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 2006 Masters of Arts in History, Sam Houston State University, Hunstville, TX 2010 Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, AL 2012 Air War College, by correspondence ASSIGNMENTS 1. 1996 – 1998, Student, Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training, Pensacola NAS, FLA and Randolph AFB, TX 2. 1998 – 2002, Evaluator Navigator, 40th Airlift Squadron, Dyess AFB, TX 3. 2002 – 2004, FTU Instructor Navigator, 53d Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, AR 4. 2004 – 2006, AETC Intern – Command Joint Navigator Training Program Manager, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, TX 5. 2007 – 2009, Chief of Tactics and Assistant Director of Operations, 37th Airlift Squadron, Evaluator Navigator, Ramstein AB, Germany 6. 2009 – 2010, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL 7. 2010 – 2012, Chief of Combat Delivery Allocation Division and Executive Officer to the Commander, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (TACC), Scott AFB, IL 8. 2012 – 2013, Chief of Safety, 43d Airlift Group, Pope AAF, NC 9. 2013 – 2015, Commander, 714th Training Squadron, Little Rock AFB, AR 10. 2015 – Present, Commander Air Force ROTC Detachment 001, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Master Navigator Flight hours: More than 2,600 Aircraft flown: C-130E/H MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster Kosovo Campaign Medal SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS Air Command and Staff College Distinguished Graduate Graduate of AETC Intern Program TORCH LIGHT EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant: May 11, 1996 First Lieutenant: May 11, 1998 Captain: May 11, 2000 Major: July 1, 2006 Lieutenant Colonel: October 1, 2011 (Current as of Jul 2015)