Col Tammy L. Schlichenmaier is the Commander, Cadet Group Four, Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is responsible for motivating, training, and developing 10 squadrons comprised of 1,100 cadets into officers of character culminating in an undergraduate degree and commission in the U.S. Air and Space Forces.

Col Schlichenmaier commissioned through Officer Training School in 1999. Upon graduation, she was assigned to Offutt Air Force Base as a personnel officer until 2003 when she was assigned to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Later, while assigned to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Col Schlichenmaier deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM. Upon her move to Randolph Air Force Base, she was selected to augment the provisional Air Force Global Strike Command staff, standing up a new Air Force Major Command. Col Schlichenmaier concluded her Air Force Personnel Center tour as the senior recorder for the Air Force Selection Board Secretariat.

She has commanded squadrons both in garrison and in the CENTCOM AOR in support of Operations INHERENT RESOLVE and FREEDOM'S SENTINEL. After completing her second command, Col Schlichenmaier was selected to attend the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania Her follow-on assignment from the war college was to the Secretariat staff in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. During her Pentagon tour, Col Schlichenmaier led the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs efforts to create the U.S. Space Force, the first new military service since 1947.
Col Schlichenmaier was then selected as the Senior Executive Officer to the first Chief of Space Operations, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Prior to assuming her current position, the Colonel served as the HQ U.S. Air Force Academy Inspector General.

Masters Degree in Strategic Studies , U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (2019)

US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (2019)

Air War College (corr), Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama (2015)

Air Command and Staff College (corr), Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama (2009)

Squadron Officer School (corr/res), Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama (2005)

Defense Equal Opportunity and Management Institute, Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida (2004)

Masters Degree in Human Relations, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma (2002)

Bachelor of Science, Comprehensive Biology, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Nebraska (1997)

Commander, Cadet Group Four, Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (May 2021–present)

Inspector General, HQ USAFA, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Sept. 2020–May 2021)

Executive Officer to the First Chief of Space Operations, HQ U.S. Space Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 2020–Aug. 2020)

Chief of Personnel Policy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Force Management Integration, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (July 2019–Dec. 2019)

Student, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Aug. 2018–June 2019)

Deputy Director for Culture and Climate, Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (June 2017–July 2018)

Commander, 380th Force Support Squadron, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates (June 2016–May 2017)

Executive Officer, HQ Air Force Space Command Vice Commander, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado (June 2015–May 2016)

Commander, 21st Force Support Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado (June 2013–May 2015)

Senior Recorder, USAF Selection Board Secretariat, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Universal City, Texas (June 2011–May 2013)

Board Recorder, USAF Selection Board Secretariat, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Universal City, Texas (May 2010–May 2011)

SAPR Operations Program Manager, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Universal City, Texas (Aug. 2009–Apr. 2010)

Director of Manpower and Personnel, US Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada (Apr. 2008–July 2009)

Military Personnel Flight Commander, 99th Mission Support Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada (Sept. 2006–Mar. 2008)

Chief of Military Equal Opportunity, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, Ward County, North Dakota (June 2003–Aug. 2006)

Chief of Customer Support, 55th Mission Support Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Sarpy County, Nebraska (June 2002–May 2003)

Squadron Section Commander, 55th Civil Engineer Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Sarpy County, Nebraska (May 2001–May 2002)

Squadron Section Commander, 55th Supply Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Sarpy County, Nebraska (Nov. 1999–Apr. 2001)

Officer Trainee, Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama (Aug. 1999–Nov. 1999)

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

Air Force Achievement Medal

Effective Dates of Promotion

Colonel (Dec. 1, 2020)

Lieutenant Colonel (Jan. 1, 2015)

Major (Aug. 1, 2009)

Captain (Nov. 19, 2003)

First Lieutenant (Nov. 19, 2001)

Second Lieutenant (Nov. 19, 1999)