Col Joshua Chambers

Chief, Administration

Col Joshua Chambers is Chief of Administration at the Inter-American Defense College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. As the senior U.S. operations, personnel, resource management, and information management officer on the international staff, he advises the Director, IADC and 200 international staff members and students on efforts involving administrative matters, to include employment laws, regulations, contracts, and benefits. The colonel also develops strategic level administrative, personnel and logistics guidance in support of the Organization of American States, Inter-American Defense Board, College, and US policies. He leads a multi-service and international directorate, providing administrative and personnel services to over 200 senior international military and civilian personnel from 34 member nations of the Western Hemisphere, and is responsible for communication and coordination with US Department of State, and United States Southern Command. 

Col Chambers entered the Air Force in 2002 as a graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y. Col Chambers has served as a first-assignment instructor pilot at JSUPT in the T-1A and afterwards an instructor, evaluator, and weapons officer in the KC-135R/T, NATO staff officer, CAOC operations staff, headquarters air staff, and commanded a deployed squadron. Prior to his current position, the colonel was a student at the College of Information and Cyberspace at National Defense University. 

Col Chambers is a Command Pilot with more than 3,600 flight hours in the T-37, T-1A, and KC-135R/T. He has flown over 800 hours of combat air refueling missions in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and INHERENT RESOLVE 

EDUCATION

2002 Bachelor of Science, Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y.

2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

2007 Master of Science, Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla.

2010 USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.

2012 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

2016 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2016 Masters of Military Operational Art and Science, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2018 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

2023 Master of Science, Strategic Information and Cyberspace Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS

1.        July 2016 – July 2017, Chief of Tanker Operations, Combat Operations Division, 609th Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as a lieutenant colonel

2.        June 2023 – Present; Chief of Administration, Inter-American Defense College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., as a colonel 

FLIGHT INFORMATION

Rating: Command Pilot

Flight hours: More than 3,600

Aircraft flown: T-37, T-1A, KC-135R/T 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Aerial Achievement Medal with oaf leaf cluster

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster 

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Second Lieutenant May 29, 2002

First Lieutenant May 29, 2004

Captain May 29, 2006

Major Aug. 1, 2012

Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2017

Colonel Aug. 1, 2023