BG Walker Served dual hatted roles as Assistant Adjutant General and Commander of the West Virginia Air National Guard and Air National Guard Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Master Navigator with 5,200+ hours in WC-130 and C-130 aircraft, including 400+ combat and combat support hours. Deployed in support of OEF, OIF, Joint Guard/Joint Forge, and Volant Oak/Coronet Oak. Was the Civil Aviation Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation with the Coalition Provisional Authority. Inaugural recipient of the West Virginia “Trailblazer Award” for exhibiting a life of excellence. A volunteer speed mentor for the Black Engineer of the Year Awards. 2024 GOP candidate West Virginia 2ndCongressional District primary.
Professional Summary
With forty years of combat, logistics, financial, and crisis management experience with the United States Air Force, Brigadier General Christopher Walker, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, has the breadth and depth of experience and leadership to ensure superb results for worldwide employers in critical positions such as strategic planning or operations management.
Qualifications:
- Vast experience in Joint Domestic Operations and Homeland Defense. Extensive experience with HQ Staff and intra-theater air logistics as Air Mobility Division Chief.
- Combat experience in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
- Top-tier Air Force Strategic Planning and Programming influencer, including experience with Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBE)
- Level III Joint Qualified Officer, schooled and experienced in contingency and crisis planning
- TS/SCI security clearance
Expert Witness Jul 2024 – Sep 24
- Retained by Students For Fair Admissions (SFFA) to provide expert testimony in SFFA v. United States Naval Academy lawsuit to end race-conscious admissions policies
- Applied experience from inner-workings in the Pentagon to expose illegal DoD practices
- Fought for merit-based admissions policies and merit-based promotions
- Provided strategic advice/guidance for Air Reserve Component (ARC) implementation of Department of the Air Force (DAF) diversity and inclusion initiatives
- Identified and recommended changes to policies and procedures, and removing barriers and other practices that may have an unfair effect upon underrepresented Airmen and Guardians
- Assesses ARC implications of DAF Inspector General Independent Racial Disparity Review
- Provided recommendations to address findings, monitoring progress toward goals, and provided inputs for six-month and annual progress reports
- Advised DAF senior leaders on initiatives to improve rated diversity
- Provided command and control, over all Air National Guard (ANG) forces assigned to the state of West Virginia and is the principal advisor to the Adjutant General, on all matters related to the Air National Guard.
- Dual-hat assignment as ANG Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
- Served as Dual-Status Commander of Joint Task Force-World Scout Jamboree (JTF-WSJ), for the World Scout Jamboree 2019 in West Virginia, commanding approximately 1000 soldiers, airmen, sailors, and DoD civilians providing security, logistics, and medical assistance to over 45,000 scouts and support staff from over 150 countries.
- Deputy Commander of the West Virginia Air National Guard
- Provided command and control over the Headquarters staff
- Supervised the preparation of plans, policies, and programs for the Air National Guard units assigned to the state, and advised and assisted the Adjutant General in their execution.
- Federal dual assignment was Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, providing oversight and input concerning laws, regulations and policy of the Department of the Air Force Human Capital portfolio to ensure mission success. In this role, assisted in areas of diversity, force development, force management, total force and Airman and Family Readiness.
- Applied Air Force operational employment knowledge in developing the Air Force/Air National Guard (AF/ANG) portion of joint scenarios used for strategic analysis
- Served as the National Guard Subject Matter Expert to joint study teams and/or war-gaming efforts concerning future force readiness, capacity and capability analyses
- Principal advisor to NGB Director of Programs, Resources/Comptroller on all Joint Staff fiscal and resource matters
- Life-cycle manager for 54 United States Property and Fiscal Officers (USPFOs) in the States, Territories, and DC; Analyzes/synchronizes resource execution for all USPFOs across the ANG, ARNG, and National Guard Joint Staffs
- Developed and wrote Air Force, joint services, and combined plans, programs, and policies (numbered Air Force and above).
- Coordinated plans between staff agencies to ensure a coherent planning effort.
- Assisted operations management/execution across 89 Air National Guard Wings, 885 units, 966 combat and combat support aircraft and 24K unit type codes
- Managed all aspects of ANG mission development, force planning, equipment requirements; supported deployment capabilities for Combatant Commander needs across all domains
- Guided Strategic Plans and Programs integration for future POMs operational implications
- Oversaw Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and National Science Foundation functional area management as well as AEF and deployment scheduling; tactics development and training
- Developed ANG inputs to Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS), Designed Operational Capabilities (DOC) statements, USAF War and Mobilization Plan (WMP), Combatant Commander OPLANS and related National-level war planning documents
- Spearheaded execution of PB13-related issues (MC-12 operations and training, Legacy C-130 FTU ARC Association, etc.)
- Led NGB/A3 branches responsible for tactical and strategic airlift, tanker, aeromedical evacuation, and career enlisted aviators training and operations
- Trained augmentation forces to the Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Combined Air and Space Operations Center (CAOC), providing seasoned experts in the areas of command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and communications for Air and Space Operations
- Managed air mobility and logistics for U.S. Central Command’s entire Area of Operations
- Led a division of 150+ airmen and soldiers who plan, coordinate, task, and execute the air mobility campaign, synchronizing four air mobility teams, coordinating with the Strategy Division to integrate overall campaign plan; led theater and USTRANSCOM assigned forces (including coalition partners) in support of the Joint Force Commander’s objectives
- Recruited, trained, and equipped Air National Guard members to augment Air Mobility Divisions (AMDs) in Air and Space Operations Centers (AOCs) worldwide
- Served as AMD Chief at several Combatant Commander level exercises including TERMINAL FURY, BLUE FLAG, GULF FLAG, and operationally at 609th CAOC for OEF/OND
- Member of a selectively-staffed organization implementing Air Force Strategic Planning Guidance; led development of Strategic Mobility Forum as preparation for Congressional Reports on Strategic Lift retirements
- Authored Strategic Justification for Annual Planning and Programming Guidance Risk Tables; clarified C-27J Basing, Force Structure and Direct Support requirements for the House Armed Services Committee
- Led 61 Officers and NCOs, covering 20 functional areas in support of Operation Jump Start (OJS), Domestic Crises, and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
- Approval authority for ANG personnel and assets for OJS with $192 Million budget, and sourced more than 3500 ANG members, controlled Airlift Operations transporting over 15,200 passengers and over 1,230 tons of cargo
Additional career information available upon request
Education
Executive Leadership Program in Managing for Inclusion, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 2022
Continuous Process Improvement for Executives, Cincinnati, OH, 2018
Joint Task Force Commander Course, USNORTHCOM, CO, 2018
Dual Status Commander’s Course, USNORTHCOM, CO, 2018
Reserve Component National Security Course, Fort McNair, Washington DC, 2014
Director of Mobility Forces Course, Hurlburt Field, FL, 2012
Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA, 2010
Air and Space Operations Center Course, Hurlburt Field, FL, 2009
Air War College, 2008
Air Command and Staff College, 2004
BS, General Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, CO, 1988
Awards
Doctorate of Humanities (Hon. Causa), Fairmont State University, WV, 2022
