COLONEL LAWRENCE B. HAVIRD

Colonel Lawrence B. Havird serves as the Commander for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 720 at The Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. He is responsible for the recruitment and development of United States Air Force and United States Space Force officer candidates, serves as a Professor of Aerospace Studies, and represents the Air Force as its senior officer representative in the School of Undergraduate Education’s Joint Military Committee.

Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Havird completed a group commander tour at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where he led over 1,700 total force Airmen and was responsible for on and off equipment maintenance and temporary aircraft modifications on over 60 highly modified developmental test and test support aircraft spanning nine airframe types. He has previously served as an air logistics complex vice commander, commanded three maintenance groups, four maintenance squadrons, and served as a deputy maintenance group commander. He has aircraft maintenance experience in fighter, bomber, tanker, airlift, commercial derivative airlift, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft. Prior to cross-training into the aircraft maintenance career field, Colonel Havird was a missile combat crew member and served as a staff officer for command and control operations. He is a 1990 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute where he received his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program.

EDUCATION 1990 Bachelor of Arts in History, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia 1996 Squadron Officers School, by correspondence 1996 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, AL 2000 Master’s Degree in Military Studies (Air Warfare), American Military University, Distance Learning 2002 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2007 Air War College, by correspondence 2012 Master’s Degree in National Security Strategy, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island

ASSIGNMENTS May 1991 – September 1991 Student, Undergraduate Missile Training, Vandenberg AFB, CA October 1991 – October 1994 Missile Combat Crew Commander and Flight Instructor, 509th Missile Squadron, Whiteman AFB, MO November 1994 – December 1995 HQ ACC Command Center Senior Controller, Langley AFB, VA January 1996 – June 1998 Deputy Chief, Command and Control Operations, Langley AFB, VA July 1998 – August 2000 Bomber Logistics Test Flight Commander, 450th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA September 2000 – June 2001 Maintenance Supervisor, 412th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA July 2001 – August 2003 Maintenance Operations Officer, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Fairchild AFB, WA August 2003 – June 2004 KC-767 Chief of Logistics, 92nd Maintenance Group, Fairchild AFB, WA November 2003 – March 2004 Commander, 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Air Forces Central Command July 2004 – June 2005 Commander, 51st Munitions Squadron, Osan AB, ROK June 2005 – June 2006 Commander, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan AB ROK June 2006 – June 2008 Commander, 314th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Little Rock AFB, AR June 2008 – July 2011 Deputy Commander, 60th Maintenance Group, Travis AFB, CA May 2010 – September 2010 Deputy Commander, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Air Forces Central Command July 2011 – June 2012 Student, Naval War College July 2012 – July 2013 Commander, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Air Forces Central Command August 2013 – August 2016 Commander, 89th Maintenance Group, Joint Base Andrews, MD August 2016 – June 2018 Vice Commander, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, Hill AFB, UT June 2018 – July 2020 Commander, 412th Maintenance Group, Edwards AFB, CA July 2020 – Present Commander, AFROTC, Detachment 720, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit with two oak leaf cluster Bronze Star Medal with one oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Achievement Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant 18 May 1990 First Lieutenant 15 November 1992 Captain 15 November 1994 Major 1 December 2001 Lieutenant Colonel 1 November 2006 Colonel 1 April 2012

(Current as of July 2020)