Colonel Steven Lamb is the Commander, 52nd Mission Support Group. The group supports the 52nd Fighter Wing mission of conducting strategic attack, air interdiction, close air support and suppression of enemy air defenses by providing communications, security, engineering, housing, transportation, supply, logistic plans, education, recreation, disaster response and recovery, and fire and environmental protection for more than 9,000 people assigned to Spangdahlem Air Base. The group also maintains combat ready forces stationed at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, where they provide combat support services for more than 1,000 U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to the NATO Airborne Warning and Control Systems Component, Joint Forces Command Brunssum, Joint Air Power Competency Center, and Combined Air Operations Center 2; and more than 5,000 U.S and Canadian personnel and dependents in the northcentral European Tri-border area.
Colonel Lamb entered the Air Force in February 1992 as an enlisted Security Police Journeyman and was trained in special weapons and tactics, desert warfare, and urban warfare. His deployment experiences include Installation Deployment / Reception Officer - Diego Garcia; Deputy Director of Logistics (J4) for Combined Special Operations Air Component – Iraq; Deputy Director of Logistics (CJ4) and an Advanced Air Advisor for Afghanistan Regional Security Integration Command – South; Chief of Plans (J4) for United States Forces – Afghanistan; and Installation Commander for Cooperative Security Location - Manda Bay, Republic of Kenya. Prior to his position as a student at National Defense University, Col Lamb was a Deputy Group Commander, Director of Staff, and Director of Basing at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
2006 Masters of Business Administration, Phoenix University
2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2010 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL, by correspondence
2011 Advanced Logistics Readiness Officers Course, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ
2014 Masters of Military Studies, U.S. Marine Corps Command & Staff College, Quantico, VA
2019 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL, by correspondence
2022 Masters of National Resource Strategy, Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2000-October 2002, Officer In-Charge, Programs, 5th Logistics Support Squadron, Minot AFB, North Dakota (January 2002-May 2002, Executive Officer, 40th Expeditionary Logistics Group and Installation Deployment Officer, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory)
2. October 2002-May 2003, Chief of Logistics, 603d Air Control Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy
3. May 2003-June 2005, Assistant Commander, Vehicle Management Flight, and then Commander, Fuels Management Flight, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
4. June 2005-December 2005, Chief, Weapon Systems Support Branch, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida
5. December 2005-December 2006, Chief, Log. Readiness Division, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Force, Hurlburt Field, Florida
6. December 2006-May 2008, Chief, Command Deployments, and then Executive Officer, Logistics Directorate, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida (December 2006-February 2007, Deputy Director J4, Combined Joint Special Operations Component, Balad AB, Iraq)
7. May 2008-June 2009, Deputy Director of Logistics (CJ4), Advanced Air Advisor, Afghan Regional Security Integration Command-South, Kandahar, Afghanistan
8. June 2009-June 2010, Operations Officer, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Sq., Hurlburt Field, Florida
9. June 2010-September 2011, Assistant Executive Officer, Logistics Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon (March 2011-May 2011, Student, Advanced Logistics Readiness Officers Course, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey)
10. September 2011-September 2012, Chief, Plans Branch, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (J4), Kabul, AFG
11. October 2012-July 2013, Chief, Contract Logistics Support Programs, Resource Integration Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon
12. July 2013-June 2014, Student, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico, Virginia
13. July 2014-June 2016, Commander, 42d Logistics Readiness Squadron, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
14. July 2016-June 2018, Commander, 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
15. June 2018-July 2019, Deputy Commander, 502d Installation Support Group, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
16. July 2019-May 2020, Director of Staff, 502d Air Base Wing, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
17. May 2020-December 2020, Installation Commander, and Commander, 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron, Cooperative Security Location – Manda Bay, Republic of Kenya
18. December 2020-June 2021, Director of Basing, 502d Air Base Wing, Joint Base San Antonio, TX
19. July 2021-June 2022, Student, National Defense University, Eisenhower School, Washington D.C.
20. July 2022 - present, Commander, 52d Mission Support Group, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Army Achievement Medal
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
NATO Medal w/1 oak leaf cluster
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 Top Third Graduate, Squadron Officer School
2009 Lance P. Sijan Leadership (Junior Officer), U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command
2010 Airlift/Tanker Association Young Leadership Award
2014 Advanced Studies Program, United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College
(Current as of July 2022)