Episode #3 Col Candice Pipes '98 - Wake Up Running Mindset

Описание: Join us in learning about Col Pipes' love for literature, her experience at USAFA, and her road to changing the narrative by waking up running every day!

Bio:
Colonel Candice Pipes is currently Chief, Manpower and Personnel Division, US Special Operations Command J1 Directorate. She served most recently as the Deputy Chief, Military Compensation Policy Division, Headquarters Air Force. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in English in 1998 from United States Air Force Academy, a Master’s degree in English from Louisiana Tech University in 2004 and her PhD in English from The Ohio State University in 2010.

Colonel Pipes began her military career at the United States Air Force Academy in the admissions office working diversity recruiting. She then entered her primary career field as a personnel officer at Kirtland AFB, NM, Kunsan AB, Korea and Barksdale AFB, LA where she led fighter, supply, and maintenance squadrons as a squadron section commander and served as the 2nd Bomb Wing’s executive officer. After her tour as an instructor in the Department of English and Fine Arts and completion of her doctorate, Colonel Pipes served as Commander, AFIT Force Support, Head of the Department of English and Fine Arts at the United States Air Force Academy and Commander of the 30th Force Support Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. She is married to Lt Col (ret) Steve Pipes and has three children: Thair (23), Sienna (11), and SJ (9).

EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor of Science in English, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO
2002 Squadron Officer’s School, Maxwell AFB, AL
2003 Master of Arts in English, Louisiana Technical University, LA
2007 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence)
2010 Ph.D. in English, The Ohio State University, OH
2014 Air War College (Correspondence)

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters

ASSIGNMENTS
1998 - 1999: Admissions Advisor, United States Air Force Academy, CO
1999 - 2000: Group Executive Officer, 58th Operations Group, Kirtland AFB, NM
2000 - 2002: Squadron Section Commander, 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, Korea
2002 - 2003: Squadron Section Commander, 2nd Maintenance Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
2003 - 2004: Chief, Relocations & Employments, 2nd Mission Support Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
2004 - 2005: Wing Executive Officer, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA
2005 - 2007: Instructor of English/Advisor in Charge, Dean of Faculty, United States Air Force Academy, CO
2007 - 2010: AFIT PhD Student, The Ohio State University, OH
2010 - 2012: Commander, AFIT Force Support, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
2012 - 2014: Director of Human Resources/Course Director/Assistant Professor, Dean of Faculty, United States Air Force Academy, CO
2014 - 2016: Head, Department of English and Fine Arts, Dean of Faculty, United States Air Force Academy, CO
2016 - 2018: Commander, 30th Force Support Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA
2018 – 2019: Deputy Chief, Military Compensation Policy Division, Headquarters Air Force, JB Andrews MD