Military Titles & Assignments in Wyoming. He is also a former USAF • Military Police Officer, U.S. Air Force Police Officer. Security Forces. Hal is a man of family values and • Commander, Deputy Commander, and strong principles — he and his wife, Instructor, Minute-Man III ICBM weapons Martha, raised three great children in system. • Deputy Director, U.S. Air Force Institute Colorado. They are now in law school for National Security Studies. and college. Sadly, after a long battle, • Director of Global Environmental Affairs, cancer took Martha from her family four the National Security Council (White years ago. House). Military Security Clearance: TS/ Hal served twice in the Clinton SCI. White House with the National Security • Action Officer, Strategic Arms Reduction Council as Director of Global Talks (Pentagon). Environmental Policy. He served in the • Deputy Director of Security Programs Bush Administration State Department and Military Advisor, Office of the as Deputy Director of Security Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to the Programs — work that dealt with Former Soviet States. • Senior Mentor, Air Force Academy. issues including classified nuclear- • Chief, Core Course Division, Air Force weapons security in the former Soviet Academy. States. It was this duty that put him in • Chief, Comparative Politics and Foreign the Pentagon on the horrific morning of Area Studies Division, Air Force Academy. September 11th, 2001. • Director of Educational Technology, Air In Colorado Springs, Hal was active Force Academy. as a coach in community youth football • Director of Personnel, Air Force and baseball programs. He is a fitness Academy. Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, USAF (Ret.) buff, whose chief hobby is road cycling. • Executive Officer to the Dean, Air Force His son is currently a law student; his Academy. Hal Bidlack was born in Michigan older daughter is a college senior in in 1958 and resided there until his Colorado; his younger daughter is a Military Awards graduation from the University of • Meritorious Service Medal with 2 Bronze college freshman in Colorado. Oak Leaf Clusters. Michigan in 1980. Beginning in 1981, Hal exemplifies real family values. • Air Force Commendation Medal with 1 he served for more than 25 years as He says, "I believe the role of the Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. an officer in the United States Air government is to protect the rights of • Combat Readiness Medal. Force, retiring in September, 2006, as all Americans, to remain fiscally • National Defense Service Medal with 1 a Lt. Colonel. He now lives in responsible, to protect the right to Bronze Star. Colorado Springs, Colorado. privacy, to protect the economic health • Humanitarian Service Medal. Hal served in the Political Science of the country, and to work tirelessly to • Air Force Achievement Medal. Department at the Air Force ensure all citizens are safe and secure • Force Protection Badge. Academy, where he taught thousands in their homes and communities." Hal • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. of cadets — who often wrote in states, "I'm committed to being part of course evaluations that “the Colonel Education the change this nation both yearns for • Undergraduate & Graduate studies, is the best teacher I ever had.” In the and vitally needs. University of Michigan. Fall of 2007, the Academy invited Hal The mismanagement and • Ph.D. in Political Science/American to return to the faculty as a civilian. arrogance of recent years have made Government. He is an expert on the Presidency, this nation less secure, less safe, less the U.S. Constitution, and the respected, and less fiscally Hal received undergraduate and graduate Founding Fathers. He is a recognized responsible. The future is bright, if our degrees from the University of Michigan; national authority on Alexander leaders act responsibly and with his doctorate is in Political Science, with a Hamilton. vision." It is time for honor, character, focus on American National Government Before arriving at the Academy in and integrity to again be the hallmarks and Environmental Security issues. His 1988, Hal was a weapons-systems of our government. It is time for Lt. Col. degrees are: B.A. in Political Science and officer and instructor in the Minor in Economics (1980); MA in Political Hal Bidlack to serve our district and our Science (1987); Ph.D. (1996). Minuteman nuclear missile program nation. Paid for by Hal Bidlack for Congress, Tom Ward, Treasurer