and has been awarded numerous personal medals, including the Brig. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr.
Defense Superior Service Medal, and two Legions of Merit. Commander, Air Force Officer
Accession and Training Schools
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Brig. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers Brigadier General Ronnie D.
Director, Center for Force Structure, Hawkins Jr. is the single point
Requirements, Resources and Strategic manager for approximately 17,000
Assessments, Headquarters students in the Air Force Reserve
U.S. Special Operations Command Officer Training Corps programs,
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida and 2,500 students in the Officer
Brigadier General Alfred K. Flow- Training School. He controls nearly
ers was commissioned from Officer 80 percent of line, chaplain, judge
Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr.
Training School as a distinguished advocate, nurse, medical service
graduate in 1978, after graduation and biomedical science production for the Air Force. He also
from Southern Illinois University. He
Alfred K. Flowers
oversees the Air Force Junior ROTC program at more than 744
was promoted to his present rank in locations with more than 108,000 students. He received his
September 2004. Prior to his current assignment he served as commission as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program
Chief Financial Executive at the Center for Force Structure at at Angelo State University in 1977, and was promoted to his
MacDill Air Force Base. He counts among his many awards and current rank on January 1, 2005. His numerous personal awards
decorations the Legion of Merit (with oak leaf cluster), and the and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal,
Defense Meritorious Service Medal. and Legion of Merit.
Brig. Gen. Darren McDew Brig. Gen. Gary T. McCoy
Vice Commander, 18th Air Force Director of Logistics Readiness
Scott Air Force Base, IL Office of the Deputy Chief of
Brigadier General Darren McDew helps direct 12 Air Mobility Staff for Logistics
Command wings, three groups, two expeditionary mobility task Installations and Mission Support
forces, and the Tanker Airlift Control Center. Commissioned Headquarters U.S. Air Force
in 1982 after graduation from the Virginia Military Institute, Brigadier General Gary T. McCoy is
he has logged more than 3,000 flying hours as a command pilot responsible organizing and equip-
in a variety of aircraft, and served as a staff officer at the highest ping 30,000 people worldwide. The
command levels at home and abroad. The general received his general was commissioned through
MS in aviation management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical the Officer Training School in 1976, Gary T. McCoy
University, and is the recipient of several awards and commenda- after graduation from Culver-Stock-
tions, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of ton College, Missouri. He attained his current rank on April 1,
Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with 2003. Prior to his current assignment he served as Director of
four oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal, and Air Logistics and Sustainment, Headquarters, Air Force Materiel
Force Achievement Medal, among many others. Command. Among his numerous awards and decorations are
the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star Medal,
and the Meritorious Service Medal with silver and bronze oak
leaf cluster.
Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Mercer Jr.
Director of Plans and Policy
U.S. Strategic Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Major General. Roosevelt Mercer Jr.
is a 1975 graduate of the University
of Puget Sound, and a distinguished
graduate of its ROTC program. He
was promoted to the rank of Major
General on January 1, 2005. Prior to
his current assignment he served as
Roosevelt Mercer jr.
Director, Combat and Information
Operations U.S. Strategic Command Offutt Air Force Base, Ne-
braska. Among his many awards and decorations he counts the De-
fense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit
with oak leaf cluster, and Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
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