COLONEL CHRISTIAN G. WATT

Colonel Christian G. Watt is the Associate Dean of Air War College Resident Programs at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He assists the Dean on matters pertaining to military and civilian faculty and staff for all resident learning programs. In addition, Colonel Watt instructs Air War College students on strategy and Eastern European regional studies. He also advises students on research professional studies papers. The Air War College is the Air Force’s senior professional military education institution, providing post- graduate senior leader development programs focused on joint, multinational, and multi-agency warfighting, international security operations, air, space, and cyberspace force strategy development, and national security planning. Prior to this, Colonel Watt completed a 3-year fellowship at the University of North Carolina where he earned a Ph.D. in political science with a focus on international relations.

Colonel Watt graduated from Portland State University in 1989. He has served as an instructor weapon systems , flight examiner, and mission in the F-15E and has accumulated 170 combat sorties and more than 600 combat hours in Operations PROVIDE COMFORT, DENY FLIGHT, SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM, and NOBLE EAGLE. He has commanded at the squadron and group level and his staff experience includes duty as Chief of Standards and Evaluations at Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia, Aide de Camp to the Superintendent at the United States Air Force Academy, Chief of Offensive Plans at NATO’s CAOC SIX, and LeMay Center Director for Doctrine Development. As commander of the 321st Expeditionary Mission Support Advisory Group at Tikrit, Iraq, Colonel Watt also served as the Senior Advisor for the Iraqi Air Force Officer’s College . His group’s mission was to provide base-support advice to the Iraqi Air Force and to provide education and training for over 5,000 Iraqi Air Force airmen across various career fields.

EDUCATION 1989 B.A., Mathematics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 1990 B.A., Russian, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 2000 M.B.A., Financial Management, City University, Bellevue, Washington 2002 Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2009 Master’s degree, Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 2013 M.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 2014 Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.

ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 1990 - November 1991, student, Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training, Mather AFB, California 2. December 1991 - January 1992, student, AT-38 Fighter Lead-in Training, Holloman AFB, N.M. 3. February 1992 – July 1992, student, F-15E Replacement Training Unit, Luke AFB, Arizona 4. August 1992 - August 1995, F-15E instructor weapon systems officer, 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom 5. September 1995 - June 1999, F-15E instructor weapon systems officer, flight examiner, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina 6. July 1999 - June 2001, Aide de Camp to the Superintendent, Airpower Theory instructor, Russian instructor, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado 7. July 2001 - July 2002, student, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 8. August 2002 - July 2004, Plans Commander, F-15E instructor weapon systems officer, 4th Operational Support Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina 9. July 2004 – July 2005, Chief Offensive Plans/COMAO, NATO CAOC SIX, Eskisehir, Turkey 10. August 2005 – May 2007, Director of Operations, F-15E instructor weapon systems officer, flight examiner, 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC 11. June 2007 – June 2008, Commander, Detachment 15 ACC Training Support Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina 12. July 2008 – June 2009, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 13. July 2009 – July 2010, Commander, 321st Expeditionary Mission Support Advisory Group, Tikrit, Iraq 14. August 2010 – August 2011, Director of Doctrine Development, LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 15. August 2011 – June 2014, Air Force Institute of Technology Ph.D. Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 16. July 2014 – present, Associate Dean of Resident Programs, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Master Navigator Flight Hours: More than 2,500 Aircraft Flown: F-15E, SU-27

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Bronze Star Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters Air Medal with 9 oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second July 7, 1989 December 26, 1991 December 26, 1993 March 1, 2001 April 1, 2004 Colonel Sep 1, 2009

(Current as of Jun 15)