Col. Zoë M. Hale, USAF
Chief of Staff, Command Senior Military Officer
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California
Colonel Zoe M. Hale is the Chief of Staff at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). She also serves as the Navy Element Commander, the Senior Military Assistant to the NPS President and the senior military officer in the Command.
Colonel Hale has served in numerous operational, staff, and command positions throughout her career. During her tour at Defense Intelligence Agency, Bolling AFB, DC, she commanded the AF element, supporting1400 personnel across 168 locations worldwide; in her most recent deployment she served as the Director for Task Force Biometrics, Afghanistan. Colonel Hale served as the Dean, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL. Col Hale also served as the Director of Operations, 70Sth Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field FL and the Deputy Chief, Technologies Fusion Division and Deputy Chief, Office Strategy and Plans Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. Prior assignments included Project Engineer at Falcon AFB for the Space Warfare Center's Analysis and Engineering Division working on hyperspectral collection and below-ground imaging efforts; RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom, where she kept 10 TFW A-10 squadrons war-ready during DESERT STORM/SHIELD, and provided in-depth technical assessment of chemical and biological warfare capabilities of Iraq to battle staff and air crews.
EDUCATION
1986 BS, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
1989 Master's, St. Mary's University
1992 Squadron Officer School
1994 PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge
2000 Air Command and Staff College
2004 Air War College
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Nov 86 - Jan 90: Program Manager, Human Systems Division, Brooks AFB, TX
2. Jan - Jul 90: Distinguished Graduate Intelligence Applications Officer Course, Goodfellow AFB, TX
3. Aug 90 - Jul 91: various positions at 10 TFW including Chief, 509th Tactical Fighter Squadron Intel, RAF Alconbury, UK
4. Jul 91 - May 94: doctoral student, King's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
5. Jun 94 - Aug 97: Electrical Engineering department, USAFA, CO
6. Aug 97 - Sep 99: Staff Engineer, Space Warfare Center, Falcon AFB, CO
7. Sep 99 - Oct 02: Intelligence Applications Officer, HQ AF Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO
8. Nov 02 - Jun 05: Flight Commander, and later, Deputy Operations Officer, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, and later, Operations Officer, 705th Training Squadron, 505th Command and Control Wing, Hurlburt Field, FL
9. Jun 05 - Sep 05: student, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA
10. Sep 05 - Jul 08: Deputy Chief, Technologies Fusion Division and Office Strategy and Plans, and Air Force Element Commander, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC
11. Jul 08 - Sep 10: Dean of Academic Affairs, Air Command and General Staff College (ACSC): Maxwell AFB, Alabama
12. Oct 10- May 11: Director Task Force Biometrics, Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force 435, Afghanistan
13. July 11 -Present: Chief of Staff, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star Medal Defense Meritorious Service
Medal Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Global
War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal NATO medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 16, 1986
First Lieutenant Aug. 16, 1988
Captain Aug. 16, 1990
Major May. 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 1, 2002
Colonel Feb. 1, 2008