Garrick Christian

Senior Enlisted Leader for 298 military, civilian, and contract personnel charged with planning and executing worldwide high-altitude combat surveillance and reconnaissance missions including peacetime intelligence gathering, contingency operations and conventional warfare.

• Oversees team planning, implementing and realigning operational strategies supporting commander objectives.
• Meets daily with flight leadership to review emerging challenges, identify opportunities and recognize high-performing Airman.
• Pilot-in-command for 52 missions supporting National Defense Strategy in three military campaigns.

Senior Enlisted Leader for 99 military and civilian personnel overseeing the Air Force's busiest Air Traffic Control (ATC) operation.

• Interfaced with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Air Force Flight Standards Agency on ATC operations, unmanned aerial systems, manning, and training supporting Air Education and Training Commands #1 pilot producing organization.
• Managed manpower authorizations, manning placement, and professional development.

Led 58 military and civilians supporting Air Education & Training Commands (AETC) #1 Pilot producing training base.

• Served as facility Chief overseeing ATC operations serving three runways supporting AETC's specialized undergraduate pilot training.
• Established safe, orderly, and efficient flow of aircraft in accordance with FAA rules and regulations.

Co-Led 42 radar approach controllers in South Korea supporting military operations in the Korean peninsula.

• Planned, directed, and controlled execution of administrative and compliance activities.
• Planned military operations and exercises with joint force partners and Korean Air Force.

Oversaw U.S. military airspace coordination with Pakistan Air Force and joint force partners.

• Built connections with partner nations and joint force partners while operating within Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Operated joint force communication networks using unclassified and classified systems.
• Built Excel Visual Basic Application (VBA) that reduced per day workload by 30%.

Co-Led 68 military and civilian ATC controllers supporting Air Mobility Command's (AMC) and AETC's premier C-130 training base.

• Oversaw ATC training program, Standardization and Evaluation program, ATC simulator system and support personnel.
• Developed Letters of Agreement (LOA) with adjacent ATC facilities.
• Created new programs and database trackers for ATC training benchmarked by AMC.

Led a four-person team of terminal instrument procedure engineers in developing and analyzing all Department of Defense (DoD) used aircraft procedures in the Pacific Area of Responsibility (AOR).

• Engineered and defined acceptable flight standards for all DoD aircraft operating within Pacific AOR.
• Oversaw and updated 1.3K aircraft instrument procedures.
• Traveled and meet partner nation field experts while designing Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and accreditation standards.

Oversaw the ATC training program for radar and tower facilities supporting Air Combat Command (ACC) operations. Additionally, became one of five FAA certified microprocessor-en route automated radar tracking system (Micro-EARTS) programmers in the Air Force.

• Managed complex multi-facility training program supporting 195 personnel.
• Maintained UNIX based operating system that received and integrated air traffic data from multiple surveillance sources, and then displayed data for use in ATC facilities.

Certified Watch Supervisor overseeing a 12-person team supporting ACC B-2 bomber operations and civilian air traffic inside the terminal operating area.

• Ensured operational readiness of facility equipment and associated aircraft navigational aids.
• Assigned and supervised team activities to include providing constructive feedback.
• Separated aircraft and issued safety alerts.