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Lt. Col. Ross Clark

  • Position: Detachment Commander and AFROTC Instructor
  • Department: Aerospace Studies - Air Force ROTC
  • Office Location: Building 78, Room 117C
  • rclark2@uwf.edu
  • Campus: 850.474.2762

Biography

Lt Col Ross E. Clark is the Commander, Detachment 014, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of South Alabama and the University of West Florida. He is responsible for recruiting and training 86 future Air Force leaders. Prior to his present assignment, Lt Col Clark served as the Commander, 548th Combat Training Squadron, Fort Johnson, Louisiana.

Lt Col Clark commissioned through the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets & Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 2004 after receiving a Bachelor of Agricultural Science. As an F-15E Strike Eagle Weapons Systems Officer (WSO), Lt Col Clark has served in a variety of positions in operational and training squadrons as an instructor. Lt Col Clark served as the Wing Electronic Warfare Officer, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, and as the Chief of Safety and Chief of Tactics while flying the EA-18G Growler while assigned to NAS. Whidbey Island, Washington. Lt Col Clark has more than 2,000 hours in the F-15E and EA-18G and has deployed twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Education

2004 Bachelor of Science: Agricultural Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

2012 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

2014 Master of Science: Academic Advising, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

2016 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, by correspondence

Assignments

1. January 2005 – December 2006, Student, Joint Undergraduate Navigator Training, NAS Pensacola, Florida

2. December 2006 – December 2007, Student, F-15E Initial Qualification Course, 334th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina

3. January 2008 – May 2011, F-15E Instructor WSO, Scheduler, Assistant Chief of Strike, Chief of Aircrew Flight Equipment, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina

4. June 2011 – October 2013, F-15E Instructor WSO, Chief of Safety, Flight Commander 334th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina

5. November 2013 – April 2017, F-15E Instructor WSO, Wing Electronic Warfare Officer, 20th Operations Support Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina

6. May 2017 – March 2018, Student, EA-18G Initial Qualification Course, VAQ-129 and 390th Electronic Combat Squadron, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington

7. April 2018 – March 2018, EA-18G EWO, Chief of Safety, Chief of Tactics, Assistant Director of Operations, VAQ-132 and 390th Electronic Combat Squadron, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington

8. April 2019 – March 2020, EA-18G Instructor EWO, Assistant Director of Operation, VAQ-129 and 390th Electronic Combat Squadron, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington

9. April 2020 – February 2022, Director of Operations, 548th Combat Training Squadron, Fort Polk, Louisiana

10. February 2002 – May 2024, Commander, 548th Combat Training Squadron, Fort Johnson, Louisiana

11. May 2024 – Present, Commander, Air Force ROTC, Det 014, University of South Alabama

Flight Information

  • Rating: Master Navigator
  • Flight hours: More than 2,000
  • Aircraft flown: F-15E, F-16D, EA-18G, T-1, T-6, T-38, T-39

Major Awards and Decorations

  • Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
  • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
  • Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters
  • Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

Effective Dates of Promotion

  • Second Lieutenant, December 17, 2004
  • First Lieutenant, January 3, 2007
  • Captain, January 3, 2009
  • Major, June 1, 2015
  • Lieutenant Colonel, November 1, 2019