Colonel PATRICK WOLVERTON Colonel Patrick Wolverton is the Deputy Commander, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. He assists in directing the worldwide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations of six ISR groups, supporting Combatant Commanders, Combined Forces Air Component Commanders, Numbered Air Force commanders and coalition forces. The Wing is a total force enterprise composed of more than 6,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel. Colonel Wolverton was commissioned through AFROTC at the University of Delaware in May 2002. He is an intelligence officer with experience ranging across air, space, and cyberspace operations at the tactical, operational, and national levels. He is a graduate of the Intelligence Weapons Instructor Course, a graduate of the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and a graduated Air Force Fellow for the Director of the National Security Agency. He served as the Director of Operations for the Geospatial Intelligence Analysis Squadron at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center and was dual hatted as both the Squadron Commander of the 303rd Intelligence Squadron and the Chief of the Osan Mission Center, Osan AB. He deployed and provided intelligence support to combat search and rescue missions in Afghanistan, and multiple tours to the 609th Air and Space Operations Center at Al Udeid AB, supporting Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, and NEW DAWN. Prior to assuming his current position, he was the Chief of the Readiness Division, Intelligence Directorate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis. EDUCATION 2002 Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. 2008 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, NV 2009 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2011 Master of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence, American Military University 2012 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2016 United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA 2021 Joint and Combined Warfighter School, Norfolk, VA 2021 Air Force Fellow for the Director of the National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, MD ASSIGNMENTS OR CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1. June 2002 - October 2002, Assistant Detachment Recruiting Officer, Detachment 128, Newark, DE. 2. October 2002 - June 2003, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance AFB, OK. 3. June 2003 - June 2004, Student, Intelligence Officer Training, Goodfellow AFB, TX. 4. June 2004 - October 2005, Chief, Predator Operations Element, 24th Intelligence Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany. 5. October 2005 - June 2006, Deputy Flight Commander, Imagery Operations, 24th Intelligence Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany. 6. June 2006 - June 2007, Officer in Charge, Intelligence Security, 347th Operational Support Squadron, Moody AFB, GA. 7. June 2007 - December 2008, Chief, Squadron Intelligence, 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, GA. 8. December 2008 - October 2009, Chief, Intelligence Training and Tactics, 9th Operational Support Squadron, Beale AFB, CA. 9. October 2009 - October 2011, Chief, Intelligence Training and Tactics, 9th Operations Group Intelligence, Beale AFB, CA. 10. October 2011 - May 2013, Chief, Wing Weapons and Tactics, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA 11. May 2013 - October 2013, Strategic Communication, ACC Commander’s Action Group, Headquarters ACC, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. 12. October 2013 - June 2015, Deputy Director, ACC Commander’s Action Group, Headquarters ACC, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. 13. June 2015 - June 2016, Student, USMC Command and Staff College, Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. 14. July 2016 - July 2018, Director of Operations, Geospatial Intelligence Analysis Squadron, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. 15. July 2018 - June 2020, Commander, 303d Intelligence Squadron, and Chief, Osan Mission Center, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. 16. July 2020 - June 2021, Fellow, Director, National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, MD. 17. June 2021 - Nov 2022, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence Directorate, USCYBERCOM, Ft. Meade, MD. 18. November 2022 - July 2023, Executive Officer to the Deputy Commander, USCYBERCOM, Ft. Meade, MD. 19. July 2023 - May 2024, Chief, Readiness Division, Intelligence Directorate, Headquarters ACC, Joint Base Langley- Eustis, VA. 20. May 2024 - Present, Deputy Wing Commander, 480th Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 2021 – November 2022, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence Directorate, USCYBERCOM, Ft. Meade, MD., as a lieutenant colonel 2. November 2022 – July 2023, Executive Officer to the Deputy Commander, USCYBERCOM, Ft. Meade, MD., as a lieutenant colonel MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal PUBLICATIONS “Quantum Computing: A New Competitive Factor with China." Joint Force Quarterly 110 (July 2023) 35-45. EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 29, 2002 First Lieutenant May 29, 2004 Captain May 29, 2006 Major August 1, 2012 Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2017 Colonel, August 1, 2023 (CURRENT AS OF MAY 2024)