BIOGRAPHY

Colonel Robert M. “Mike” Hogan assumed duties of the Commander of AFROTC Detachment 004 at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Jan 2004.

The colonel entered the Air Force in 1978 after graduating from Officer Training School.  He was assigned to the 81st Security Police Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, as a security police shift commander working security and law enforcement.  For the next ten years the colonel was the shift commander, operations officer and commander of a myriad of security squadrons in England, Germany, Turkey and Spain.  In 1988 he was assigned as a staff officer at the Security Police Directorate for Air Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, where he worked plans and programs, and the personnel security program.  In 1994, the colonel was reassigned to Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, as the Commander of the 81st Security Police Squadron, where his unit garnered the “Best Medium-Size Security Police Squadron in the United States Air Force.  In 1994 he assumed duties as staff officer at the Directorate of Security Forces, at Headquarters United States Air Force. In 1999 he attended the Inter-American Defense College and graduated in 2000.

The colonel assumed duties as the Director of Force protection for Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia at Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia.  In this position, he advised the commander on force protection and anti-terrorism programs and policies. The colonel subsequently assumed duties of the United States Air Force Attaché in Quito, Ecuador in 2002.  As the senior Air Force representative in country, he advised the United States Ambassador on a host of security and force protection issues and developed a solid working relationship with the Ecuadorian military.

EDUCATION

1973  Bachelor of arts degree in political science, University of California at Los Angeles

1981  Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

1989  Master of science degree in public administration, Troy State University

2000  Inter-American Defense College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Colombia

ASSIGNMENTS

1.  December 1978 – November 1981, shift commander, 91st Security Police Squadron, Minot Air Force Base,

     North Dakota

2.  November 1981 – June 1083, shift commander, 81st Security Police Squadron, Royal Air Force Bentwaters,

     England

3.  June 1983 – July 1984, operations officer, 601st Security Police Squadron, Sembach Air Base, West

     Germany

4.  July 1984 – October 1986, Commander, 7241st Security Police Squadron, Izmir Air Station, Turkey

5.  October 1986 – September 1998, Commander, 406th Security Police Squadron, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain

6.  September 1998 – June 1992, staff officer, Directorate of Security Police, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas

7.  June 1992 – June 1994, Commander, 81st Security Police Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi

8.  June 1994 – July 1999, staff officer, Directorate of Security Forces Plans, Policy and Programs Division,

     Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, District of Colombia

9.  July 1999 – July 2000, student, Inter-American Defense College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington,

     District of Colombia

10. July 2000 – August 2001, Director of Force Protection, Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia, Eskan Village,

      Saudi Arabia

11. August 2001 – January 2002, student, Joint Military Attaché School, Washington, District of Colombia

12. January 2002 – January 2005, United States air attaché to Ecuador

13. January 2005 – present, Commander, AFROTC Detachment 004

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

Air Force Achievement Medal

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters

Air Force Organizational Award

National Defense Service Medal

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with Service Star

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Second Lieutenant                      December 11, 1978

First Lieutenant                          December 11, 1980

Captain                                      December 11, 1982

Major                                        October 1, 1989

Lieutenant Colonel                      January 1, 1995

Colonel                                      December 1, 2000