Major General Anthony J. Rock Vice Director for Strategic Plans & Policy, J5 Download Hi-Res Image

 

Maj. Gen. Anthony J. Rock is Vice Director forStrategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He provides strategic direction, policy guidance, and planning focus todevelop and execute the National Military Strategy.

Through the Director Strategic Plans and Policy, he enables the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide military advice to the President, the Secretary of Defense and the National SecurityCouncil.

General Rock graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio and earned his Air Force commission through Officer Training School. After earning his wings and serving as a T-37 instructorpilot and flight examiner at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, he served as an F-15C instructor pilot and flight examiner in multiple assignments.

During his career he has commanded a fighter squadron, a center, and fighter and air expeditionary wings in Idaho and Iraq. He has held staff assignments at the Joint Warfighting Center,Headquarters Air Combat Command, Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, U.S.Forces Iraq and the Air Staff. Prior to his current assignment, General Rock was Special Assistant to the Air Force A3/5 Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

The general is a command pilot with more than 4000 flying hours, including more than 150 combat hours in the F-15C.

EDUCATION

1982 Bachelor of Arts degree in history, University of Texas at San Antonio

1995 Master of Science degree in aviation science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

1996 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2002 Master's degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2008 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2010 Senior Executives in National and International Security Course, Harvard University

 

ASSIGNMENTS

1. January 1983 - December 1983, student, undergraduate pilot training, Laughlin AFB, Texas

2. January 1984 - December 1988, instructor pilot and flight examiner, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas

3. January 1989 - June 1993, instructor pilot, flight examiner and flight commander, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va.

4. June 1993 - July 1995, assistant operations officer, flight examiner and instructor pilot, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla.

5. July 1995 - June 1996, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

6. June 1996 - October 1998, plans and operations officer (J7), Joint Warfighting Center, Fort Monroe, Va.

7. March 1999 - August 1999, operations officer, 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.

8. August 1999 - June 2001, Commander, 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.

9. July 2001 - June 2002, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

10. July 2002 - July 2004, Commander, Warrior Preparation Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

11. July 2004 - June 2005, Vice Commander, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.

12. June 2005 - June 2006, Deputy Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.

13. June 2006 - September 2007, Commander, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

14. October 2006 - July 2009, Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

15. July 2009 - December 2010, Commandant, Air Command and Staff College, and Vice Commander, Spaatz Center for Officer Education, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

16. January 2011 - December 2011, Director, Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission - Air Force, U.S. Forces - Iraq, U.S. Central Command; and Commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, Baghdad, Iraq

17. January 2012 - March 2012, Special Assistant to the Air Force A3/5 Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements

18. April 2012 - Present, Vice Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

 

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS

1. June 1996 - October 1998, plans and operations officer (J7), Joint Warfighting Center, Fort Monroe, Va., as a major

2. September 2007 - June 2009, Deputy Director of Operations, U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo., as a brigadier general

3. January 2011 - December 2011, Director, Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission - Air Force, U.S. Forces - Iraq, U.S. Central Command; and Commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, Baghdad, Iraq, as a brigadier general and a major general

4. April 2012 - present, Vice Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a major general

 

FLIGHT INFORMATION

Rating: Command pilot

Flight hours: More than 4,000

Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, T-41, F-15C and F-15E

 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Aerial Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal

Air Force Achievement Medal

 

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Second Lieutenant Dec. 22, 1982

First Lieutenant Dec. 22, 1984

Captain Dec. 22, 1986

Major March 1, 1994

Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1998

Colonel July 1, 2002

Brigadier General June 20, 2008

Major General Oct. 3, 2011

 

(Current as of May 2012)