COLONEL TIMOTHY D. FERGUSON
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Col. Timothy D. Ferguson is the Vice Commander of the 10th Air Base Wing, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs more than 3,000 military, civilian and contract personnel who conduct all base-level support activities for the entire installation. These activities include all aspects of security, civil engineering, communications, logistics, finance, contracting, chaplaincy, legal, lodging, food service, military and civilian personnel, and family programs -- as well as all medical operations including aerospace medicine, family practice, specialty care and ancillary services, an ambulatory surgery center, dental residency training program, laser refractory center, radiology, and the Defense Department's only joint-service refill pharmacy -- all supporting more than 4,000 cadets and a total military community of more than 35,000 personnel.
Colonel Ferguson earned his commission after graduating from Air Force ROTC at the University of South Carolina in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He has served in a variety of assignments encompassing law enforcement, security, air base defense and special weapons. He has commanded the 10th Mission Support Group at the Air Force Academy, the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, the 39th Security Forces Squadron at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, the 363rd Security Forces Squadron at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, and served as Air Force Detachment Commander, Naval Consolidate Brig Charleston, S.C., for one of the Air Force's Level II Medium Security Prisons.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of South Carolina
1990 Master of Science in Human Resource Management, Chapman College, Orange, Calif.
1992 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2000 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2005 Senior Developmental Education, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
July 1986 - January 1987, student, Undergraduate Navigator Training, Mather Air Force Base, Calif.
January 1987 - September 1990, Executive Officer/Section Commander/Wing Executive Officer, 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, N.M.
September 1990 - November 1991, Executive Officer, Gila Bend Air Force Aux Field, Gila Bend, Ariz.
November 1991 - April 1993, Executive Officer, 728th Air Control Squadron, Duke Field, Fla.
April 1993 - October 1994, Squadron Section Commander, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
October 1994 - August 1997, Flight Commander, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
November 1997 - April 1999, Security Forces Operations Officer, 10th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
April 1999 - July 2001, Commander, Detachment 3, Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, S.C.
July 2001 - July 2002, Operations Officer, 377th Security Forces Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
July 2002 - December 2002, Deputy Director of Force Protection, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia
December 2002 - August 2003, Commander, 363rd Security Forces Squadron, Southwest Asia
September 2003 - August 2005, Commander, 39th Security Forces Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
August 2005 - April 2008, Chief, Security Forces Operations Branch, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
April 2007 - October 2007, Commander, 447th Security Forces Squadron, Sather Air Base, Iraq
April 2008 - August 2009, Chief, Security Forces Division, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
August 2009 - August 2011, Commander, 10th Mission Support Group, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
August 2011 - Present, Vice Commander, 10th Air Base Wing, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
National Defense Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Humanitarian Service Medal
DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 16, 1986
First Lieutenant June 1, 1988
Captain June 1, 1990
Major May 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 2002
Colonel Feb. 1, 2008
(Current as of December 2011)
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