Colonel Chantel M. Booker Colonel Chantel M. Booker is the Deputy Commander, 688th Cyberspace Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Wing is comprised of more than 3,300 Airmen across four groups with 26 units at 15 locations worldwide. Colonel Booker ensures the readiness and employment of Airmen to engineer, build, operate, secure, defend and extend classified and unclassified networks through the employment of four cyberspace weapon systems and various engineering and expeditionary capabilities. She delivers resilient and integrated cyber infrastructure in garrison and deployed environments, directing the training, mobilization and deployment of Airmen, communications and computer systems to enable the combat effectiveness of combatant commanders, joint task forces and Air Force component headquarters contingency operations. Col Booker was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps and graduated in December 1999 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering. She has over 21 years of active duty experience in cyberspace operations and has served in electronic systems, command, control, communication, computers for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR), nuclear command, control and communications (NC3), cyber and information warfare positions. Prior to her current position, she was the Current Operations Division Chief, 16th Air Force, JBSA-Lackland, Texas. Col Booker is married to Justin Booker and has two children, Logan and Delilah. EDUCATION 1999 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb. 2001 Master of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb. 2012 Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 2013 Master of Philosophy in Military Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 2015 Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence 2019 Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 2000‒August 2000, Communications Information Officer, 55th Communications Squadron (CS), Offutt Air Force Base (AFB), Neb. 2. September 2000‒June 2001, Support Flight Commander, 55 CS, Offutt AFB, Neb. 3. July 2001‒May 2002, Executive Officer, 55th Communications Group (CG), Offutt AFB, Neb. 4. June 2002‒April 2004, Hardware Systems Engineer, 96 CG, Eglin AFB, Fla. (July 2003‒November 2003, Ahmed Al Jabber Air Base, Kuwait) 5. May 2004‒September 2004, Network Operations Flight Commander, 96 CG, Eglin AFB, Fla. 6. October 2004‒June 2005, Executive Officer, 96th Air Base Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla. 7. July 2005‒October 2006, C4ISR Integration Flight Chief, 753rd Electronic Systems Group, Hanscom AFB, Mass. (May 2006‒Septermber 2006, Balad Air Base, Iraq) 8. November 2006‒May 2009, Initiatives Flight Commander, 644th Electronic Systems Squadron, Hanscom AFB, Mass. (January 2008‒September 2008, Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia) 9. June 2009‒July 2011, Operations Flight Commander, 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI. 10. August 2011‒May 2012, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 11. June 2012‒June 2013, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 12. July 2013‒July 2015, Commander, 9th Communications Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif. 13. August 2015‒October 2016, NC3 Solutions Branch Chief, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 14. November 2016‒December 2016, Enterprise Support Deputy Division Chief, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 15. January 2017‒June 2018, Deputy Commander’s Executive Officer, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 16. July 2018‒June 2019, Student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 17. July 2019‒July 2020, Deputy Commander, 26th Cyberspace Operations Group, JBSA-Lackland, Texas 18. August 2020‒July 2022, Current Operations Division Chief, 16 AF / Joint Forces Headquarters-Cyber (Air Force), JBSA-Lackland, Texas 19. July 2022–Present, Deputy Commander, 688th Cyberspace Wing, JBSA-Lackland, Texas MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Jan 5, 2000 First Lieutenant Jan 5, 2002 Captain 5 Jan, 2004 Major 1 Sep, 2009 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Jan, 2015 Colonel 1 Dec, 2020 (Current as of July 2022)