Lieutenant Colonel Gilberto Sambolin Perez is a career Intelligence Officer currently assigned as a Deputy Director of Development and History Instructor at the Department of History, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He mentors over 100 students and manages 12 departmental portfolios, including academic advising, cadet summer research programs, and graduate program scholarships.  Lieutenant Colonel Sambolin Perez is also responsible for annually instructing the History of Modern Warfare case studies to approximately 180 future officers.  Furthermore, he is responsible for developing future officers on military strategy and strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war foundations.

2004 Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico

2009 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

2013 Basic Instructor Course, Join Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas

2013 Squadron Officer School, correspondence

2014 Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies (Cyber), American Military University, Charles Town, West Virginia

2014 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

2015 Suma Cum Laude, Master of Arts in History, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico

2020 Air Command Staff College, correspondence

2021 Security Cooperation Fundamentals Certification, correspondence, Defense Acquisition University

October 2008 – November 2009, Student, Intelligence Officer Course, 315th Training Squadron, 17th Training Wing, Goodfellow AFB, Texas

January 2010 – February 2011, Intelligence Operations Officer, 6th Operations Group, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Florida

August 2010 – December 2010, Officer in Charge, Intelligence Flight, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia

February 2011 – August 2011, Chief, Intelligence Operations, 6th Operations Group, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Florida

August 2011 – January 2013, Chief, Intelligence Training, 6th Operations Group, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Florida

February 2012 – September 2012, Flight Commander, Wing Intelligence, 376th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, 376^th Air Expeditionary Wing, Transit Center Manas, Kyrgyz Republic

January 2013 – August 2015, Flight Commander, International Intelligence and Cyber Training, 837th Training Squadron, Inter-American Air Forces Academy, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas

August 2015 – December 2016, Senior Duty Officer, 625th Operations Center, 25th Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas

December 2016 – June 2017, Deputy Chief, Tactical Data Link Systems Branch, 625th Operations Center, 25th Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas

June 2017 – August 2018, Assistant Director of Operations, 318th Cyber Operations Group, Detachment 1, 67th Cyberspace Wing, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland

August 2018 – September 2020, Officer Functional Area Manager, 70th Operations Support Squadron, 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland

September 2020 – November 2021, Deputy Chief, Air Force Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication Systems, Intelligence Directorate, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

May 2021 – October 2021, Intelligence Engagements Officer to Qatar and Chief of Warfighter Operations, Intelligence Directorate, 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central), Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

December 2021 – June 2023, Deputy Director of Operations, 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

June 2023 – May 2024, History Instructor, Department of History, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado

May 2024 – Present, Deputy Director of Development & History Instructor, Department of History, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado

2022: 363d ISRW Staff Field Grade Officer of the Year

2022: 363d ISRW Staff Outstanding RegAF ISR Field Grade Officer of the Year

2021: ACC A2 Outstanding RegAF ISR Field Grade Officer of the Year

2019: 691st ISR Group Field Grade Officer of the Year

2013: Inter-American Air Forces Academy Company Grade Officer of the Year

2013: Inter-American Air Forces Academy Company Officer Instructor of the Year

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Air and Space Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal

Military History

Latin American History

Intelligence and Espionage History

Contemporary Chinese History