Brig. Gen. W. Alan Matney is Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Requirements and Resources (J8), United States Inda-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii. The J8 is the principal advisor to the USINDOPACOM Commander and is his representative to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense on issues and activities relevant to USINDOPACOM future force structure, capabilities, requirements, programs, budget, research, analysis, transformation, and experimentation.
Brig. Gen. Matney began his Air Force career in 1992 as a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He spent over nine years on active duty in a variety of assignments as a pilot and personnel officer. In September 2002, Brig. Gen. Matney entered the Air Force Reserve and has served in multiple roles as a strategist and planner. He flew more than 900 hours in KC-10, C-27, T-1, and T-37 aircraft prior to leaving rated service in 1998.
As a civilian, Brig. Gen. Matney has focused academically and professionally on the intersection of religion and foreign policy, working on that topic at senior levels of the U.S. Government. He is a Joint Qualified Officer and has held numerous staff positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, and Air Staff, including service as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Prior to his current assignment, he served concurrently as Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Legislative Liaison in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and as Senior Military Advisor for the Defeat !SIS Task Force in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon.
EDUCATION
1992 Distinguished Graduate, Bachelor of Science, Political Science (German minor), U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2001 Master of Arts, Religious Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 2003 Master of Public Administration, International Security, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2003 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence 2006 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2012 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2017 Joint and Combined Warfighting School-Hybrid (Joint Professional Military Education II)
2020 Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1992-November 1993, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese Air
Force Base, Texas
2. November 1993-November 1995, C-27 Pilot, Howard AFB, Panama
3. November 1995-October 1998, KC-10 Pilot and Command Post Duty Officer,
Travis AFB, Calif.
4. October 1998-October 2001, Chief, Military Equal Opportunity and Cultural Diversity, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Va.
5. September 2002-November 2006, Aerospace Strategist, CHECKMATE Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
6. November 2006-March 2009, Aerospace Strategist, Strategy, Concepts, Wargaming Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
7. March 2009-January 2013, Political Military Planner, Deputy Directorate for Trans-Regional Policy, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (JS), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
8. January 2013-May 2014, Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chairman's Action Group, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
9. May 2014-September 2016, Reserve lnteragency Deputy Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Elimination, Standing Joint Force Headquarters-Elimination, Fort Belvoir, Va.
10. September 2016-August 2018, Deputy Director for Technology Integration, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
11. July 2019-November 2020, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. August 2018-March 2021, Senior Military Advisor for the Defeat ISIS Task Force, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (Concurrent with service as Mobilization Assistant from July 2019-March 2021)
13. November 2020-September 2022, Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. September 2022-present, Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Requirements and Resources (J8), U.S. lndo-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 2009-January 2013, Political Military Planner, Deputy Directorate for Trans-Regional Policy, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (JS), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel
2. January 2013-May 2014, Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chairman's Action Group, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel
3. May 2014-September 2016, Reserve lnteragency Deputy Director, WMD Elimination, Standing Joint Force HeadquartersElimination, Fort Belvoir, Va., as a colonel
4. September 2016-August 2018, Deputy Director for Technology Integration, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
5. August 2018-July 2019, Senior Military Advisor for the Defeat !SIS Task Force, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
6. September 2022-present, Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Requirements and Resources (J8), U.S. lndo-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: former pilot
Flight hours: more than 900
Aircraft flown: KC-1 OA. C-27 A. T-37 and T-1 A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
(Current as of November 2022)