IO Planner

Ronnie E. Ford

LTC, USA, (Ret)

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Boerne, Texas 78006

Cell: 210-***-****, email: ****************@*****.***

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY:

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USCENTCOM compartmented Information Operations planner for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Instructor for Joint Military Planners and Advanced Military Planners Courses

Established Information Operations Cell in Baghdad, Iraq for the Commander, MNFI

Director level manager (intelligence, operations, information operations, Cyber)

Project manage/lead planner, Dept. of the Army, USD-I, NSA, USCENTCOM, USCYBERCOM

Top Secret clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information

Experienced Joint Service lead planner and Exercise Coordinator

Resident CGSC, US Naval College of Command and Staff

Resident Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) II Qualified

Lead Compartmented IO planner for multiple Combatant Commands and Inter-Agency planning activities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

USEUCOM Information Operations Planner, Booze, Allen, Hamilton Corporation, US Contractor

Location: HQ EUCOM, Stuttgart, GE

Period: 07/17/2022 – Present

Position: Information Operations Planner (MILDEC) USEUCOM J39-IO

Duties: Supports U.S. EUCOM. Responsible for the development and execution of SECDEF approved strategic military information operations plans for USEUCOM. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies and plans for senior USEUCOM and DoD leadership to include the Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

16th USAF/USCYBERCOM Information Operations Planne SME, FRAYM Corporation, US Contractor

Location: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX

Period: 03/17/2022 – 07/16/2022

Position: Information Operations Planner SME for USCYBERCOM/16th USAF J39

Duties: Supports USCYBERCOM and USAF. Responsible for the development and execution of SECDEF approved strategic military information operations plans for USCYBERCOM and USAF. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies and plans for senior USCYBERCOM,USAF and DoD leadership to include the Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

USCYBERCOM Information Operations Planner, SAIC Corporation, US Contractor

Location: Fort Meade. Maryland

Period: 09/01/2021 – 03/16/2022

Position: Information Operations Planner USCENTCOM J39

Duties: Supports USCYBERCOM. Responsible for the development and execution of SECDEF approved strategic military information operations plans for USCYBERCOM. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies and plans for senior USCENTCOM and DoD leadership to include the Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

USCENTCOM Information Operations Planner, Peraton Corporation, US Contractor

Location: Tampa, Florida

Period: 04/12/2021 – 08/31/2021

Position: Information Operations Planner USCENTCOM J39

Duties: Supports U.S. Central Command. Responsible for the development and execution of SECDEF approved strategic military information operations plans for USCENTCOM. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies and plans for senior USCENTCOM and DoD leadership to include the Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

USAF Program Analyst, Joint Information Operations Warfare Center GS13

Location: San Antonio, TX

Period: 01/16/2016 – 02/26/2021

Position: Compartmented Information Operations Planner

Duties: Supports worldwide U.S. Combatant Commands. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies nd plans for senior DoD leadership to include the major Combatant Commanders, Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

USD-I Program Analyst, National Security Agency (NSA) GS15

Location: Fort Meade, MD

Period: 07/01/2013 – 01/16/2016

Position: Compartmented Information Operations Planner

Duties: Supports NSA. Responsible for the development and execution of SECDEF approved compartmented strategic military operations plans for NSA. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies and plans for the Director, National Security Agency (DIRNSA) and senior DoD leadership to include the Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

USD-I, Program Analyst, SOCOM/CENTCOM Planner, Tampa GS15

Location: San Antonio, TX

Period: 09/17/2007 – 07/01/2013

Position: Compartmented Information Operations Planner

Duties: Supports U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command. Responsible for the development and execution of SECDEF approved compartmented strategic military operations plans for USSOCOM and USCENTCOM. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies and plans for senior DoD leadership to include the Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

Joint Information Operations Warfare Command: LTC, US Army

Location: San Antonio, TX

Period: 07/01/2004 – 10/31/2007

Position: Compartmented Information Operations Planner

Duties: Supports worldwide U.S. Combatant Commands. Performs in depth studies, research, analysis, reviews and evaluations of select, highly complex defense-wide policy issues, strategies and plans for senior DoD leadership to include the major Combatant Commanders, Joint Staff J-39 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

US Army Strategic Forecasting Agency: MAJ, US Army

Location: Linthicum, MD

Period: 07/01/2001 – 07/01/2004

Position: Compartmented Special Planner

Duties: Strategic Intelligence and Theater Planner. Responsible for providing strategic intelligence forecasts and the development and execution of SECDEF approved compartmented strategic military operations for USCENTCOM. Prepared and managed operational proposals, estimates, detailed intelligence assessments and OPLANS; coordinated with the planning staffs as JCS, National Intelligence Agencies, HQDA and theater combatant commands. USCENTCOM’s lead compartmented Information Operations Planner for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

US Army Office of Military Support CPT, MAJ, US Army

Location: Washington, DC

Period: 05/15/98 – 07/23/2000

Position: Squadron S2 Intelligence Officer, Assistant Operations Officer

Duties: Classified assignment

Secretary of Defense Prisoner of War Missing in Action Office (DPMO) CPT, US Army

Location: Washington, DC

Period: 04/11/97 – 05/14/98

Position: Case Analyst (Vietnam MIAs)

Duties: Conducted operations and intelligence research and analysis in support of US efforts to recover American Servicemen listed as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. Prepared for and briefed US Congressmen and family members of POW/MIAs.

743rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 704th Military Intelligence Brigade CPT, US Army

Location: Fort Meade, MD

Period: 01/31/1996 – 04/10/1997

Position: Commander, Headquarters and Operations Company

Duties: Commanded a 214 person Military Intelligence Company having a nationally directed Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Mission providing direct support to national policy makers and warfighters.

Education

1985, Associates Degree, Spanish, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK

1987, Bachelor of Arts, Russian, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

1993, MA, Strategic Intelligence

Joint Military Intelligence College, Washington, DC

Received Intelligence Research Award for Outstanding Masters Thesis

2001, MS, National Security Policy

US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island

SPECIALIZED TRAINING:

1984 Defense Language Institute, Russian Language Course, Monterey, CA

1988 US Army Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course, Fort Huachuca, AZ

1987 US Army Airborne Training, Fort Benning, GA

1993 Post Graduate Intelligence Program, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC

1998 US Army Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course, Fort Huachuca, AZ

1998 SERE (High Risk) Survival School, Spokane, WA

1999 Counter Terrorism Drivers Course, Winchester, VA

1999 Surveillance Detection Course, Fairfax, VA

2001 Joint Military Planners Course, Landover, MD

2001 Planning and Decision Aid System Planners Course, Landover, MD

2004 Advanced Military Planners Course, Landover, MD

2012 1st IO Command Army Deception Planners Course, Arlington, VA

2005 Information Operations Planner Courses, San Antonio, TX

2005 Joint Forces Staff College (JMPE II), Norfolk, VA

HONORS/AWARDS:

Bronze Star Medal, Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Commendation Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2 Awards), Army Superior Unit Award (2 Awards), Airborne Parachutist Badge, USAF Civilian Superior Service Medal, Joint Chiefs of Staff Civilian Service Commendation Medal

WORKS PUBLISHED

Tet 1968: Understanding the Surprise. (London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd), 1995 **Book selected by the International Commission on Military History in Switzerland inclusion in Volume 17 of the Bibliographie International d’ Histoire Militaired (International Bibliography on Military History.

Tet Revisited: The Strategy of the Communist Vietnamese,” Intelligence and National Security 9, no. 2 (London: Frank Cass, April 1994). “Intelligence and the Significance of Khe Sanh,” Intelligence and National Security 10, no. 1 (London: Frank Cass, January 1995).

“Window of Opportunity for the Communist Vietnamese,” Vietnam, (January 1995), “Sam Adams, War of Numbers: An Intelligence Memoir,” (Book Review) Intelligence and National Security, 10, no. 1 (London: Frank Cass, January 1995).

“At War in the Shadow of Vietnam: US Military Aid to the Royal Lao Government, 1955-1975,” (Book Review) Intelligence and National Security 10, no. 2 (London: Frank Cass, April 1995). “Hanoi’s Intent: Khe Sanh, US Intelligence and the Tet Offensive,” American Intelligence Journal 16, no. 2/3 (Washington, DC: National Military Intelligence Association, Fall/Winter 1995).

“Secret Army, Secret War, Recent Disclosures and the Vietnam War: American 34 Alpha DESOTO Operations with Regard to the Tonkin Gulf Incident,” Intelligence and National Security 10, no. 2 (London, Frank Cass, April 1996). “Shedding New Light on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident,” Vietnam, no. 54 (August 1997). Also appeared in Current News Early Bird, (Washington, DC: American Forces Information Service/Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs, 3 July 1997). “Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War,” (Book Review) Intelligence and National Security, 12, no. 4 (London: Frank Cass, October 1997).

“A New Look at the Tonkin Gulf Incident Finds the Event that Plunged America into Full-Scale War to be a Genuine Mistake,” (Book Review) Vietnam, 12, no.2, (August 1998). “General Westmoreland and the Khe Sanh Test,” ARMY Magazine, (May 1999).

References

MG John Custer, US Army (Ret): Former J2, USCENTCOM during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Commanding General, US Army Intelligence School and Fort Huachuca, AZ; 703-***-****; ****.*.******@*****.***

MG Robert Walters, US Army (Ret): Former J2, Joint Special Operations Command and Commanding General, US Army Intelligence School and Fort Huachuca, AZ, Former Squadron S3, US Army Office of Military Support, 910-***-****, 443-***-****, ******.*.*******.***@****.***

SES Gregory C Radabaugh USAF (Ret): Former Director, Joint Information Operations Warfare Center, President/Owner, Gray Bear Consulting LLC; 210-***-****, ****@******************.***

Colonel Dean Case, US Army, USCYBERCOM J39, 831-***-****, ********@*****.***

LTC Lance Hublick, US Army, Deputy J39 USCYBERCOM J39, 270-***-****, *******@********.***

LTC Duane Anderson, US Army, (Ret): Former Squadron S3, US Army Office of Military Support, Owner/CEO Archimedes Global LLC; 443-,223-0112, 410-849=2482, ***@****************.***

LTC David Ross, US Army (Ret): Former Director United States Directorate of Intelligence (USD-I/PAI), 703-***-****

Gary Abbott, GS15, Security Officer, National Security Agency, 240-***-****, 410-***-****

Joe Stanley, GS-14, Security Officer, National Security Agency, 717-***-****

LTC Bill Shepard, US Army (Ret): Contractor, Far Ridge Line LLC, 16th Air Force J39/Information Operations, San Antonio, TX, 830-***-****

LTC Mike Nyberg, (Vike), US Army (Ret): Chief, Security Management Division, AP4, 16th Air Force, San Antonio, TX, 210-***-****, 703-***-****, *******.*******@**.**.***

COL Steve Damon, US Army (Ret), Former Commander, US Army Special Forces Command, Camp Bullis, San Antonio, TX, 210-***-****

LTC Jim Kelliher, US Army (Ret), Former Director, US Army Special Operations Command (JSOC), Fort Bragg, NC, 910-***-****

COL Dave Grohowsky, US Army (Ret), Former Commander, US Army DAMO-ODG, Pentagon, Washington, DC, 703-***-****

LTC Mike Layrisson, US Army (Ret), USCENTCOM J39/Information Operations Planner, Tampa, FL, 813-***-****, **********@***.***

Lt. COL Jerry Reid, USMC (Ret), USCENTCOM J39/Information Operations Planner, Tampa, FL, 813-***-****, 813-***-****

Gerard Tart, USMC (Ret), USAF OSI Special Agent (Ret), 919-***-****, **********@***.***

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