Col George L. Chapman is the Deputy Commander, 91st Missile Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D. In this role, he assists lead the wing’s 1,800 personnel as they operate, maintain, and secure 150 Minuteman III ICBMs, 15 missile alert facilities, and 150 remote launch facilities located throughout an 8,500 square-mile missile complex in North Dakota. Combat-ready Airman provide a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear capability to credibly hold at risk targets worldwide, ever-poised to accomplish the Air Force’s core mission of global strike.
Col Chapman was raised in an Air Force family and received his commission in 2003 from the Reserve Officer Training program at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He has served as an instructor, planner, and weapons officer for the Minuteman III ICBM, to include an instructor assignment at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. Col Chapman has commanded an operational ICBM squadron. His staff assignments include service at Twentieth Air Force / Task Force 214, U.S. Warfare Center, U.S. Central Command, and Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Prior to assuming his current position, the colonel served as Chief, Nuclear Force Development Division and the Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer (13N) Career Field Manager, Directorate of Strategic and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
EDUCATION
2000 Associates of Arts & Sciences, Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho
2003 Bachelor of Science, Health Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2004 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2007 Master of Arts, Organizational Leadership, emphasis in Servant Leadership, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash.
2007 Top 1/3 graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2010 Master of Science, International Relations, emphasis on Western Europe, Troy University, Troy, Ala.
2011 Distinguished and Outstanding graduate, ICBM Weapons Instructor Course, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
2013 Theater Nuclear Operations Course, Defense Nuclear Weapons School, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
2016 Distinguished graduate, Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2017 Master of Philosophy, Military Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2020 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2020 Senior U.S. Air Force Fellow, George C. Marshall European Center for International Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
2020 NATO Senior Officer Policy Course, NATO School Oberammergau, Oberammergau, Germany
2021 U.S. Army CWMD Joint Senior Leader Course, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
2021 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2022 National and International Security Leadership Seminar 22-A, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 2003 - December 2003, student, Officer Space Prerequisite Training; ICBM Initial Qualification Training, 392d Training
Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
2. December 2003 - April 2009, ICBM Combat Crew Deputy and Commander; ICBM Combat Crew Instructor Deputy and
Commander; Chief, ICBM Upgrade Training; ICBM Weapons & Tactics Instructor, and Planner, 490th Missile Squadron and 341st Operations Support Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
3. April 2009 - May 2009, Chief, Future Operations Programs, Twentieth Air Force, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
4. May 2009 - July 2011, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, Twentieth Air Force, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
5. January 2011 - June 2011, student, ICBM Weapons Instructor Course, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
6. July 2011 - May 2012, ICBM Weapons Officer, 90th Operations Support Squadron, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
7. May 2012 - May 2014, ICBM Weapons Instructor Course Instructor; Flight Commander, Integration; and Assistant Director
of Operations, 315th Weapons Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
8. June 2014 - June 2015, Executive Officer to the Commander, USAF Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nev.
9. June 2015 - June 2016, student, Air Command and Staff College--Political-Military Affairs Specialist, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10. June 2016 - June 2017, student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 2017 - June 2019, Commander, 320th Missile Squadron, Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
12. July 2019 - June 2020, Senior U.S. Air Force Fellow, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
13. July 2020 - May 2021, Deputy Branch Chief, then Branch Chief, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Division, United
States Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
14. June 2021 –-June 2022, Deputy Executive Officer to the Commander, United States Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
15. June 2022 - June 2023, Chief, Nuclear Force Development Division, Directorate of Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
16. June 2023 - present, Deputy Commander, 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2020 - June 2022, Deputy Executive Officer to the Commander and Branch Chief, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Division, United States Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla., as a lieutenant colonel and colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with ten oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal with service star
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with “N” device and four oak leaf clusters
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2013 United States Air Force Nuclear and Missile Operations Field Grade Officer of the Year
2017 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award
2018 General Samuel C. Phillips Award for Best ICBM Squadron in Air Force Global Strike Command
OCCUPATIONAL BADGES
Master Missile Operations Badge
Basic Space Operations Badge
Basic Operations Support Badge
Nuclear Alerts: 234 days (~5,616 hours)
Weapon System: Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting-A (REACT-A) for LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM
PUBLICATIONS
“Boko Haram – Changing the Narrative,” Defense Technical Information Center, March 2016
“The Dawn, Decline, and Reinvigoration of America’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Operators,” Defense Technical Information Center, June 2017
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant, April 28, 2003
First Lieutenant, May 11, 2005
Captain, May 11, 2007
Major, April 1, 2013
Lieutenant Colonel, Dec. 1, 2016
Colonel, April 1, 2022
(Current as of July 2024)