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BRIG GEN Robert J. Skinner

Deputy Commander, Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Networks (JFHQ-DODIN)

Brigadier General Robert J. Skinner is the Deputy Commander, Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Networks (JFHQ-DODIN). General Skinner is responsible for the command and control of defensive cyberspace activities focusing on unity of command and unity of effort within the Department of Defense. He assists the Commander with organizing, training, and equipping the JFHQ-DODIN military and civilian force, who in turn is responsible for securing, operating and defending the Department of Defense Information Networks

General Skinner was commissioned through Officer Training School (2nd Honor Graduate) in 1989. He has served in various tactical and fixed communications assignments, plans, policy and resource staff work. The general has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing levels, and served on the staffs at a numbered air force, major command headquarters, Air Force headquarters, and the Joint Staff. Prior to assuming his current position, General Skinner was the Chief of Staff, Defense Information Systems Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md.

EDUCATION

1989   Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude, Park College, Parkville, Mo.
1990   Basic Communications Officer Training, Honor Graduate, Keesler AFB, Miss.
1993   Master of Science in Computer Science, Honors, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Okla.
1995   Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996   Software Engineering Certification, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio
1998   Advanced Communications Officer Training, Gen Paschal Award winner, Keesler AFB, Miss.
2000   Command & General Staff College, AFCEA Writing Award Winner, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2003   Air War College, correspondence, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2006   Industrial College of the Armed Forces (Information Strategies Concentration), National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS

  1. August 1984 – August 1989, Administrative Supervisor, Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C.
  2. August 1989 – November 1989, Officer Trainee, Lackland AFB, Texas
  3. November 1989 – April 1990, Student, Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, Miss.
  4. April 1990 – May 1993, AWACS Software Programmer/Analyst, 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla.
  5. May 1993 – May 1994, Chief, AWACS Mission Software Section, 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla.
  6. May 1994 – March 1997, Chief, Database Engineering Section, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebr.
  7. March 1997 – June 1999, Commander, Info Systems Flight, 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, Engl.
  8. June 1999 – June 2000, Student, Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
  9. June 2000 – July 2002, Commander, 27th Communications Squadron, Cannon AFB, N.M.
  10. July 2002 – June 2004, Strategic Plans and Policy Division Chief, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
  11. June 2004 – July 2005, 14th AF Director of Communications & Commander 614th Space Communications Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
  12. July 2005 – June 2006, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
  13. July 2006 – July 2008, Commander, 50th Network Operations Group, Schriever AFB, Colo.
  14. July 2008 – August 2009, Deputy Director, Policy and Resources, Secretary of the Air Force Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
  15. August 2009 – July 2011, Commander, 688th Information Operations Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
  16. July 2011 – July 2013, Inspector General, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
  17. July 2013 – September 2014, Deputy Commander, Air Forces Cyber, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
  18. September 2014 – March 2015, Chief of Staff, Defense Information Systems Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
  19. March 2015 – Present, Deputy Commander, Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Networks, Fort George G. Meade, Md.

 

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS

  1. May 1994 – March 1997, Chief, Database Engineering Section, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebr.
  2. July 2002 – June 2004, Strategic Plans and Policy Division Chief, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Navy Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Second Lieutenant          November 7, 1989
First Lieutenant               November 7, 1991
Captain                            November 7, 1993
Major                               July 1, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel          March 1, 2002
Colonel                            March 1, 2006
Brigadier General            July 26, 2013

(Current as of October 2015)