Gregory Gagnon
{{short description|U.S. Space Force general}}
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- 2021–present (Space Force)}}
| rank = Major General
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- 67th Cyberspace Operations Group
- 495th Expeditionary Intelligence Squadron
- 94th Intelligence Squadron}}
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Gregory J. Gagnon (born {{circa|1972}}) is a United States Space Force major general who serves as the deputy chief of space operations for intelligence. He previously served as the director of intelligence of the United States Space Command. A career intelligence officer, he is the first general officer in the Space Force from a non-space professional career field.{{cite news |last1=Mosbrucker |first1=Kristen |title=New NSA Texas commander shares goals |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2018/12/11/new-nsa-texas-commander-shares-goals.html |work=San Antonio Business Journal |date=December 11, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.govconwire.com/2021/08/brig-gen-gregory-gagnon-delivers-keynote-during-space-intelligence-forum/|title=Brig. Gen. Gregory Gagnon Delivers Keynote Address During Potomac Officers Club's Space Intelligence Forum|date=August 12, 2021 }}{{cite tweet|number=1108379460246650880|user=UTSAResearch|title=National Security Agency names #UTSA a featured school>> Colonel Gregory J. Gagnon, direct… |date=March 20, 2019}}
Gagnon entered the United States Air Force in 1994 after graduating from Saint Michael's College in Vermont. He has extensive intelligence and cyberspace operations experience, commanding the Texas Cryptologic Center, 67th Cyberspace Operations Group, 495th Expeditionary Intelligence Squadron, and 94th Intelligence Squadron. He also had assignments in Afghanistan and South Korea.
In 2021, Gagnon transferred from the Air Force to the Space Force. He is the first general officer in the Space Force from the intelligence career field, and the first one to not have come from the space operations or space acquisitions career field. As the deputy chief of space operations for intelligence, he serves as the chief of the Space Force's service cryptologic component.
Education
- 1994 Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Saint Michael's College, Winooski, Vt.
- 1999 Master of Science, Defense Analysis in Information Operations, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.
- 2000 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
- 2006 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
- 2011 Master of National Security Strategy, National War College, Washington, D.C.
- 2016 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C.
- 2021 Enterprise Leadership Program, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina{{Cite web|url=https://www.spaceforce.mil/Biographies/Display/Article/2830749/gregory-j-gagnon/|title=Major Gregory J. Gagnon|date=October 2023|website=United States Space Force|access-date=2024-01-01}}
Military career
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In September 2021, Gagnon was nominated for transfer from the United States Air Force into the Space Force.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1178|title=PN1178 – 1 nominee for Space Force, 117th Congress (2021–2022)|date=September 20, 2021|website=www.congress.gov}} In October 2021, he transferred to the Space Force.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/csospouse_thank-you-brig-gen-greg-gagnon-for-volunteering-activity-6856377458220961792-nsrz|title=Mollie Raymond on LinkedIn: Thank you Brig Gen Greg Gagnon for volunteering to transfer to the|website=www.linkedin.com}} In September 2022, he was nominated for promotion to major general.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/2514?s=1&r=42|title=PN2514 — Space Force, 117th Congress (2021-2022)|date=6 September 2022|website=United States Congress|access-date=7 September 2022}}{{PD-notice}}
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- November 1994 – July 1995, Student, Intelligence Training, 316th Student Training Squadron, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
- August 1995 – August 1996, Assistant Chief of Targets, 8th Operations Support Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
- August 1996 – May 1998, Mission Operations Commander, 13th Intelligence Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif.
- June 1998 – December 1999, Student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.
- January 2000 – March 2002, Instructor, Air Force Special Operations School, Hurlburt AFB, Fla.
- March 2002 – December 2003, Staff Officer, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
- January 2004 – July 2005, Flight Commander, Intel Operations and Missile Operations Center, PACAF Air Intelligence Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
- July 2005 – June 2006, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
- June 2006 – March 2008, Director of Operations, 607th AIS, Osan AB, South Korea
- March 2008 – July 2010, Commander, 94th Intelligence Squadron, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
- July 2010 – June 2011, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
- August 2011 – July 2012, Commander, 495th Expeditionary Intelligence Squadron, Kandahar, Afghanistan
- August 2012 – July 2014, Division Chief, Analysis and Intelligence Plans, Strategic Joint Intelligence Operations Center, Offutt AFB, Neb.
- July 2014 – July 2016, Commander, 67 Cyberspace Operations Group, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
- July 2016 – July 2018, Director, Commander's Action Group, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
- July 2018 – July 2019, Commander, National Security Agency in Texas, San Antonio
- July 2019 – September 2020, Director of Intelligence, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
- September 2020 – July 2022, Director of Intelligence, U.S. Space Command, Schriever AFB, Colo.
- July 2022 – present, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
Awards and decorations
Gagnon is the recipient of the following awards:
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|Cyberspace Operator Badge |
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|Master Intelligence Badge |
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|Space Staff Badge |
{{ribbon devices|name=Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=2|name=Legion of Merit ribbon|width=60}}
|Legion of Merit with two bronze oak leaf clusters |
{{ribbon devices|name=Bronze Star Medal ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=1|name=Defense Meritorious Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster |
{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Meritorious Service ribbon|width=60}}
|Meritorious Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters |
{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Joint Service Commendation ribbon|width=60}}
|Joint Service Commendation Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster |
{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=oak|name=Air Force Commendation ribbon|width=60}}
|Air Force Commendation Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters |
{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Joint Service Achievement Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|Joint Service Achievement Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Air Force Achievement Medal ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Joint Meritorious Unit Award (USMC and USN frame)|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Outstanding Unit ribbon|width=60}}
|Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with one bronze oak leaf cluster |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Organizational Excellence ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|name=National Defense Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star |
{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|name=Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one bronze service star |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|name=Afghanistan Campaign Medal ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Global War on Terrorism Service ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Korea Defense Service Medal ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Armed Forces Service Medal ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Humanitarian Service Medal ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=AF OS Short Tour Ribbon|width=60}}
|Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon with one bronze oak leaf cluster |
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|Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon with one bronze oak leaf cluster |
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{{ribbon devices|number=6|type=oak|name=Longevity Service Award USAF|width=60}}
|Air Force Longevity Service Award with one silver and one bronze oak leaf cluster |
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{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|name=Air Force Training Ribbon|width=60}} |
{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|name=NATO Medal Yugoslavia ribbon bar|width=60}}
|NATO Medal (Yugoslavia) with two bronze service stars |
Dates of promotion
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| {{Dodseal|USAFO1|75}} Second Lieutenant | rowspan=7|Air Force | May 7, 1994 |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO2|75}} First Lieutenant | August 2, 1996 | |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO3|75}} Captain | August 2, 1998 | |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO4|75}} Major | February 1, 2005 | |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO5|75}} Lieutenant Colonel | June 1, 2008 | |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO6|75}} Colonel | October 1, 2013 | |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO7|75}} Brigadier General | August 2, 2019 | |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO7|75}} Brigadier General | rowspan=2|Space Force | ~April 29, 2021 |
| {{Dodseal|USAFO8|75}} Major General | September 29, 2022 |
Writings
- {{cite journal | title=Why Military Space Matters | journal=Joint Force Quarterly | volume= | date=July 2023 | pages=61–63 | issue=110 | url=https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-110/jfq-110_61-63_Gagnon.pdf?ver=fdwx93oKPwtGt2dBr8tc1Q%3d%3d }}
- {{cite journal | title=Why Space Force Intel | journal=American Intelligence Journal | volume= | date=2022 | pages= | issue= | url= }}
- {{cite journal | title=Information Warfare, Cyberspace Objectives and the US Air Force | journal=Air and Space Power Journal | volume=34 | date=Fall 2020 | pages=4–9 | issue=3 | url=https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Volume-34_Issue-3/SLP-Gagnon.pdf }}
- {{cite web | last=With Nishawn Smagh | title=How airmen can work together for persistent ISR | website=C4ISRNET | date=October 9, 2019 |
url=https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2019/10/08/how-airmen-can-work-together-for-persistent-isr/ }}
- {{cite journal | last=With David D. Thompson and Christopher W. McLeod | title=Space as a War-fighting Domain | journal=Air and Space Power Journal | volume=32 | date=Summer 2018 | pages=4–8 | issue=2 | url=https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Volume-32_Issue-2/SLP-Thompson.pdf }}
- {{cite journal | last=With B. Edwin Wilson | title=Embedding Airmanship in the Cyberspace Domain | journal=The Cyber Defense Review | volume=1 | date=Spring 2016 | pages=27–32 | issue=1 | url=https://cyberdefensereview.army.mil/Portals/6/Documents/CDR-SPRING2016.pdf?ver=2016-09-14-122108-290}}
- {{cite journal | title=Network-Centric Special Operations—Exploring New Operational Paradigms | journal=Air and Space Power Chronicles | volume= | date=February 4, 2002 | pages= | issue= | url= https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Chronicles/gagnon.pdf}}
- {{cite journal | last=With Bill Nelson, Rodney Choi, Michael lacobucci, and Mark Mitchell | title= Cyberterror: Prospects and Implications | journal= | publisher=Center of the Study of Terrorism and Irregular Warfare | volume= | date=December 1999 | pages= | issue= | url= https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA393147.pdf}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Director of Intelligence of the Air Combat Command|years=2019–2020}}
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