Draft:Thomas P. Sherman

Thomas P. Sherman is a United States Air Force major general who is currently the vice-superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy since June 2024. Prior to his current assignment he served as the Director of Security Forces and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection at the Pentagon.

Military Career
Sherman graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1995 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. Sherman is a Security Forces officer. His first assignment was at Joint Base Lewis–McChord as an Assistant Operations Officer for the 62nd Security Police Squadron from August 1995 to July 1997. Since then, he has been a commander of multiple units both overseas and within the United States from the squadron level up to joint levels. He was promoted to Brigadier General on August 20, 2021, while working at the Pentagon as the Principal Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Sherman became the Director of Security Forces in January 2023 and was promoted to Major General on December 5, 2023. He continued to be the Director of Security Forces until June 2024 where he now serves as the Vice Superintendent at the United States Air Force Academy.

== Education ==


 * 1995 Bachelor of Science in Political Science, United States Air Force Academy
 * 2001 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base
 * 2002 Secretary of the Air Force Language and Area Studies Immersion Course Florence, Italy
 * 2004 Master of Arts in Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino
 * 2007 United States Army Airborne School
 * 2009 Master of Arts in National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School
 * 2014 Master of Science in National Security Strategy, National War College

Assignments

 * August 1995–July 1997, Assistant Operations Oﬃcer, Air Base Defense Flight Commander, 62nd Security Police Squadron, McChord Air Force Base
 * July 1997–January 1998, Operations Oﬃcer, 62nd Security Forces Squadron, McChord Air Force Base
 * January–April 1998, Chief of Security Forces, 3rd Air Expeditionary Group, Kwang Ju Air Base
 * April 1998–January 1999, Flight Leader, Mobile Reserve Commander, 8th Security Forces Squadron, Kunsan Air Base
 * January 1999–June 2001, Flight Commander, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base
 * July 2001–October 2001, Chief of Security Forces, Flight Commander, 763rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Al Dhafra Air Base
 * October 2001–August 2002: Commander, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Al Dhafra Air Base
 * April 2004–March 2005: Deputy Chief, Requirements Branch, Headquarters Air Force Security Forces Center, Lackland AFB
 * March–September 2005, Commander, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Sather AB
 * May 2006–July 2008, Commander, 786th Security Forces Squadron, Sembach Annex
 * January 2010–May 2012, Chief, National Military Command Center Systems Operations Branch (J-39) and Chief, NMCC Security and Conﬁguration Branch (J-36), Joint Staff, the Pentagon
 * May 2012–May 2013, Commander, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Group, Bagram Airﬁeld
 * July 2014–July 2016, Commander, 37th Training Group, JBSA-Lackland
 * July 2016–July 2017, Chief, Protection Services Division, Air Force Installation Mission Support Center, JBSA-Lackland
 * August 2017–June 2018, Commander, Detachment 1, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Peterson AFB
 * June 2018–June 2020, Commander, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB
 * June 2020–May 2022, Principal Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon
 * May 2022–January 2023, Deputy Director, Capability Development, Air Force Futures, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon
 * January 2023–June 2024, Director of Security Forces, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon
 * June 2024 – present, Vice Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy