John E. Shaw

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John E. Shaw
Lt Gen John E. Shaw (3).jpg
Official portrait, 2020
Born (1968-03-17) March 17, 1968 (age 53)
Norton, Massachusetts
AllegianceUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force (1990–2020)
United States Space Force (2020–present)
Years of service1990–present
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldCombined Force Space Component Command
Space Operations Command
Fourteenth Air Force
21st Space Wing
50th Operations Group
4th Space Operations Squadron
AwardsAir Force Distinguished Service Medal (2)
Defense Superior Service Medal (2)
Legion of Merit (2)
Alma materUnited States Air Force Academy (BS)
University of Washington (MS)
George Washington University (MA)
Air Command and Staff College (MA)
National War College (MS)
Spouse(s)Tonia Shaw
SignatureJohn E. Shaw signature.svg

John Edwin Shaw (born March 17, 1968) is a United States Space Force lieutenant general who has served as the deputy commander of the United States Space Command since November 2020. He previously served as commander of the Combined Force Space Component Command and deputy commander of Space Operations Command.

Early life and education[]

Shaw as a cadet at USAFA.

John Edwin Shaw[1] was born on March 17, 1968.[2] Raised in Norton, Massachusetts, he is a distinguished graduate from the United States Air Force Academy in 1990 with a B.S. degree in astronautical engineering and a minor in Russian language.[3] He later earned an M.S. degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the University of Washington in 1991 with a thesis entitled Optimal Control Designs for an Inverted Cart-Pendulum Array.[1] He went on to receive two M.A. degrees in 1998 and 2004: one in organizational management from George Washington University and one in military operational arts and sciences from Air Command and Staff College, respectively. He also completed a M.S. degree in national security strategy in 2008 from the National War College. He was also a senior executive fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School in 2010.[4]

Military career[]

Gen John W. Raymond, presents the 14th Air Force guidon to Shaw, during a change of commander ceremony, 2019.

After graduating from the United States Air Force Academy, Shaw was commissioned into the United States Air Force on May 30, 1990. For a year, he studied at the University of Washington.[4]

His first operational assignment was at the 1st Space Operations Squadron from 1991 to 1994 where he was the deputy crew commander and spacecraft systems engineer. In October 1994, he was assigned as the flight commander and chief of mission analysis at the Mission Control Complex IX, Operating Division 4, Onizuka Air Force Station in California. From 1996 to 1998, he was an intern in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Space and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.[4]

Shaw was assigned to locations outside the United States from 1998 to 2001. He was first assigned to Ramstein Air Base, Germany for a year as the chief of special information warfare plans for the 32nd Air Operations Group. He was then deployed for two months to Naples, Italy where he was chief of special technical operations for Joint Task Force Noble Anvil during the Kosovo War. After that, he was assigned as the executive officer for director of aerospace operations of the United States Air Forces in Europe.[4]

Shaw (center) celebrates with CMSgt John F. Bentivegna (left) and Col Anthony Mastalir (right) after the signing of the NDAA 2019. which established the Space Force.

In 2001, Shaw became a field grade officer, having been promoted to major, and was reassigned to the Air Force headquarters as the deputy chief of the strategy branch in the Directorate for Space Operations and Integration. For a year after that, he was a speechwriter for the secretary of the Air Force and chief of staff, assigned to their executive action group. He spent almost a year at the Air Command and Staff College where he earned an M.A. degree. From 2004 to 2005, he served as the first operations officer for the newly activated 25th Space Control Tactics Squadron. After such tour, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He took command of the 4th Space Operations Squadron in June 2005 from Ronald L. Huntley, which he commanded for two years. After his first command duty, he spent a year as a student at the National War College where he completed an M.S. degree in national security strategy.

Shaw was then promoted to colonel in 2008 and assigned as director of the United States Strategic Command commander's action group, serving under General Kevin P. Chilton. On July 1, 2010, he took command of the 50th Operations Group. After two years, he was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Space Policy) as a senior policy advisor.[4]

Shaw speaks during the Space Warfighters Luncheon at the 36th Annual Space Symposium, 2021.

After his assignment in Washington, Shaw took command of the 21st Space Wing on July 26, 2013. On June 5, 2015, before relinquishing command to Douglas Schiess, he was promoted to brigadier general.[5][6] From June 2015 to June 2017, he was assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command as the deputy director for global operations. After that, he was reassigned to the Air Force Space Command first as the director of strategic plans, programs, requirements, and analysis from 2017 to 2018 and then as deputy commander of the major command from 2018 to 2019 after he was promoted to major general.[4]

Shaw took over command of the Combined Force Space Component Command and Fourteenth Air Force after he and Major General Stephen N. Whiting traded their current positions, with Whiting taking over Shaw's position as deputy commander of the Air Force Space Command.[7] On December 20, 2019, with the establishment of the United States Space Force, the Fourteenth Air Force was temporarily redesignated as the Space Operations Command.[8] On October 21, 2020, the Space Operations Command in Vandenberg Air Force Base was inactivated prior to the activation of a separate Space Operations Command, a new field command for which Shaw became the deputy commander.[9][10]

On September 30, 2020, Shaw was nominated for transfer to the Space Force,[11] promotion to lieutenant general,[12] and assignment as deputy commander of the United States Space Command.[13][14] He relinquished command of the Combined Force Space Component Command on November 16, 2020, to Major General DeAnna Burt.[15] He was promoted and transferred to the Space Force on November 23, 2020, in a ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy and took on duties as deputy commander the next day.[16]

Awards and decorations[]

Shaw is the recipient of the following awards:[4]

USAF Command Space Badge.png Command Space Operations Badge
United States Air Force Parachutist Badge.svg
 Basic Parachutist Badge
Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge.png
 Office of the Secretary of Defense Badge
United States Space Command emblem 2019.png
 United States Space Command Badge
Headquarters US Air Force Badge.png
 Air Staff Badge
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 crimson ribbon with a pair of width-2 white stripes on the edges
 Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Width-44 crimson ribbon with two width-8 white stripes at distance 4 from the edges.Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Joint Service Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Joint Meritorious Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
National Reconnaissance Office Distinguished Service Medal (Gold Medal)
Bronze star
Width=44 scarlet ribbon with a central width-4 golden yellow stripe, flanked by pairs of width-1 scarlet, white, Old Glory blue, and white stripes
 National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Bronze star
 Kosovo Campaign Medal with one bronze service star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal
Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon
Silver oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Air Force Longevity Service Award with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon

Dates of promotion[]

Tonia Shaw (left) and her son, Timothy Shaw (right), pin newly promoted Lt. Gen. Shaw during the general's promotion and transfer ceremony on November 23, 2020.
Rank Date
US Air Force O1 shoulderboard rotated.svg Second lieutenant May 30, 1990
US Air Force O2 shoulderboard rotated.svg First lieutenant May 30, 1992
US Air Force O3 shoulderboard rotated.svg Captain May 30, 1994
US Air Force O4 shoulderboard rotated.svg Major May 1, 2001
US Air Force O5 shoulderboard rotated.svg Lieutenant colonel May 1, 2005
US Air Force O6 shoulderboard rotated.svg Colonel October 1, 2008
US Air Force O7 shoulderboard rotated.svg Brigadier general June 5, 2015
US Air Force O8 shoulderboard rotated.svg Major general August 17, 2018
US Air Force O9 shoulderboard rotated.svg Lieutenant general November 23, 2020

Personal life[]

Shaw is married to Tonia Shaw.[5][16]

Writings[]

Books[]

  • With Pete Worden (2002). Whither Space Power? Forging a Strategy for the New Century (PDF). Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press. ISBN 1-58566-111-2.

Articles[]

Thesis[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Shaw, John Edwin (1991). Optimal Control Designs for an Inverted Cart-Pendulum Array (PDF) (M.S.). University of Washington.
  2. ^ Worden, Simon P.; Shaw, John E. (2002). Whither Space Power? Forging a Strategy for the New Century (PDF). Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press. p. ix. ISBN 1-58566-111-2.
  3. ^ Polaris (PDF). XXXII. Colorado Springs, Colorado: United States Air Force Academy. 1990. p. 224. Retrieved August 12, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Lieutenant General John E. Shaw". United States Space Force. December 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b Staff Writer (June 11, 2015). "Wing commander pins on first star".
  6. ^ "Guidon passed as 21st Space Wing changes command". June 22, 2015.
  7. ^ Chiles, Cody (November 21, 2019). "Shaw and Whiting trade places, both Space Commands win big". Air Force Space Command. Retrieved May 23, 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ Chiles, Cody (December 27, 2019). "14th Air Force Redesignated as Space Operations Command". Vandenberg Air Force Base. Retrieved May 22, 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ Kirby, Lynn (June 30, 2020). "USSF field command structure reduces command layers, focuses on space warfighter needs". United States Space Force. Retrieved October 4, 2021. The staff and operations elements of USSF at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, which is also the former AFSPC, will become the headquarters SpOC. There is an existing unit at Vandenberg AFB, California, named Space Operations Command, which will be renamed upon activation of the field command SpOC. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ Strout, Nathan (October 21, 2020). "Space Force establishes the first of three field commands". Defense News.
  11. ^ "PN2256 — Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw — Space Force". United States Congress. September 30, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  12. ^ "PN2255 — Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw — Space Force". United States Congress. September 30, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  13. ^ "Shaw Nominated for SPACECOM's No. 2 Job". October 2, 2020.
  14. ^ "General Officer Announcement". United States Department of Defense. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  15. ^ "Combined Force Space Component Command welcomes new commander at VAFB". KSBY. November 16, 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Shaw receives third star, transfers to Space Force". Space Operations Command (SpOC).

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Military offices
Preceded by
 Commander of the 21st Space Wing
2013–2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Director for Global Operations of the United States Strategic Command
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis of the Air Force Space Command
2017–2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Commander of the Air Force Space Command
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the 14th Air Force, later Space Operations Command
2019–2020 		Command inactivated
Commander of the Combined Force Space Component Command
2019–2020 		Succeeded by
New office Deputy Commander of the Space Operations Command
2020
Preceded by Deputy Commander of the United States Space Command
2020–present 		Incumbent
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