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Capt. Andrew Peterson Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies
Unit Admissions Officer

Captain Andrew Peterson is the Unit Admissions Officer and an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Norwich University, Northfield Vermont. In this capacity, Captain Peterson recruits, trains, and motivates highly qualified young men and women as prospective officers and instructs the freshman-level course on the Foundations of the US Air Force.

Captain Peterson is a native of East Lyme, Conn. He enlisted in the USAF in 1991 and earned his commission in 2001 through Officer Training School. As a logistics officer, he has served in both field level and headquarters positions. Captain Peterson most recently served as the Chief of Air Transportation Transformation at Headquarters, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois where he developed and implemented air transportation policy to meet the command’s transformational objectives.

Education

  • 1998 Associate of Science, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force
  • 1999 Associate of Science, Instructor of Military Science, Community College of the Air Force
  • 2000 Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
  • 2001 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Ala.
  • 2005 Masters of Science, Logistics Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio
  • 2007 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Ala.

Assignments

  1. April 2001 – July 2003, Officer in Charge, Air Freight, 735th Air Mobility Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
  2. July 2003 – March 2005, Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
  3. March 2005 – April 2006, Fuels Operations Officer, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
  4. April 2006 – June 2007, Chief, Weapons Systems Requirements and Equipment Section, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
  5. June 2007 – June 2008, Chief of Air Transportation Transformation, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
  6. July 2008 – present, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies, AFROTC DET 867, Norwich University, Northfield Vt.

Major Awards/Decorations

  • Meritorious Service Medal
  • Joint Service Commendation Medal
  • Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
  • Army Achievement Medal
  • Air Force Good Conduct Medal with two oak leaf clusters
  • National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
  • Iraq Campaign Medal
  • Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Effective Dates of Promotion

  • Second Lieutenant — April 2001
  • First Lieutenant — April 2003
  • Captain — April 2005