Brigadier General Richard A. Shook Jr.
Vice Director of Joint Capability Development with U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
Brig. Gen. Richard A. Shook Jr. is the Vice Director, Joint Capability Development, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va. He serves as a principal adviser to the USJFCOM Commander in matters concerning joint capability development, interoperability and integration. He advocates for the identification and assessment of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities recommendations to resolve mission critical combatant commander, joint task force, multinational, and interagency interoperability and integration shortfalls. The general orchestrates the development and submission of the commander's integrated priority list and program planning guidance. He also ensures combatant commander's joint, combined and coalition interoperability issues affecting fielding systems are identified, consolidated and prioritized.
The general entered the Air Force in May 1978 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. His assignments include command and staff positions in U.S. Joint Forces Command, Air Education and Training Command, and Air Combat Command. General Shook's combat assignment included duty in the Combined Air and Space Operations Center in Southwest Asia during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He transitioned to the Air Force Reserve in 1989 and is a senior pilot with more than 2,200 hours in the T-37, T-38 and F-15.
EDUCATION
1978 Bachelor of Science degree in management, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1981 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1982 Master of Science degree in business administration, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
1984 U.S. Air Force Flight Safety Officers Course, University of Southern California
1985 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar
2000 Air War College, by correspondence
2005 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1978 - November 1979, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. November 1979 - January 1983, T-37 instructor pilot, class commander, Williams AFB, Ariz.
3. January 1983 - April 1983, student, fighter lead-in training, Holloman AFB, N.M.
4. April 1983 - August 1983, student, F-15 Replacement Training Unit, Luke AFB, Ariz.
5. August 1983 - August 1986, F-15 pilot and squadron flight safety officer, Langley AFB, Va.
6. August 1986 - January 1989, F-15 instructor pilot and flight commander, Luke AFB, Ariz.
7. January 1989 - January 1990, inactive Reserve
8. January 1990 - August 1992, U.S. Air Force Academy admissions liaison officer, Pittsburgh, Pa.
9. August 1992 - June 1996, U.S. Air Force Academy admissions liaison officer, Yorktown, Va.
10. June 1996 - April 2000, joint operations staff officer, U.S. Atlantic (later Joint Forces) Command, Norfolk, Va.
11. April 2000 - November 2001, Reserve adviser to the Commander and Deputy Division Chief for Theater Command and Control, Aerospace Command and Control, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center, Langley AFB, Va.
12. November 2001 - August 2003, Commander, 953rd Reserve Support Squadron, and Commander, Joint Reserve Unit, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
13. August 2003 - February 2004, Chief, Air Operations Support Division, Headquarters Air Combat Command, and Deputy Director, Air Force Command and Control Transformation Center, Langley AFB, Va.
14. February 2004 - January 2006, Reserve adviser to the Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
15. January 2006 - January 2008, mobilization assistant to the Director of Plans and Programs, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
16. January 2008 - present, Vice Director, Joint Capability Development, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Senior pilot
Flight hours: More than 2,200
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38 and F-15
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1987 Company Grade Officer of the Year, 405th Tactical Training Wing
1988 Lance Sijan Leadership Award nominee, 832nd Air Division
1996 Outstanding Admissions Liaison Officer of the Nation
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 31, 1978
First Lieutenant May 31, 1980
Captain May 31, 1982
Major May 31, 1992
Lieutenant Colonel July 10, 1997
Colonel March 30, 2001
Brigadier General Feb. 18, 2007
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General Martin E. Dempsey
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Mr. Terry Halvorsen Deputy Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command |
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Mr. Eric Markland Deputy DirectorNext Generation Enterprise Network Fleet Implementation and Transition Team Briefing |
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Captain Patrick J. Bohan Program Manager for the Virtual Integrated Support to the Information Operations eNvironment (VisIOn) Briefing |
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Mr. John Garing Chief Information Officer, DISA Briefing |
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Ms. Monica Shephard Deputy Director, JCD&E Briefing |
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Rear Admiral (USN Ret) Andrew M. Singer Briefing |
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Mr. Francis A. “Skip” Hiser, III Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Global Force Management & Joint Operations U.S. Fleet Forces Command Briefing |
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Brig. Gen. Richard A. Shook Vice Director, Joint Capability Development, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA Briefing |
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Mr. Rob Carey Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer & DON IM and IT Workforce Community Leader Briefing |
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Mr. Dave Wennergren Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology |
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Admiral James G Stavridis, USN Commander U.S. Southern Command |
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Congressman Randy Forbes |
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Mr. Greg Knapp (SES) JFCOM Deputy J7 |
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Vice Admiral (retired) James (Jim) D. McArthur, Jr. Former Commander Naval Network Warfare Command Vice President of the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation |
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| Mr. Joseph Murphy Deputy Chief of Staff Capabilities and Resource Integration (N8) U.S. Fleet Forces Command |
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| Rear Admiral David O. Anderson Vice Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command |
| December 2007 |
| CAPT Frank Morneau Commander, EOD Group Two |
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| Mr. Mark Honecker Chief of Staff/Executive Director U.S. Fleet Forces Command |
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| Captain Robert Nutting, USCG Chief, C4IT and Security Division Coast Guard Atlantic Area |
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| RADM Edward H. Deets, III Vice Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command |
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| Mr. William M. Paggi Head, Contracts and Logistics Department SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston |
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| Dr. Russel Richards U.S. Joint Forces Command Manager, Office of Research & Technology Applications Opportunities for Partnering with USJFCOM |
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| Captain Lawrence Slade USN Director, Communications & Information Systems U. S. Second Fleet |
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| Mr. Terry Halvorson Deputy Commander Network Warfare Command |
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| Mr. Don General Executive Director/ Chief Information Officer Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) |
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| CAPT Janice Hamby, USN Director of Global Operations Navy Network Warfare Command |
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| Dr. Charles E. Harris Director of the Research and Technology Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center. |
| December 2006 |
| Captain Mary Anderson USN Commanding Officer Naval Computer and Telecommunications Master Station, Atlantic |
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| Mr. Joe Camacho U.S. Joint Forces Command Program Manager for |
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| Monica Shephard Director, Innovations Division U.S. Joint Forces Command |
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| Mike McGinnis, Ph.D. Executive Director Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center |
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| LTG John A. Dubia, USA (Ret.) Executive Vice President, AFCEA International |
| July 2006 |
| Mr. Robert E. Lindberg President and Executive Director National Institute of Aerospace |
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| Rear Admiral Clifford I. Pearson Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command, Atlantic |
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| Mark Honneker Deputy Commander Naval Network Warfare Command |
| February 2006 |
| Randy Forbes Congressman Virginia 4th District |
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| Mr. Dave Wennergren DON CIO |
| November 2005 |
| Colonel Bradford Gentry Commander DISA USJFCOM Field Office |
| October 2005 |
| Mr. Tony Cerri U.S. Joint Forces Command (J-9) Experimentation Engineering Lead |
| September 2005 |
| Ray Miller Virginia Regional Vice President for AFCEA. |
| August 2005 |
| COL Terrry T. Kono, USAF, Joint Futures Command |
| July 2005 |
| Mark Lumer, Director of Contracting, Army Space and Missile Defense Command - Pentagon |
| June 2005 |
| Roy D. Bridges, Jr., Center Director, NASA Langley Research Center |
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| Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff Deputy Commander U.S. Fleet Forces Command |