Major General Frederick H. "Rick" Martin, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Last Name: Martin

First Name: Frederick

Middle Name: H.

Nickname: Rick

Rank: Major General

Service/Department: U.S. Air Force

ACNSL Offices and Committees:

Medals and Honors:

Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster; Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters; Bronze Star Medal; Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Joint Service Commendation Medal; Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster; Air Force Achievement Medal; National Defense Service Medal with bronze star

Last or Significant Assignment:

• Deputy Division Chief for the Asia-Pacific Division in the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate on the Joint Staff

Maj. Gen. Frederick H. “Rick” Martin is Commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center is the Air Force's Center of Excellence for advanced expeditionary combat support training and education, while also providing direct oversight for en route and installation support, contingency response, and partner capacity building mission sets within the global mobility enterprise. The Expeditionary Center provides operational control of the Expeditionary Operations School and administrative control for six wings and two groups within Air Mobility Command. These units include the 87th Air Base Wing and the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the 319th ABW at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota.; the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; the 521st AMOW at Ramstein AB, Germany; the 628th ABW at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina; the 43rd Airlift Group at Pope Field, North Carolina; and the 627th Air Base Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

General Martin entered the Air Force in 1981 from the U.S. Air Force Academy. During his Air Force career, he has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels. He has extensive operational flying experience, including several deployments in support of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. His staff experience includes assignments as an executive intern in the command section at Headquarters Military Airlift Command; a politico-military analyst for the Plans and Programs Directorate at U.S. Central Command; and a deputy division chief for the Asia-Pacific Division in the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate on the Joint Staff.

General Martin is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in the T-37, T-38, C-9, C-141, KC-135, KC-10, C-5 and C-17.