BRIGADIER GENERAL ALFRED K. FLOWERS Selected for promotion to major general. Brig. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers is Commander, Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. He is the single point manager for approximately 13,000 students in 144 detachments in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program and 1,900 students in Officer Training School. He controls nearly 80 percent of line, chaplain, judge advocate, nurse, medical service and biomedical science officer production for the Air Force. He also oversees the Air Force Junior ROTC program at more than 869 locations with more than 105,000 students. General Flowers was commissioned following graduation from Officer Training School as a distinguished graduate of the December 1978 class. He first served as a budget officer at the squadron, major command and Air Staff levels. In 1990, he was assigned as Chief of the Budget Operations Division for the Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va., where he would later serve as the Chief of Budget. The general has served on the Joint Staff as Defense Resource Manager, and in 1999 he was the Director of Budget Programs for the Department of the Air Force. Prior to his current position, he was assigned as Director, Center for Force Structure, Requirements, Resources and Strategic Assessments, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla. EDUCATION 1975 Bachelor of Science degree, Southern Illinois University 1976 Master of Arts degree, Ball State University 1980 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1985 Professional Military Comptroller School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1988 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1990 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 1993 Air War College, by seminar 1994 Master of Science degree, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2002 Advanced Management Program, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va. 2005 Executive Business Course, Monterey, Calif. 2006 National Security Leadership Course, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, N.Y. 2007 Program for Executives in Logistics and Technology, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ASSIGNMENTS 1. January 1979 - May 1982, deputy accounting and finance officer, later, accounting and finance officer, budget officer, 347th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga. 2. June 1982 - June 1985, budget staff officer, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Va. 3. July 1985 - September 1987, budget staff officer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 4. October 1987 - June 1989, executive officer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 5. July 1989 - January 1990, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 6. February 1990 - June 1993, Chief, Budget Operations Division, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 7. August 1993 - June 1994, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 8. July 1994 - December 1996, Defense Resource Manager, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. 9. December 1996 - June 1999, Chief of Budget, Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Va. 10. June 1999 - July 2001, Director of Budget Programs, Department of the Air Force, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 11. September 2001 - August 2003, Comptroller, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas 12. September 2003 - February 2004, Chief Financial Executive, Center for Force Structure, Resources and Strategic Assessments, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla. 13. March 2004 - December 2006, Director, Center for Force Structure, Requirements, Resources and Strategic Assessments (J8), Headquarters USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, Fla. 14. January 2007 - present, Commander, Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with silver oak leaf cluster Joint Service Achievement Medal Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS American Society of Military Comptrollers EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Dec. 11, 1978 First Lieutenant Dec. 11, 1980 Captain Dec. 1, 1982 Major Dec. 1, 1988 Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 1, 1992 Colonel Aug. 1, 1998 Brigadier General Sept. 1, 2004 (Current as of April 2007) .