Colonel Brandon S. Maroon is the Commander of the 635th Materiel Maintenance Group, Holloman AFB, NM. He leads 408 military and civilian members across 32 different career fields. Additionally, he executes a $5.4 million-dollar annual budget, and is responsible for over 3,500 authorized equipment packages comprised of over 429 thousand items, 93 general and special purpose vehicles, and 114 facilities on a 275-acre compound with a combined value of $1.1 billion dollars in support of the Air Force's only organic Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) and Fuels Support Equipment (FSE) unit. In this capacity he is responsible for providing flexible and responsive resources and technical expertise for the deployment, sustainment, setup, operation, maintenance, teardown, and reconstitution of equipment to support worldwide contingencies, natural disaster response, humanitarian relief, exercises, counterdrug, and other higher headquarters and POTUS-directed operations. This mission represents the Air Force's largest Container Management program and War Reserve Materiel deployment commitment. As the Air Force Center of Excellence for BEAR Operations, the Group supports modernization through constant testing and evaluation, achieves program efficiencies, and sets global standards as the BEAR and FSE Pilot Unit.
Colonel Maroon was commissioned at the United States Air Force Academy in 1998. He began his career as a Behavioral Scientist at Randolph AFB, TX, and later became a Logistics Readiness Officer. Previously, he has served in a variety of positions to include Joint Chiefs of Staff Action Officer, Squadron Commander, Director of Operations, Division Chief, Branch Chief, Executive Officer, Watch Officer, Installation Deployment Officer, Iraqi Army Advisor, and Chief of Exercise Content at the NATO Joint Warfare Centre in Stavanger, Norway. Prior to his assignment to the 635 Material Maintenance Group, Colonel Maroon was the Logistics Section Head at HQ NATO, Brussels, Belgium, and responsible for strategic Military Committee advice to the North Atlantic Council in matters of Logistics, Enablement, and Resilience.
Colonel Maroon has been deployed in support of both Operations IRAQI and ENDURING FREEDOM as well as aided in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts for Operations TOMODACHI and UNIFIED ASSISTANCE.
EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor of Science, Behavioral Sciences, USAF Academy, CO
1999 Acquisition Fundamentals Technical School, Lackland AFB, TX
2002 Supply Operations Officer Technical School, Lackland, AFB, TX
2003 Contingency War Planner’s Course, Maxwell AFB, AL
2003 Transportation Officer Technical School (correspondence)
2004 Logistics Plans Officer Technical School (correspondence)
2004 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL
2005 Expeditionary Site Survey Process Course, Ft. Dix, NJ
2006 Master of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma, OK
2007 Advanced Logistics Readiness Officer’s Course, Ft. Dix, NJ
2008 Air Command and Staff College (correspondence)
2013 Air War College (correspondence)
2014 Incident Management Course, Maxwell AFB, AL
2017 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Norfolk, VA
2020 Basic Analytic Wargaming Course, Stavanger, NOR
ASSIGNMENTS OR CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. August 1998 – August 2001, Occupational Analyst, Air Force Occupational Measurement Squadron, Randolph AFB, TX
2. August 2001 – September 2002, Materiel Storage & Distribution Flight Commander, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
3. September 2002 – November 2003, Fuels Management Flight Commander, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
4. November 2003 – November 2004, Installation Deployment Officer, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
5. November 2004 – November 2006, Chief, Logistics Plans and Programs Division, 36th Contingency Response Group, Andersen AFB, Guam
6. November 2006 – August 2007, Executive Officer, Air Transportation Division, HQ Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL
7. August 2007 – August 2008, Deputy Chief, Strategic Distribution/Americas Branch, HQ Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL
8. August 2008 – May 2009, Chief, Strategy and Transformation Branch, HQ Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL
9. May 2009 – May 2010, Senior Logistics Advisor, Logistics Military Advisor Team, United States Forces - Iraq, K-1 Iraqi Army Base
10. July 2010 – July 2011, Director of Operations, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
11. July 2011 – July 2013, Commander, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
12. July 2013 – July 2015, Commander, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL
13. July 2015 – July 2018, Chief of Operations, Joint Deployment Training Center, Joint Force Development (J7), Ft. Eustis, VA
14. July 2018 – June 2021, Chief of Exercise Content, NATO Joint Warfare Centre, Stavanger, Norway
15. June 2021 – June 2024, Logistics Section Head, HQ NATO, Brussels, Belgium
16. June 2024 – Present, Commander, 635th Materiel Maintenance Group, Holloman AFB, NM
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 2009 – May 2010, Senior Logistics Advisor, Logistics Military Advisor Team, United States Forces - Iraq, K-1 Iraqi Army Base, as a Major
2. July 2015 – July 2018, Chief of Operations, Joint Deployment Training Center, Joint Force Development (J7), Ft. Eustis, VA, as a Lieutenant Colonel
3. July 2018 – June 2021, Chief of Exercise Content, NATO Joint Warfare Centre, Stavanger, Norway, as a Lieutenant Colonel
4. June 2021 – June 2024, Logistics Section Head, HQ NATO, Brussels, Belgium, as a Colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2008 Logistics Staff Field Grade Officer of the Year, HQ Air Mobility Command
2010 Logistics Readiness Field Grade Officer of the Year, HQ Air Mobility Command
2011 National Defense Transportation Association Military Unit of the Year, Department of Defense
2011 Major General Warren R. Carter ‘Daedalian’ Logistics Effectiveness Award – Flying Squadron, HQ Pacific Air Forces Command
2013 American Petroleum Institute Fuels Flight of the Year, HQ Air Force Materiel Command
2014 American Petroleum Institute Fuels Flight of the Year, HQ Air Force Materiel Command
2014 Logistics Readiness Field Grade Officer of the Year, HQ Air Force Materiel Command
2014 Major General Warren R. Carter ‘Daedalian’ Logistics Effectiveness Award – Flying Squadron, HQ Air Force Materiel Command
2017 Action Officer of the Year, Joint Deployment Training Center
2024 HQ NATO, Director General of the International Military Staff Commendation Award
OCCUPATIONAL BADGES
Acquisition Badge
Logistics Readiness Badge
PUBLICATIONS
“Red Pill or Blue Pill: A Dilemma for the Architects of CYBERCOM”, Joint and Combined Warfighting School, June 2017
“Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence Wargame”, NATO Joint Warfare Centre, January 2021
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 27, 1998
First Lieutenant May 27, 2000
Captain May 27, 2002
Major Jan 1, 2008
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2013
Colonel Feb 1, 2022
(Current as of June 2024)