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DR. BRIAN T. KEHL > United States Space Force > Display

Dr. Brian Kehl, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy to the Commanding General – Support (DCG-S), Headquarters Space Operations Command (SpOC), Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.


Dr. Kehl leads SpOC’s Human Capital (S1), Mission Sustainment (S4), and Resource Management & Special Access Programs (S8) Directorates. He is responsible for providing military and civilian personnel support, force structure analysis, senior officer matters oversight, weapon system sustainment, infrastructure resilience, collateral and classified Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) activities, Strategic Basing, and Special Access Program clearances, information technology management, and physical and personal security.


Dr. Kehl entered the United States Air Force in 1994 after receiving his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 855, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. As an active duty Air Force officer, he commanded two squadrons and a Mission Support Group and held a variety of positions in the Financial Management career field at the Acquisition Center, Air University, Wing, Major Command, and Headquarters Air Force and Headquarters Space Force levels. Prior to assuming his current duties, Dr. Kehl was the Executive Director for Defense Programs at Intuitive Machines, LLC.


EDUCATION/TRAINING

1994 Bachelors of Science, Accounting, Brigham Young University, Utah

1995 Financial Management Analysis Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas

1998 Masters of Science, Cost Analysis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

1999 Squadron Officers School, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

2002 Masters of Arts, Economics, AFIT/CI, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

2003 Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, AFIT/CI, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

2004 Defense Resource Management Course, Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California

2005 Defense Financial Management Course, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

2006 Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

2012 Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama


ASSIGNMENTS

1. September 1994 – October 1996, Budget Analyst, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, TN

2. October 1996 – May 1997, Chief, Commanders Action Group, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, TN

3. May 1997 – September 1998, Graduate Student in Cost Analysis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

4. September 1998 – September 1999, Cost Analyst, Launch Programs Systems Program Office, Los Angeles AFB, CA

5. September 1999 – August 2000, Chief, Global Position System Cost Research, Global Positioning System Joint Program Office, Los Angeles AFB, CA

6. August 2000 – June 2003, PhD Graduate Student in Economics, Air Force Institute of Technology Civilian Institute Program, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

7. June 2003 – August 2006, Chief, Strategic Environment and Transformation, Defense Financial Management & Comptroller School, Eaker College for Professional Development, Maxwell AFB, AL

8. August 2006 – September 2007, Chief, Accounting and Finance Operations Branch, Financial Management Directorate, HQ United States Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

9. September 2007 – July 2008, Deputy Chief, Budget Operations Branch, Financial Management Directorate, HQ United States Air Forces Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany

10. July 2008 – July 2009, Commander, 435th Comptroller Squadron, 435th Air Base Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany

11. July 2009 – July 2010, Commander, 86th Comptroller Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany

12. July 2010 – July 2012, Commander, 6th Comptroller Squadron, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, FL

13. July 2012 – February 2014, Executive Officer to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Cost and Economics), The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

14. February 2014 – August 2014, Director, Cost Analysis Directorate, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Cost and Economics), The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

15. August 2014 – April 2015, Senior Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

16. April 2015 – July 2015, Senior Military Assistant to the Undersecretary of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

17. July 2015 – June 2017, Chief, Financial Analysis Division, Financial Management and Comptroller Directorate, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO

18. June 2017 – July 2020, Commander, 50th Mission Support Group, 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, CO

19. July 2020 – October 2020, Deputy Director, Financial Management and Comptroller, Directorate of Plans, Programs and Financial Management, Headquarters United States Space Force, Peterson AFB, CO

20. October 2020 – November 2020, Deputy Director, Financial Management and Comptroller, Directorate of Plans, Programs and Financial Management, Headquarters Space Operations Command, Peterson AFB, CO

21. November 2020 – November 2021, Director, Plans, Programs and Financial Management, Headquarters Space Operations Command, Peterson AFB, CO

22. November 2021 – August 2022, Acting Deputy to the Commanding General – Support, Headquarters Space Operations Command, Peterson SFB, CO

23. September 2022 – February 2023, Executive Director, Financial Management Services, OMNI Consulting Solutions, LLC

24. February 2023 – May 2023, Executive Director of Defense Programs, Intuitive Machines, LLC

25. May 2023 – Present, Deputy to the Commanding General – Support, Headquarters Space Operations Command, Peterson SFB, CO


MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS

Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Iraq Campaign Medal


(Current as of June 2023)



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