Roger W. Burg was commissioned as an Air Force Second Lieutenant in 1978 upon his graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He entered the space and missile career field, serving as a missile crew commander, staff officer and strategic planner. During his Air Force career, he has commanded an ICBM squadron, an operations group and a space wing. He has held a variety of staff assignments at Strategic Air Command, U.S. Space Command, U.S. Strategic Command, the Air Staff and the Joint Staff. He served as the Joint Staff Representative to the Standing Consultative Commission, a bilateral U.S.-Soviet body established to monitor compliance with the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and as a Senior Research Fellow at the National War College. As a Brigadier General, Burg was also assigned to the White House, where he served as the Director for Nuclear Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council. Prior to his current assignment, he was Director of Strategic Security, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, providing policy guidance, expertise and oversight to the Air Force nuclear, space, counter-proliferation and homeland defense programs.

General Burg is a Master Space and Missile Officer, and a fully qualified Joint Specialty Officer.

Maj Gen Burg's final assignment before retirement was serving as Commander, 20th Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Commander, Task Force 214, U.S. Strategic Command, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, WY. He was responsible for the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile force, organized into three operational missile wings with more than 8,800 people. He served in that command from August 2007 until his retirement on 1 September 2010.

Assignments

1. June 1978 - May 1979, student, Columbia University, New York, NY.
2. June 1979 - September 1983, missile combat crew member, later, executive officer, 44th Strategic Missile Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.
3. October 1983 - August 1984, missile operations staff officer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC.
4. September 1984 - January 1987, future concepts staff officer for operations plans, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, NE.
5. January 1987 - July 1989, aide-de-camp to the Commander, Headquarters SAC, Offutt AFB, NE.
6. July 1989 - August 1990, student, Naval War College, Newport, RI.
7. September 1990 - July 1992, strategic policy planner for international negotiations, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, DC.
8. August 1992 - June 1993, Senior Research Fellow, National War College, Washington, DC.
9. June 1993 - December 1994, Commander, 741st Missile Squadron, Minot AFB, ND.
10. December 1994 - April 1997, Commander, 90th Operations Group, F.E. Warren AFB, WY.
11. May 1997 - July 1998, Vice Commander, 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, CO.
12. August 1998 - August 1999, executive officer to the Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command; Commander, U.S. Space Command; and Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO.
13. August 1999 - June 2001, Commander, 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, WY.
14. July 2001 - June 2003, Director, Combat Plans, and Deputy Director, Plans and Policy, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, NE.
15. June 2003 - August 2004, Director for Nuclear Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, the White House, Washington, DC.
16. August 2004 - August 2007, Director of Strategic Security, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC.
17. August 2007 - present, Commander, 20th Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Commander, Task Force 214, U.S. Strategic Command, Francis E. Warren AFB, WY.

Summary of Joint Assignments

1. September 1990 - July 1992, strategic policy planner for international negotiations, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, DC, as a major and lieutenant colonel.
2. July 2001 - June 2003, Director, Combat Plans, and Deputy Director, Plans and Policy, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, NE, as a colonel and brigadier general.
3. June 2003 - August 2004, Director for Nuclear Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, the White House, Washington, DC, as a brigadier general.
4. August 2007 - present, Commander, Task Force 214, U.S. Strategic Command, Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, as a major general.

Education

1978 Distinguished graduate, Bachelor of Science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.
1979 Master of Science degree, Guggenheim Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY.
1983 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL.
1990 Distinguished graduate, College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College, Newport, RI.
1990 Master of Arts degree, Naval War College, Newport, RI.
1993 Distinguished graduate, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC.
2005 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, AL.
2006 Joint Flag Officer War Fighting Course, Maxwell AFB, AL.

Major Medals and Awards

Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star

Badges

Master Space Badge
Master Missile Badge with Operations Designator
Parachute Badge
Weapon Systems: Minuteman II; Minuteman III; and Military Strategic and Tactical Relay System (Milstar)
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Presidential Service Badge