Mary Kay Hertog

Major General Mary Kay Hertog, USAF is the current Commander of Second Air Force. In this role she is responsible for the development, oversight and direction of all operational aspects of basic military training, initial skills training, and advanced technical training for the USAF enlisted force and support officers. Second Air Force provides training in more than 250 Air Force specialties through 2,500 courses graduating 225,000 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and foreign students annually in diverse areas. These areas include aircraft maintenance, civil engineering, medical, computer, avionics, security forces, space and missile operations/maintenance, and multiple intelligence disciplines. The command includes training wings at Keesler AFB; Sheppard, Lackland and Goodfellow Air Force Bases, Texas; a training group at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; and a network of 92 field training units around the world. Second Air Force also oversees all Airmen throughout the Joint Expeditionary Training (JET)/individual augmentee training pipeline at Army training sites across the country and provides a 24-hour/7-day operations center for pre- and post-deployment support.

"General Hertog is a career security forces officer whose most recent assignment was director of the Air Force's security forces. She has worked at the unit, major command and Air Staff level in various positions, including commanding several large security forces units and a technical training group. Prior to her assignment in Washington, D.C., she was commander of the 37th Training Wing at Lackland AFB, Texas, one of the largest training wings in the Air Force." General Hertog entered the Air Force in 1978 as an ROTC distinguished graduate.

Education

• 1978 Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• 1982 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• 1985 Master of Arts degree in industrial psychology, Webster University, Mo.
• 1991 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• 1996 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

Assignments

• January 1978 - June 1981, officer shift commander, 1608th Security Police Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
• July 1981 - February 1983, operations officer, 63rd Security Police Squadron, Norton AFB, Calif.
• February 1983 - July 1984, Chief, Nuclear Security Branch, and executive officer, Security Police, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
• July 1984 - August 1987, operations officer and Commander, 554th Security Support Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
• August 1987 - August 1990, Chief, Law Enforcement and Antiterrorism Division, and Chief, Plans and Resources Division, Security Police, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
• August 1990 - June 1991, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• June 1991 - July 1995, Air Staff action officer, Security Police, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
• July 1995 - June 1996, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• July 1996 - July 1999, Commander, 377th Security Forces Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
• August 1999 - June 2000, Commander, 86th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
• June 2000 - July 2002, Commander, 37th Training Group, Lackland AFB, Texas
• July 2002 - June 2004, Director of Security Forces, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
• June 2004 - June 2006, Commander, 37th Training Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas
• June 2006 - Sept 2009, Director of Security Forces, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
• Sept 2009 - Present, Commander, Second Air Force, Keesler AFB, Mississippi

Awards and Decorations

•   Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
•   Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
•   Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
•   Air Force Achievement Medal
•   Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with silver oak leaf cluster
•   Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
•   Air Force Recognition Ribbon with oak leaf cluster
•   Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
•   Humanitarian Service Medal

Dates of rank

• Second Lieutenant, May 7, 1978

• First Lieutenant, November 24, 1980

• Captain, Nov. 24, 1982

• Major, Dec. 1, 1988

• Lieutenant Colonel, March 1, 1994

• Colonel, Jan. 1, 2000

• Brigadier General, Jan. 1, 2006

• Major General, May 7, 2009

External links

• 3 "Hertog takes command of 2nd Air Force"
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