Colonel Martin J. Wojtysiak

Commander, AFROTC Det 075

Colonel Martin J. Wojtysiak is the Commander, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 75, San Diego State University, San Diego California. He is responsible for recruiting, educating, training, motivating, selecting, and commissioning officer candidates through a comprehensive college program. He provides academic instruction on fundamental Air Force doctrine, practical leadership experience, and extensive field training emphasizing physical fitness and officership to prepare future officers for active duty.

Colonel Wojtysiak entered the Air Force in 1982 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. He earned his pilot wings and first served as a T-38A instructor and evaluator pilot at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. He subsequently joined the 9th Air Refueling Squadron at MarchAir Force Base, California, as an instructor and evaluator pilot in the KC-10A, where he flew in support of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1993, he reported to the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, where he served as Assistant Air Attaché and C-12 instructor pilot.  In Pakistan, he co-authored
an amendment to the United States Foreign Security Assistance Act, which the President signed into law in 1995. He also piloted historic missions as the first United States aircraft to land in Bhutan, and the first to return to Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal.

In 1997, Colonel Wojtysiak was assigned to Travis Air Force Base, Califonia, as Director of Operations for the 60th Operational Support Squadron, and later as Commander of the 9th Air Refueling Squadron.During Operation Allied Force over Kosovo, he deployed to Europe where he commanded an air refuelingsquadron. In 2001, he served at Air Mobility Command and United States Transportation Command as Deputy Chief of the Aircrew Operations and Training Division, and later served as the Chief of Command Protocol where his offices supported more than 400 key events annually for the combatant commander. Colonel Wojtysiak is a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours in the KC-10A, T-38A and C-12C. His writings on United States national security policy have been published in Aerospace Power Journal as well as The Maxwell Papers series.

EDUCATION:
1982 Bachelor of Science degree, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1987 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
1997 Master of Political Science degree, Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama
1997 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2001 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. July 1982 - June 1983, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
2. July 1983 - December 1983, student, T-38A pilot instructor training, Randolph, Air Force Base, Texas
3. January 1984 - March 1987, T-38A instructor and evaluator pilot, 97th Flying Training Squadron,
Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
4. March 1987 - May 1987, student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
5. June 1987 - July 1992, KC-10A instructor and evaluator pilot, 9th Air Refueling Squadron, March Air
Force Base, California
6. August 1992 - May 1993, student, Defense Language Institute and Joint Military Attaché School,
Washington, District of Columbia
7. June 1993 - June 1996, United States Assistant Air Attaché to Pakistan
8. July 1996 - June 1997, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
9. July 1997 - May 1999, Chief of Wing Training and operations officer, 60th Operational Support
Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California
10. June 1999 - July 2000, Commander, 9th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California
11. August 2000 - June 2001, student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
12. July 2001 - July 2002, Deputy Chief, Aircrew Operations and Training Division, Air Mobility Command,
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
13. July 2002 - July 2004, Chief, Command Protocol, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air
Force Base, Illinois
14. August 2004 - May 2005, student, Defense Language Institute and Joint Military Attaché School,
Washington, District of Columbia
15. June 2005 - June 2008, United States Air Attaché to Hungary, U.S. Embassy Budapest, Hungary
16. July 2008 - Present, Commander, AFROTC Detachment 75, San Diego State University

FLIGHT INFORMATION:
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 4,000
Aircraft flown: KC-10A, T-38A and C-12C

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Defense Superior Service Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant June 2, 1982
First Lieutenant June 2, 1984
Captain June 2, 1986
Major July 1, 1994
Lieutenant Colonel January 1, 1999
Colonel July 1, 2004

(Current as of July 2008)

Capt. Brooke Rinehart - Education Officer / AS 300 Instructor

Capt. I. Philip Yim - Commandant of Cadets / AS 200 Instructor

Captain Matthew Weaver -  Unit Admissions Officer / AS 100 Instructor