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4 Q V Z 4 0 X5 Lieutenant Colonel Mark W. 'fBuck Jones 'Z Z we We ' M um m X Deputy Commander, 737th Training Group WM Lackland Air Force Base, Texas Lt Col Jones was bom in Philpot, Kentucky. He attended the University of Kentucky on a 4-year AFROTC scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979. He holds a Master of Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and is a distinguished graduate of Squadron Officer School, a graduate of Air Command and Staff College correspon- dence program and a resident graduate of the Air War College Class of 1998. Lt Col Jones was commissioned in August 1979 and entered active duty in December 1979. His first assignment was Undergraduate Pilot Training-Helicopter at Fort Rucker, AL followed by duty with 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Detatchment 2, at Ellsworth AFB SD flying missile site support. His next assignment was with the 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing, Scott AFB IL as Chief, Resource Plans Division from 1982-1984. From 1984-1986, he was assigned to Lowry AFB CO in Reserve status. Lt Col Jones was assigned to the 56th Tactical Training Wing, MacDill AFB FL in Jan 1986. While there, his division won the 9th AF Logistics Plans and Programs Effectiveness Award for 1987 and Best Resource Plans Division in Tactical Air Command. In August 1988, he was reassigned to HQ USAFE, Ramstein AB Germany, as Chief, War Reserve Materiel Budget and Facilities Section. He managed the construction of 11 WRM storage facilities and the two best ever USAFE WRM budget execution years. Additionally, Lt Col Jones worked the deployment of the USAFE Fighter Wing forces to Operation Desert Shield!Storm. Lt Col Jones transferred to the Pentagon in Feb 1991 as Chief, Mobility and Base Support Planning Policy in the Directorate of Plans and Integration CAFXLGXJ. He was selected as Commander, 49th Bare Base Support Squadron, Holloman AFB, NM and assumed command in July 1993. As Commander, he was responsible for over S100 million of Harvest Eagle and Harvest Falcon Bare Base Equipment. He was selected as the Air Combat Command Logistics Plans and Programs Senior Manager of the Year for 1993. Lt Col Jones personally led Bare Base deployment teams to Saudi Arabia and Republic of Korea and in 1995 alone oversaw 262 personnel deployed to 15 countries. In June 1996, he was reassigned to the Air War College as Director, National Security Forum Guest Activities. The NSF is a Secretary of the Air Force program that culminates the AWC academic year. Lt Col Jones attended the AWC as a member of the Class of 1998 and remained as Chief of Student Affairs. He was reassigned as Deputy Commander, 737th Training Group in J an 1999. His military awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Achievement Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. Lt Col Jones and his wife, Sharon, of Albany, Kentucky, have two daughters, Leigh and Emma.
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Chief Master Sergeant J. R. Williams 737th Training Group Superintendent Chief Master Sergeant James R. CJ. RJ Williams is the Superintendent of the Air Force Basic Military Training, 737th Training Group, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He manages and directs the training of more than 35,000 enlisted recruits annually. He is responsible for the proficiency and utilization of over 300 mili- tary training instructors in six operational training squadrons, one processing squadron, and one training support squadron, at the Air Force's only basic military training facility. Chief Williams was born in Valdosta, Georgia on September 25 1951, and graduated from South San Antonio High School, San Antonio, Texas in 1969. He entered the Air Force in January 1971, and completed basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Prior to his current position, he has served as a ground radio communications equipment repairman, basic military training instructor, technical training instructor, and training manager. His career highlights include selection as 437th Military Airlift Wing and Base Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 1977 at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, 3743rd Basic Military Training Squadron Instructor of the Year and Basic Military Training School Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 1979 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 7276th Air Base Group and Base Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 1991 at Iraklion Air Station, Crete, Greece. He was also United States Forces in Europe's selection for the Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award as the Outstanding Command, Control, Communications, and Computer 8 Systems Supervisor-Manager of the Year for 1994. He is a distin- guished graduate of the Tactical Air Command Noncommissioned Officer Leadership School at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, and the Tactical Air Command N oncommissioned Officer Academy at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, where he also received the Commandantis Award and Drillmaster Award. He holds the Master Communications - Electronics Badge, the Air Education and Training Command Master Instructor Badge, the Master Military Training Instructor Blue Rope, and the Basic Missileman Badge. His education includes completion of the Tactical Air Command Noncommissioned Officer Leadership School in 1974, the Tactical Air Command Noncommissioned Officer Academy in 1984, the CCAF Associate's Degree in Radio Communications Technology in 1986, the USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy in 1993, and the CCAF Associate's Degree in Instructor of Technology and Military Science in 1995. His decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal with eight oak leaf clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal. Chief Williams is married to the former Pauline Meyers of San Antonio, Texas. They have three sons, Ronnie, Eloy, and Mark, and four daughters, Ulrike, Tanya, Desiree, and Ashley.
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