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Colonel Amy M. Glisson

10th ABW Commander

10th Air Base Wing

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Colonel Amy M. Glisson is the Installation Commander, 10th Air Base Wing, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. She commands a team of more than 3,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel who conduct base-level activities for the entire installation, including security, civil engineering, communications, logistics, finance, contracting, chaplaincy, legal, lodging, medical, military and civilian personnel, and force support programs. The 10th Air Base Wing supports more than 4,000 cadets and a total military community of more than 25,000 personnel. She is responsible for a $150 million annual operating budget and serves as the Crisis Action Team Commander during all U.S. Air Force Academy installation contingency operations.

Prior to her current position, Colonel Amy M. Glisson was the Commander, 86th Mission Support Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. She led the largest Mission Support Group in the Air Force with over 3,500 Airmen, GS civilians, NAF employees, and local nationals. The group provides services spanning military and civilian personnel management; morale, welfare and recreation services; security and force protection; communications and information technology services; contracting; and postal operations for the 86th Airlift Wing, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing, Third Air Force, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, U.S. European Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the U.S. Army. Additionally, the group oversees the Department of Defense’s only Deployment Transition Center, serves as the local liaison for the Department of Defense Education Activity, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Defense Commissary Agency, Red Cross, and the Women, Infants, and Children program. She ultimately provides community support to 55,000 Americans living and working across the Kaiserslautern Military Community.

Education

Master of Arts, National Security Strategy, National War College, Washington, D.C. (2019)

Certificate in Legislative Studies, Georgetown Government Affairs Institute, Washington, D.C. (2015)

Air Command and Staff College, by distance learning, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2011)

Master of Arts, International Relations, American Military University, West Virginia (2009)

Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2005)

Bachelor of Science, Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado (2001)

Professional Experience

Commander, 10th Air Base Wing, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado (July 2023-Present)

Commander, 86th Mission Support Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany (June 2021-June 2023)

Chief of Staff and Senior Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, the Pentagon, Washington D.C. (June 2019-June 2021)

Student, National War College, Ft. Leslie J. McNair, Washington, D.C. (August 2018-June 2019)

Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (CSAF), the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (June 2017-July 2018)

Commander, 802d Force Support Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas (January 2016-June 2017)

Legislative Fellow, Representative Trent Franks, Washington, D.C. (July 2014-December 2015)

Deputy Director Personnel, Manpower, and Services, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (June 2013-June 2014)

Personnel Assignments Officer, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (June 2011-June 2013)

Deputy Chief and Chief of Protocol, United States Air Warfare Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (October 2009-June 2011)

Military Personnel Flight Commander, 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (January 2009-October 2009)

Executive Officer, USAF “Thunderbirds,” 57th Fighter Wing, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (October 2006-December 2008)

Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, Air Force District of Washington, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. (April 2006-October 2006)

Executive Officer, 11th Wing, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. (November 2005-April 2006)

Chief, Personnel Relocation and Employments, Military Personnel Flight, 11th Wing, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. (August 2004-November 2005)

Chief of Protocol, 90th Space Wing and 20th Air Force, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming (July 2003-August 2004)

Executive Officer, Mission Support Group, 90th Space Wing, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming (February 2003-July 2003)

Chief, Customer Support, Military Personnel Flight, 90th Space Wing, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming (August 2001-February 2003)

(Current as of July 2023)