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COLONEL BRIAN D. PUKALL
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Colonel Brian D. Pukall is the commander of the 31st Mission Support Group, Aviano Air Base, Italy. In that capacity, he commands all mission support and logistics functions for a base community of nearly 10,000. This includes the operation of six Aviano-based squadrons: the civil engineer squadron, the communications squadron, the contracting squadron, the logistics readiness squadron, the security forces squadron, and the force support squadron. Together these units ensure the 31st Fighter Wing's ability to mobilize, deploy, and employ combat airpower. They also sustain the base's in-place missions, its workforce and their families, and base infrastructure worth over $4 billion, while simultaneously providing security for the base and its fighter mission.
Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Pukall was Executive Officer to the AETC Commander. He has instructed at the Air Command and Staff College and previously served as Commander, 21st Operational Weather Squadron, Sembach Air Base, Germany. In addition, he completed a joint assignment at Headquarters, United States Southern Command serving as a Political-Military Affairs Officer and as the Executive Officer to the J-5.
Colonel Pukall entered the Air Force in 1992 after completing the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at North Dakota State University. He speaks both Italian and Spanish and, in addition to his meteorological specialty, is also certified as a Regional Affairs Strategist.
EDUCATION:
1991 Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Concordia College Moorhead, Minn.
1998 Distinguished graduate, Master of Science in Dynamic Meteorology, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
1999 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Distinguished graduate, Spanish language course, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.
2005 Distinguished graduate, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Fort Benning, Ga.
2007 Air War College, correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. April 1992 - April 1993, student, Basic Meteorology Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla
2. May 1993 - August 1996, Wing Weather Officer, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy
3. August 1996 - March 1998, graduate student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. March 1998 - September 2000, Surveillance Technology Meteorologist, later, Section Commander, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
5. September 2000 - August 2003, Commander, Weather Flight, later, Assistant Operations Officer, 100th Operations Support Squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom
6. August 2003 - May 2004, student, Spanish language course, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.
7. June 2004 - June 2005, student, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Fort Benning, Ga.
8. June 2005 - June 2007, Political-Military Affairs Action Officer, later, Executive Officer to the Director, Strategy, Policy and Security Cooperation (J-5), Headquarters United States Southern Command, Miami
9. July 2007 - June 2009, Commander, 21st Operational Weather Squadron, Sembach Air Base, Germany
10. June 2009 - August 2010, Director of Staff, Department of Leadership and Strategy, later, Associate Dean for Operations, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. August 2010 - March 2011, Executive Officer to the Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
12. March 2011 - present, Commander, 31st Mission Support Group, Aviano AB, Italy
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS:
June 2005 - June 2007, Political-Military Affairs Action Officer, later, Executive Officer to the Director, J-5, Headquarters United States Southern Command, Miami as a major and lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant Nov. 25, 1991
First Lieutenant Nov. 25, 1993
Captain Nov. 25, 1995
Major Sep. 1, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 2006
Colonel Sep. 1, 2011
(Current as of August 2012)
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