Patricia Rose

Patricia A Rose
Patricia A Rose
Nickname(s)	Trish
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1984-2017
Rank	Major general
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit; Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters; Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with five oak leaf clusters; National Defense Service Medal with bronze star; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal; Air Force Longevity Service Award with seven oak leaf clusters; Armed Forces Reserve Medal with silver hourglass and bronze M; Air Force Training Ribbon;

Patricia Rose is a retired United States Air Force major general.

On April 21, 2013, USAF Major General Patricia A. "Trish" Rose became the first openly LGBT officer to be promoted to the rank of major general. She was nominated to the rank on December 7, 2012, and pinned on May 31, 2013, in a ceremony led by her direct supervisor, General Janet C. Wolfenbarger, the first female four-star general in the United States Air Force. At the time, Maj Gen Rose was assigned as mobilization assistant to the commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Her last active duty assignment was as mobilization assistant to the deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. In that capacity, she supported the deputy chief of staff in leadership, management and integration of Air Force logistics readiness, aircraft and missile maintenance, civil engineering and security forces, as well as setting policy and preparing budget estimates that reflected enhancements to productivity, combat readiness and quality of life for Air Force members.

Major General Rose retired on 16 June 2017. She is married to retired Navy LT Julie Roth.

General Rose entered the Air Force through Officer Training School in 1984. Her more notable assignments include mobilization assistant to the director for logistics, engineering, and security assistance, U.S. Pacific Command, and mission director for the U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center in Southwest Asia, where she directed joint logistics for operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Education

1983 Bachelor of Arts degree in humanities, Providence College, Rhode Island
1988 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
1989 Master of Science degree in education, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
2000 NATO Reserve Officer's Course, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy
2001 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2002 Air War College, by correspondence
2003 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2007 Strategy and Operations Course, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
2009 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia
2011 System Acquisition Management Course, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
2011 Senior Executives in National and International Security, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2012 Nuclear 400, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirkand AFB, New Mexico
2012 Air Force Smart Operations (AFSO21), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
2012 Pentagon Media Training, Washington, D.C.

Assignments

April 1984 – September 1984, student, Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course, Chanute Technical Training Center, Rantoul, Illinois
September 1984 – December 1986, aircraft maintenance officer, Plattsburgh AFB, New York
January 1987 – January 1991, instructor, Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course, Chanute Technical Training Center, Rantoul, Illinois
January 1991 – June 1992, air terminal operations center duty officer, Norton AFB, California
June 1992 – December 1993, quality/transportation officer, Norton and March AFBs, California
January 1994 – November 1995, air transportation officer, 86th Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington
December 1995 – June 1996, executive officer, 86th Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington
June 1996 – July 1998, operations officer, 36th Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington
July 1998 – February 2003, commander, 36th Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington
February 2003 – March 2004, deputy commander, 446th Mission Support Group, McChord AFB, Washington
March 2004 – November 2005, chief, Logistics Resources Branch, Logistics Directorate, Headquarters 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, California
November 2005 – December 2007, individual mobilization augmentee to the director, global channel operations, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, IL. (May 2007 – September 2007, mission director, CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, Southwest Asia)
January 2008 – March 2010, mobilization assistant to the director for logistics, engineering and security assistance, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
March 2010 – April 2012, mobilization assistant to the director for logistics and sustainment, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
April 2012 – April 2015, mobilization assistant to the commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (December 2014- April 2015, director of logistics, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio)
April 2015 – June 2017, mobilization assistant to the deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Summary of joint assignments

May 2007 – September 2007, mission director, CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, Southwest Asia, as a colonel
January 2008 – March 2010, Mobilization Assistant to the Director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Assistance, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, as a colonel and brigadier general

Effective dates of promotion

Second lieutenant – April 13, 1984
First lieutenant – April 13, 1986
Captain – April 13, 1988
Major – March 8, 1996
Lieutenant colonel – Sept. 29, 2000
Colonel – May 1, 2004
Brigadier general – Feb. 2, 2010
Major general – April 21, 2013

References

Information provided directly from Maj Gen Patricia Rose.

External links

Official biography from U.S. Air Force website at archive.today (archived 2013-06-20)