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<DIV><SPAN class=080165615-27012009><FONT face=Arial>All,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=080165615-27012009>Our program Friday will be
about the U.S. Military's relief operation after the Indonesian tsunami.
Please invite friends, colleagues and Rotarians from other clubs to
attend. Tom Waskow, now retired, was the commanding general in charge
of the U.S. Military in the Far East at the time and will present the
program. Some of you may have met him when he attended with his wife, USO
Director Sheila Waskow, for the Dante Guazzo program. Tom's biography from
the official USAF website is below.</SPAN> <SPAN class=080165615-27012009>
He is coming back early from a business trip to present the program, so I hope
we have good attendance.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=libtext><B>Retired April 1,
2005. </B></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
class=libtext>Lt. Gen. Thomas C. Waskow is
Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, and Commander, 5th
Air Force, Yokota Air Base, Japan. In these two
command positions he is the senior U.S. military
representative in Japan and commander of U.S. Air
Force units in Japan respectively. <BR><BR>The
general received his commission upon graduation
from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1970, and he
served as a forward air controller and instructor
pilot early in his career. During the Vietnam War,
he was assigned as a forward air controller at Ban
Me Thout and Tan San Nhut, Vietnam, where he flew
282 combat missions over South Vietnam and
Cambodia. Selected to fly the F-15 Eagle early in
its operational deployment, he has flown all
models and variants of the air-to-air F-15. He has
held command at all levels -- fighter squadron,
wing and numbered air force. Prior to assuming his
current position, he was Director of Air and Space
Operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces. On
September 11, 2001, he was designated the Area Air
Defense Commander for the Hawaii Air Defense
Region and was responsible for the air sovereignty
of the state of Hawaii. <BR><BR>The general is a
command pilot with more than 4,700 flying hours,
including 904 combat hours and more than 2,200
hours in the F-15 Eagle. In addition to intense
combat experience in Vietnam, Lt. Gen. Waskow
contributed extensively to contingency operations
Deny Flight and Silver Wake in the Balkans, Noble
Eagle in Hawaii in 2001, and Unified Assistance in
Japan in 2005.<BR><BR><B>EDUCATION</B><BR>1970
Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical
engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo. <BR>1978 Master of Science degree
in business, Central Michigan University, Mount
Pleasant <BR>1985 Air War College, Maxwell Air
Force Base, Ala. <BR>1987 National War College,
Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. <BR>1988
Senior Executive Fellow, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass. <BR>1988 Seminar XXI Fellow,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge<BR><BR><B>ASSIGNMENTS</B><BR>1. July
1970 - November 1971, student, undergraduate pilot
training, 3576th Student Squadron, Vance Air Force
Base, Okla. <BR>2. November 1971 - December 1972,
forward air controller, 21st Tactical Air Support
Squadron, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam
<BR>3. December 1972 - March 1974, instructor
pilot, 52nd Flying Training Squadron, Craig Air
Force Base, Ala. <BR>4. March 1974 - September
1976, class commander and academic instructor,
29th Student Squadron, Craig Air Force Base, Ala.
<BR>5. September 1976 - July 1977, Chief, Social
Actions, 29th Flying Training Wing, Craig Air
Force Base, Ala. <BR>6. July 1977 - April 1979,
Air Staff Training Program officer, Deputy Chief
of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S.
Air Force, Washington, D.C. <BR>7. April 1979 -
July 1982, F-15A instructor pilot, later,
executive officer, flight commander and assistant
operations officer, 525th Tactical Fighter
Squadron, Bitburg Air Base, West Germany <BR>8.
July 1982 - June 1983, operations officer, 22nd
Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bitburg Air Base, West
Germany <BR>9. June 1983 - November 1983, F-15
instructor pilot, 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron,
Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.<BR>10. November 1983 -
June 1984, F-15 operations officer, 426th Tactical
Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base,
Ariz.<BR>11. June 1984 - July 1986, Commander,
550th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force
Base, Ariz. <BR>12. July 1986 - June 1987,
student, National War College, Fort Lesley J.
McNair, Washington, D.C. <BR>13. June 1987 - July
1989, Chief, Long-Range Strategic Plans Branch,
J-5, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C. <BR>14. July 1989 -
July 1990, Vice Commander, 18th Tactical Fighter
Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan <BR>15. July 1990 -
June 1992, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations,
Headquarters 5th Air Force, Yokota Air Base, Japan
<BR>16. June 1992 - December 1993, Special
Assistant to the Commander, Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe, Belgium <BR>17. January 1994
- August 1994, Chief of Staff, Partnership for
Peace Coordination Cell, Mons, Belgium <BR>18.
August 1994 - May 1996, Commander, 42nd Air Base
Wing (previously the 502nd Air Base Wing), Maxwell
Air Force Base, Ala. <BR>19. May 1996 - August
1998, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Allied Air
Forces Southern Europe, Naples, Italy <BR>20.
August 1998 - May 1999, Commander, 13th Air Force,
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam <BR>21. May 1999 -
November 2001, Director of Air and Space
Operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces,
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii <BR>22. November
2001 - present, Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, and
Commander, 5th Air Force, Yokota Air Base,
Japan<BR><BR><B>FLIGHT INFORMATION</B><BR>Rating:
Command pilot<BR>Flight hours: More than
4,700<BR>Aircraft flown: O2-A, T-38, C-21 and
F-15A/B/C/D<BR><BR><B>MAJOR AWARDS AND
DECORATIONS</B><BR>Defense Distinguished Service
Medal<BR>Distinguished Service Medal<BR>Defense
Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf
clusters<BR>Legion of Merit<BR>Distinguished
Flying Cross with V device and two oak leaf
clusters<BR>Defense Meritorious Service
Medal<BR>Meritorious Service Medal with two oak
leaf clusters<BR>Air Medal with two silver and two
bronze oak leaf clusters<BR>Army Commendation
Medal<BR>Presidential Unit Citation<BR>Vietnam
Service Medal with two silver stars<BR>Republic of
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm and three bronze
stars<BR>NATO Medal<BR>Republic of Vietnam
Campaign Medal<BR><BR><B>EFFECTIVE DATES OF
PROMOTION</B><BR>Second Lieutenant June 3,
1970<BR>First Lieutenant Dec. 3, 1971<BR>Captain
Dec. 3, 1973<BR>Major Sept. 1, 1979<BR>Lieutenant
Colonel Dec. 1, 1982<BR>Colonel May 1,
1988<BR>Brigadier General July 15, 1994<BR>Major
General July 1, 1997<BR>Lieutenant General Dec. 1,
2001 <BR><BR><BR>(Current as of February
2005)<BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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