Michael Carey

Career Carey enlisted in the Air Force in 1977. On April 29, 1983, he became a second lieutenant; on August 5, 1985 – first lieutenant; on August 5, 1987 – captain; on November 11, 1994 – major; on January 1, 1998 – lieutenant colonel; on August 1, 2002 – colonel; on November 14, 2008 – brigadier general; and on November 2, 2011, he was promoted to major general. His assignments included serving as deputy director of global operations, Global Operations Directorate, USSTRATCOM (March 2008 – August 2010); Chief, USSTRATCOM Forward Integration Team, Kabul, Afghanistan (June 2009 – August 2009); deputy director of command, control and nuclear operations (J3), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (August 2010 – June 2012), among others. On April 10, 2014, it was announced that Carey would retire on June 1, 2014, in the rank of brigadier general.

Upon retirement from the USAF, Gen Carey founded a consultancy, M. Carey Consultants, LLC as a Traverse City, Michigan-based small business that provides leadership training and advising, as well as defense-related advice to clients.

Education 1982 Bachelor of Arts degree in history, University of Central Florida, Orlando 1986 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 1988 Master of Public Administration degree, University of Oklahoma, Norman 1995 Air Command and Staff College (distinguished graduate), Maxwell AFB, Alabama 1998 Armed Forces Staff College, Joint and Combined Staff Officer School, Norfolk, Virginia 1999 Air War College, by correspondence 2001 Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies (with distinction), Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island 2005 National Security Fellow, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, New York 2008 National Committee on U.S.-China Relations China Seminar, New York 2010 U.S.–Russia Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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