Major General Devin Pepper is serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic
Plans and Policy (DCOS SPP) at NATO Headquarters, Supreme Allied Command
Transformation in Norfolk, VA. He is responsible for formulating policies, strategies,
engagements, and ACT’s contribution to the NATO Defence Planning Process, and
analytical practices that enable the Commander to provide strategic foresight, planning,
strategy and policy advice, concepts, and strategic engagement to NATO’s political and
military leadership.
General Pepper enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1989, and received his commission
through the Officer Training School in 1996. He transferred to the United States Space
Force in 2021. He is a career space and missile operations officer and has commanded
the Air Force Element Operations Squadron at Royal Air Force Menwith Hill, United
Kingdom; Deputy Commander and Commander, 21st Operations Group; the 460th
Space Wing; and the Buckley Garrison.
He served in the Pentagon as an Air Force Strategic Policy Intern in the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Equal Opportunity and in the Office of the Deputy
Secretary of Defense. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and is a
graduate of the United States Air Force Weapons School. His staff assignments include
United States Space Command, United States Strategic Command, Headquarters Air
Force Global Strike Command, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Headquarters
Eighth Air Force, and Headquarters Seventh Air Force. Prior to his current assignment,
General Pepper was the Vice Commander and Deputy Commanding General of
Operations, Space Operations Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
General Pepper holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Maryland, a Masters of Business Administration from
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a Masters of National Security Strategy from the National War College and graduated from the George
Washington University with a Masters certificate in Organizational Behavior and Leadership.
General Pepper’s decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (1OLC), Legion of Merit (1OLC),
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3OLC), Air Force Commendation Medal (2OLC), Navy Commendation Medal,
Iraq Campaign Medal with bronze star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, and Nuclear Deterrence
Operations Service Medal with ‘N’ device.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2015 – June 2016, Chief, Global Intelligence Surveillance ,and Reconnaissance Future Capabilities Branch (J841), U.S. Startegic
Command, Offutt AFB, NE., as a Lieutenant Colonel
June 2016 – May 2017, Chief, Space and Missile Defense Division (J31), Headquarters United States Strategic Command, OffuttA FB,
NE., as a Colonel.
April 2021 – October 2022, Deputy Director of the Strategy, Plans and Policy Directorate (DJ5), Headquarters United States Space
Command, Peterson AFB, CO., as a Brig. Gen.
BADGES
Master Space Badge; Senior Missile Operator Badge; Senior Command and Control Badge
WEAPON SYSTEMS
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; Upgraded Early Warning Radar; Space Based Infrared System (Overhead Persistent Infrared
Battlespace Awareness Cell)
OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
2022 Black Engineer of the Year Stars and Stripes Award
2020 United States Air Force Verne Orr Award
2000 Air Force Space Command Instructor and Evaluator of theY ear Award
Allied Command Transformation
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy
Norfolk, Virginia | USA
