Master Sergeant Michelle Nelson

Lieutenant Colonel Terence A. Plumb, USAF (Ret.) Senior Aerospace Science Instructor (SASI)

Lt Col Terry Plumb was born and raised in San Diego, California and graduated from Patrick Henry High School in 1981. He received his Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1988. Also, Lt Col Plumb was commissioned a Second Lieutenant through the AFROTC program at BYU in 1988. His first assignment was to Malmstrom AFB, Montana where he earned his missileer badge.

After receiving his badge, Lt Col Plumb was assigned to the 10th Missile Squadron where he pulled 272 alerts in the Minuteman I weapon system. While at Malmstrom he held several positions including Combat Crew Commander, Training Courseware Chief, and scheduler. In 1995 he was assigned to the University of Washington ROTC Detachment 910 as an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies. While in Seattle he taught the Senior and Freshmen classes and helped cadets prepare for active duty. Lt Col Plumb’s next assignment was to F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming as an ICBM Code Controller responsible for the proper cryptologic security of 200 Nuclear missiles. Additionally he served as the Chief of Troop Support and Training where he oversaw food service and logistics support to 20 Launch Control Centers. In 1996 he attended Squadron Officer School where he earned awards for both writing and briefing. In 2002 he was assigned to the National Security Agency where he was involved in Nuclear Command and Control policy. In 2005 he received orders to U.S. Strategic Command to serve in the Leadership Institute. While there he developed education and training programs for all STRATCOM personnel.

In 2009, Lt Col Plumb became the Commander of AFROTC Detachment 025 at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Go Sun Devils!

In 2011, Lt Col Plumb returned to Offutt AFB to serve as the Space and Cyber Intelligence Planner.

On July 1, 2014, Lt Col Plumb retired after 25 years of active duty service in the United States Air Force.

Lt Col Plumb earned both Master Missileer and Master Space Operator badges.

He completed Air Command and Staff College and Air War College by correspondence and Joint Professional Military Education Phase II in residence.

He is an advanced Communicator and Leader in Toastmasters International.

He and his wife, Jill, have been married since 1987 and have five children. They currently reside in Papillion, Nebraska. They both love reading, music, family and travel.

5 Master Sergeant Trent Woodruff Aerospace Science Instructor (ASI)

Born and raised in Nebraska, Trent joined the Air Force on 18 Sep, 1985, only eleven days after marrying his high school sweetheart Wendy. They have two children, Tim and Melissa. His son Tim left the Navy after six years and lives here in Lincoln. His daughter Melissa lives in Norfolk, Nebraska.

Following Basic Training in San Antonio, Texas, Airman Basic Woodruff was sent to Biloxi, Mississippi to attend technical training as a computer programmer. Following his training, Trent moved on to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He remained there for seven years in two different functions within the AWACS Wing. In his first position, he tracked all software changes to the various AWACS computer systems. After several years at that job, he was reassigned to a position responsible for the quality and accuracy of the maps the AWACS flight crews used during their missions, including any pertinent threats to the aircraft from the ground.

In June of 1993, Senior Airman Woodruff was selected for a three-year invitation-only program the Air Force set up in Melbourne, Florida with the Northrop-Grumman Corporation. Northrop-Grumman had been granted a contract to develop a Joint Surveillance and Target Attack RADAR System (JSTARS) aircraft. His mission was one of both working in tandem with the corporation while also providing some governmental oversight to ensure that the Air Force was receiving a quality product. While there, he was promoted to Staff Sergeant.

In November of 1996, SSgt Woodruff was sent to Ramstein Air Base in Germany. When he arrived there, he was informed that the Air Force was getting rid of the computer programming career field and that he needed to decide on a new career field. Wanting to stay in the computer arena, SSgt Woodruff chose to become a Unix network system administrator. At the same time, he was made the NCOIC of a small shop which administered the Europe-wide Combat Intelligence System. After three years and a promotion to Technical Sergeant, he became the NCOIC of a 28-administrator workcenter which managed the Europe-wide Top Secret SCI network.

After six years in Germany, TSgt Woodruff returned to his Air Force roots in Biloxi, Mississippi to first create and then teach the Unix computer operating system curriculum. There he found that he loved teaching more than anything else he had done. While there, he was promoted to Master Sergeant and also had the great privilege of being named his Squadron’s Acting First Sergeant for seven months, to include during Hurricane Katrina and it’s aftermath. Following that, MSgt Woodruff decided it was time to retire and become a high school teacher, and so he joined the North Valleys High School AFJROTC instructor staff in Reno, NV during the summer of 2007.

MSgt Woodruff had always wanted to return home, so when the brand new Air Force JROTC unit at Lincoln Northeast was announced in the spring of 2009, he immediately applied for it and was accepted, coming here to start this program.