COLONEL DOUGLAS M. CRABB

Lieutenant Colonel Douglas M. Crabb is the Professor of Aerospace Studies and commander of United States Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps Detachment 820 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

Lt Col Crabb earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania and received his commission from the Officer Training School of the Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base, TX. He has served in various operational and staff assignments to include numerous positions in maintenance and logistics. His staff assignments include duty at Headquarters Air Combat Command where he was responsible for the formulation, compilation, analysis, and presentation of quality performance measures used by Congressional, Department of Defense, HQ USAF, and Air Combat Command leaders..

Lt Col Crabb has commanded at the flight, maintenance squadron, and as a deputy commander in the largest training group in the US Air Force. His deployment experience includes support of the no-fly zone missions in Operation PROVIDE COMFORT. He has served in the European, Pacific, and Southwest Asian theaters.

EDUCATION:

1979 Bachelor of Science, Secondary Education – Social Studies, Edinboro State University
1988 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
1989 Masters of Business Administration, Logistics Management, Air Force Institute of Technology 1999 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
1999 Masters of Military Operational Arts and Science, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2002 Air War College

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. February 1985 - June 1985, Student Munitions Maintenance Officer Course, Lowery AFB, Colorado
2. July 1985 - February 1988, Officer in Charge, 388th Component Repair Squadron Accessories Maintenance Branch and Integrated Avionics Branch; Officer in Charge, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing Deputy Commander for Maintenance Staff Quality Assurance Division, and Assistant Officer in Charge 388th Aircraft Generation Squadron 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Hill AFB, Utah
3. June 1988 - September 1989, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. October 1989 - November 1992, Chief, Strategic Branch, Automated Test Systems Division, and Executive Officer, Aircraft Directorate, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, Texas
5. December 1992 - June 1996, Commander, Munitions Flight, 86th Maintenance Squadron; Commander, Sortie Support Flight, 526th Fighter Squadron; Assistant Squadron Maintenance Officer, 512th Fighter Squadron; Commander, Plans and Readiness Flight, 32 Air Operations Group, Ramstein AB, Germany
6. July 1996 - July 1998, Chief, Logistics Analysis Branch, Headquarters, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
7. August 1998 - June 1999, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
8. July 1999 - July 2000, Squadron Maintenance Officer, 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, Korea
9. July 2000 - July 2002, Squadron Maintenance Officer, 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia
10. July 2002 - July 2004, Squadron Commander, 1st Component Maintenance Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia
11. July 2004 - May 2006, Deputy Group Commander, 982 Training Group, Sheppard AFB, TX
12. May 2006 – June 2009, Special Assistant to the Commander, 84th Combat Support Wing and 748 Supply Chain Management Group, Hill AFB, Utah
13. July 2009 – Present, Commander, AFROTC Det 820, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
National Defense Service Medal with one device
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
2000 Pacific Air Forces, General Lew Allen Award
2003 1 Fighter Wing, General Leo Marquez Award

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

2nd Lieutenant, February, 1985
1st Lieutenant, February, 1987
Captain, February, 1989
Major, October, 1996
Lt Colonel, July 2001
(Current as of Aug 2009)