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Washington, DC-based United States Air Force has Appointed Kimberly A. Crider as Chief Information Officer
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The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win … in air, space and cyberspace. To achieve that mission, the Air Force has a vision of Global Vigilance, Reach and Power. That vision orbits around three core competencies: developing Airmen, technology to war fighting and integrating operations. These core competencies make our six distinctive capabilities possible. Air and Space Superiority: With it, joint forces can dominate enemy operations in all dimensions: land, sea, air and space. Global Attack: Because of technological advances, the Air Force can attack anywhere, anytime and do so quickly and with greater precision than ever before. Rapid Global Mobility: Being able to respond quickly and decisively anywhere we`re needed is key to maintaining rapid global mobility. Precision Engagement: The essence lies in the ability to apply selective force against specific targets because the nature and variety of future contingencies demand both precise and reliable use of military power with minimal risk and collateral damage. Information Superiority: The ability of joint force commanders to keep pace with information and incorporate it into a campaign plan is crucial. Agile Combat Support: Deployment and sustainment are keys to successful operations and cannot be separated. Agile combat support applies to all forces, from those permanently based to contingency buildups to expeditionary
About the Person
Brig. Gen. Kimberly A. Crider is the Mobilization Assistant to the Chief, Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. She assists with setting the Air Force's strategic direction, policy guidance and procedures for the effective, secure and efficient use of Information Technology, Information Assurance and Information Resources Management to enable integrated warfighting capabilities and information dominance across all mission areas. General Crider was commissioned through the ROTC program at Duke University in May 1986. She served on Active Duty for 8 years and has been a Reservist for 19 years, having held positions in Air Force Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Education and Training Command, Pacific Air Forces Command, United States Air Forces Europe, Headquarters Air Force, Air and Space ISR Center and the Defense Information Systems Agency. In her previous assignment, General Crider was the Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Communications and Information, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, where she was responsible for the Air Force cyber network infrastructure and enterprise information services development, deployment and sustainment. General Crider is a master communications officer and a senior acquisition officer. In her civilian capacity, General Crider was the former Director of Engineering for the Electronic Systems Center, 753 ELSG, Cyber Integration Group at Hanscom AFB, Mass., and is a senior systems engineer for a major research and development corporation in Bedford, Mass. She has led numerous large scale systems engineering projects for multibillion dollar programs providing capabilities for Air Force network management and defense, airborne network integration and air operations center command and control. EDUCATION 1986 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, N.C. 1992 Squadron Officer's School, in-residence, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1992 Master of Business Administration, Western New England College, Springfield, Mass. 1993 Academic Instructor School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1994 Fellowship in Arts and Literary Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1996 Advanced Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, Miss. 1999 Distinguished graduate, master's degree in military studies, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2004 Certificate in advanced systems acquisition management, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft. McNair, Va. 2004 Distinguished graduate, master's degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
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