Colonel Gaulin is Commander, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. The wing, comprised of over 3,700 Airmen, coalition, and joint partners at two geographically separated locations, provides air mobility, precision strike, personnel recovery, electronic attack, logistics operations, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets in support of operations throughout Southwest Asia.
Colonel Gaulin was commissioned in May 1998 through the University of Oklahoma’s Reserve Officer Training Corps. Prior assignments include staff positions in Air Education and Training Command, United States Air Forces in Europe-Africa, Executive Officer to the dual-hatted United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force Commander, Commander 374th Operations Support Squadron, and Vice Wing Commander, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan.
EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
2004 Squadron Officer’s School, Maxwell AFB, Maxwell, Ala.
2009 Master of Military Arts and Sciences, American Military University, Charles Town, W. Va.
2010 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2011 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2014 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2019 Master of Science, National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1998 - January 1999, Casual Status, 50th Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
2. January 1999-March 2000, Student, Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin AFB, Tex.
3. March 2000 - December 2003, C-130E Aircraft Commander, Training & Mobility Officer, 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
4. December 2003 - June 2007, C-130E/H Instructor/Evaluator Pilot, Flight Commander, 36th Airlift Squadron and Chief C-130 Group Standardization and Evaluation, 374th Operations Group Yokota AB, Japan
5. June 2007 - June 2010, C-130E/H FTU Instructor/Evaluator Pilot, Assistant Director of Operations 62nd Airlift Squadron and Director of Staff, 314th Operations Group, Littlerock AFB, Ark.
6. June 2010 - June 2011, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. June 2011 - May 2012, Deputy Director, ACSC Joint Campaign Planning Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. May 2012 - May 2014, Chief, A3 Operations and Training Branch, Headquarters United States Air Forces Europe-Africa, Ramstein AB Germany
9. May 2014 - January 2016, Director of Operations, 374th Operations Support Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
10. January 2016 - July 2017, Commander, 374th Operations Support Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
11. July 2017 - August 2018, Executive Officer to the United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force Commander, Yokota AB, Japan
12. August 2018 - June 2019, Student, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.
13. June 2019 - June 2021, Pentagon Liaison for the United States’ Military Representative to NATO’s Military Committee Washington D.C. and the United States National Liaison Representative to NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Transformation Headquarters, Norfolk, Va.
14. June 2021 - June 2023, Vice Commander, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota AB, Japan
15. June 2023 - Present, Commander, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
June 2019 - June 2021 - Pentagon LNO for USMILREP to NATO and U.S. NLR to HQ SACT
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 2,900
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-1A, C-130E/H/J, C-12C/J, UH-1N
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant 8 June 1998
First Lieutenant 8 June 2000
Captain 8 June 2002
Major 1 March 2008
Lieutenant Colonel 1 July 2013
Colonel 1 September 2019
(Current as of July 2023)