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Major Michael JT Price

Phone
(901) 678-3289
Email
mjprice1@memphis.edu

Maj Michael Price is currently an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies and Operations Officer for Air Force ROTC Detachment 785, at the University of Memphis in Memphis, TN. He is responsible for recruiting, educating, training, and developing officer candidates into Air and Space Force commissioned officers through a comprehensive college program comprised of service doctrine, academic instruction, physical fitness and practical leadership experiences.

Maj Price entered the Air Force in February 1998, attending Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base followed by the completion of Medical Laboratory Technician training in May 1999 and Aerospace Physiology Apprentice training in 2007.  He was awarded his Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia Southern University in 2011, commissioning via Officer Training School in April, 2012.  As an intelligence officer, Maj Price has operated at multiple echelons of command, including staff experience at U.S. European Command, Air Force Space Command, United States Space Force, and Space Operations Command.  Over the course of his career, Maj Price’s assignment locations include: Alaska, Texas, California, Colorado, South Dakota, the United Kingdom, and Iraq.

Prior to his current position, Major Price was the Chief of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Resources, assigned to Headquarters Space Operations Command at Peterson Space Force Base, CO.

Major Michael Price

Military Assignments:

  • June 1999 – December 2003: NCOIC, Medical Laboratory Training, 3rd Medical Support Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
  • January 2004 – June 2006: NCOIC, Transfusion Services Logistics, 859th Diagnostics & Therapeutics Squadron, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Texas
  • July 2006 – June 2007: NCOIC, Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-West; Travis AFB, California
  • September 2007 – December 2012: NCOIC, Aerospace Physiology Operations &  NCOIC, High Altitude Airdrop Mission Support, 21st Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colorado
  • January 2012 – April 2012: Student, Officer Training School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
  • November 2012 – December 2015: Instructor Mission Intelligence Coordinator, 432nd Attack Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
  • December 2015 – Jan 2017: Senior Maritime Watch Officer, Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom
  • January 2017 – March 2019: Deputy Branch Chief, EUCOM Collection Requirements Management, Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom
  • March 2019 – October 2019: Deputy Chief, Analysis and Applications Branch, Headquarters U.S. Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado
  • October 2019 – November 2020: Executive Officer to Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Headquarters United States Space Force, Peterson AFB, Colorado
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  • November 2020 – October 2021: Senior Intelligence Analyst, Headquarters NATO Mission Iraq, Forward Operating Base Union III, Baghdad, Iraq
  • October 2021 – June 2023: Chief, ISR Resources, Headquarters Space Operations Command, Peterson SFB, Colorado

 

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS

  • December 2015 – January 2017: Senior Maritime Watch Officer, Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe, Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, as a Captain
  • January 2017 – March 2019: Deputy Branch Chief, U.S. European Command, Collection Requirements Management, JIOCEUR Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, as a Captain
  • November 2020 – October 2021: Senior Intelligence Analyst, Headquarters NATO Mission Iraq, Forward Operating Base Union III, Baghdad, Iraq, as a Captain and Major

Education and Training:

  • 1998  Medical Laboratory Apprentice Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
  • 1998 Medical Laboratory Apprentice Course Phase II, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
  • 2002   Airman Leadership School, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska,
  • 2007   Aerospace Physiology Apprentice Course, Brooks City-Base, Texas (Distinguished Graduate)
  • 2008   USAF Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Peterson AFB, Colorado
  • 2009   USAF Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, by correspondence
  • 2009   Associate of Applied Science Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology, Community College of the Air Force
  • 2009   Associate of Applied Science Degree in Aerospace Physiology Technology, Community College of the Air Force
  • 2011   Baccalaureate Degree in Organizational Leadership, Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Alabama
  • 2012  Operational Intelligence Officer Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
  • 2019   Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership, Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Alabama

 

Awards and Decorations:

  • Meritorious Service Medal (two oak leaf clusters)
  • Joint Service Commendation Medal (“C” device and one oak leaf cluster)
  • Air Force Commendation Medal (one oak leaf cluster)
  • Air Force Achievement Medal (one oak leaf cluster)
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
  • Air and Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border   
  • NATO Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

  • Second Lieutenant                                 April 10, 2012
  • First Lieutenant                                      April 10, 2014
  • Captain                                                    April 10, 2016
  • Major                                                        October 1, 2021

( Current as of 14 Jun 2023)