Shawn Bratton

Shawn Bratton
Shawn Bratton
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1994–present
Rank	Brigadier general
Commands held	175th Cyberspace Operations Group
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal; Bronze Star Medal
Alma mater	Arizona State University (BA); Naval War College (MS)

Shawn N. Bratton is a United States Air Force brigadier general who serves as the Commander of Space Training and Readiness Command.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Education[]

1993 Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2005 Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), by correspondence
2010 Air War College, by correspondence
2011 United States Naval War College, in residence
2011 Master of Science in National Security Studies, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
2020 Enterprise Leadership Seminar (ELS), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2020 Leading Strategically, CCL Campus, Colorado Springs, CO
2021 Senior Leader Orientation Course (SLOC), Arlington, VA

Assignments[]

April 1987 – December 1987, student, Aircraft Control and Early Warning Systems, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
January 1988 – September 1994, aircraft control and warning radar technician, 107th Air Control Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, Phoenix, Arizona
September 1994 – October 1994, student, Academy of Military Science, Knoxville, Tenn.
October 1994 – August 1999, communications officer, 107th Air Control Squadron, Phoenix, Arizona
August 1999 – March 2000, operations officer, Joint Counter-Narcotics Task Force, Phoenix, Arizona
March 2000 – December 2003, action officer, HQ AFSPC/CG, Peterson AFB, Colorado
January 2003 – June 2003, student, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada
July 2003 – July 2005, Weapons and Tactics, HQ AFSPC/A3, Peterson AFB, Colorado
August 2005 – July 2007, weapons officer, Det 2, AZ ANG, Sky Harbor IAP, Phoenix, Arizona
August 2007 – July 2010, ANG advisor to 14th Air Force, Vandenberg AFB, California
August 2010 – June 2011, student, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
June 2011 – February 2014, ANG advisor to AFSPC/A3 & A6, Peterson AFB, Colorado
March 2014 – May 2015, ANG advisor to the Commander, AFSPC, Peterson AFB, Colorado
May 2015 – June 2017, cyber ops group commander, 175th Wing, Warfield ANG Base, Maryland
July 2017 – January 2018, ANG advisor to the commander, AFSPC, Peterson AFB, Colorado
April 2019 – August 2019, special assistant to chief, National Guard Bureau for Space, National Guard Bureau, Peterson AFB, Colorado
August 2019 – January 2021, deputy director, J3 (Operations), United States Space Command, Colorado
February 2021 – present, Commander, Space Training and Readiness Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado

Awards and decorations[]

Bratton is the recipient of the following awards:

	Command Space Operations Badge
	Master Cyberspace Operator Badge
	United States Space Command Badge

	Defense Superior Service Medal
	Bronze Star Medal
	Meritorious Service Medal with one silver and one bronze oak leaf clusters
	Air Force Commendation Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster
	Air Force Achievement Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters
	Joint Meritorious Unit Award
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
	Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
	National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
	Iraq Campaign Medal with one bronze service star
	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
	Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon
	Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon
	Air Force Longevity Service Award
	Armed Forces Reserve Medal with one silver Hourglass device
	NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon
	Air Force Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
	Air Force Training Ribbon

Dates of promotion[]


Rank	Date
Second lieutenant	September 29, 1994
First lieutenant	September 30, 1996
Captain	October 3, 1998
Major	October 17, 2002
Lieutenant colonel	August 1, 2007
Colonel	May 26, 2011
Brigadier general	April 2, 2019

References[]

^ "National Guard Biography". www.nationalguard.mil.
^ "National Guard > Leadership > Joint Staff > Special Staff > Senior Leader Management Office > General Officer Management > bio-show". www.nationalguard.mil.
^ "Goodfellow hosts USSF training lead". Air Education and Training Command.

External links[]

Media related to Shawn N. Bratton at Wikimedia Commons

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.

Military offices
Preceded by ???	Air National Guard assistant to the commander of the Air Force Space Command 2017–2018	Succeeded by
Preceded by ???	Special Assistant for Space to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau 2019	Succeeded by Patrick Cobb
New office	Deputy Director of Operations of the United States Space Command 2019–2021	Succeeded by Richard Zellman
New office	Planning Lead for the Space Training and Readiness Command 2021–present	Command established
New office	Commander of the Space Training and Readiness Command 2021–present	Incumbent

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[1] "National Guard Biography". www.nationalguard.mil.

[2] "National Guard > Leadership > Joint Staff > Special Staff > Senior Leader Management Office > General Officer Management > bio-show". www.nationalguard.mil.

[3] "Goodfellow hosts USSF training lead". Air Education and Training Command.

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