Lt Col Matthew Wenzel

Air Force | Space & Missile

Dates of Service: Oct 2000 - Jul 2021

RETIRED

80% Complete

1 Endorsement

35 Contacts

Influence Score: 11,190
5,149 out of 867,898 Veterans

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Commissioning Source: OTS, Jan 2001

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Bio

Operations management leader with diverse experience encompassing program management, the Intelligence Community, multiple space systems, unique academic and technical education and training instruction, and supervision and development. Successful in leading teams involved in monitoring, testing, configuring, and maintaining both satellite and ground communications equipment.

Military Experiences

Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

Deputy Chief, Space Training Branch

AF/A3/5, AF/CVA, HQDAF | Pentagon, VA

Manages the space operations career field and force development for space officer and enlisted personnel.

Provides policy/oversight for initial skills, joint/allied, and executive space training, test, evaluation, and exercises, and acts as Functional Area Manager for 13S and 1C6 AEF rotations and deployments.

Provides Program Element Monitors (PEMs) for Initial Skills Training, Space Professional Development Program, Space Innovation and Development Center, and Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities.

Jul 2013 - Aug 2014

Director of Operations

Miami Univ, Ohio, AFROTC NE REGION, AFROTC | Oxford, OH

•Recruited, trained, motivated, counseled, and evaluated 79 highly-qualified young men and women as prospective Air Force officers
•Served as Unit Admissions Officer; promoted Air Force career opportunities and guidance to university and high school students, faculty, parents, and administrators
•Served as Commandant of Cadets; responsible for the training of officer candidates during their undergraduate studies
•Directed and supervised all leadership laboratory, corps military training, and field training preparation activities
•Instructed freshman- and junior-level courses on Air Force

Feb 2011 - Jul 2013

Operations Flight Commander

Miami Univ, Ohio, AFROTC NE REGION, AFROTC | Oxford, OH

•Recruited, trained, motivated, counseled, and evaluated 148 highly-qualified young men and women as prospective Air Force officers
•Served as Commandant of Cadets; responsible for the training of officer candidates during their undergraduate studies
•Directed and supervised all leadership laboratory, corps military training, and field training preparation activities
•Instructed a junior-level course on Leadership Studies--integrating both written and verbal communication skills
•Deployed 183 days to OSD/PRS, Arlington VA--assisted detainees during case reviews; ensured legal integrity

Aug 2010 - Feb 2011

Flight Commander

34 IS, 707 ISRG, 70 ISRW, 25th AF | Fort Meade, MD

•Commanded a flight of 24 officers and 4 enlisted; executed national-level NSA missions at 8 geographically separated offices
•Led 6 systems engineers on 4 cross-functional teams; provided decisive Information Assurance (IA) solutions to national-level satellite systems

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