Norman Worthen
Leader and Nuclear Expert at the Joint Staff
- Role
- Civilian Assistant Deputy Director for Nuclear and Homeland Defense Operations at The Joint Staff
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Norman Worthen
GS-15 (10 years) and retired Active Duty U.S. Air Force Colonel (26 years) with 15 years of strategic-level experience at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Air Staff, and U.S. Strategic Command. 3,600 operational, test, and combat hours in the B-1, B-52, T-37 and UH-1. World record for longest-duration bombing mission of 47 hours and 9 minutes that circumnavigated the globe nonstop- Expertise in nuclear operations, policy, programs, command and control; continuity of operations and government- Experience in space, homeland/air/missile defense ops; critical infrastructure, antiterrorism, force protection- PMP; DAWIA-certified in Program Management, Life Cycle Logistics, Test and Evaluation.
Experience
Civilian Assistant Deputy Director for Nuclear and Homeland Defense Operations
Jun 2019 — Present
Assists in leading an organization having responsibilities for global, nuclear, and national military command and control; safety and security of nuclear weapons; management of the National Military Command System and the National Military Command Center; mission assurance; oversight of the nuclear command, control, and communications enterprise; and the integration of national continuity; nuclear; space; counter-unmanned aerial systems; missile warning; integrated air and missile defense; meteorological and oceanographic; and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives operations.
Education
The United States Army War College
Master of Strategic Studies / Advanced Strategic Art Program
2007 — 2008
NATO SCHOOL OBERAMMERGAU
NATO Nuclear Policy Course
2016
Louisiana Tech University
Master of Arts (MA), Industrial/Organizational Psychology
1995 — 1996
United States Air Force Academy
Bachelor of Science (BS), Military History
1984 — 1988
Air Force Senior Leader Development Program
Systems Thinking and Strategic Mindset Seminar
2012
Air Force Strategic Level Civilian Developmental Education
China and East Asia Political-Economic Seminar
2016
Air Force Strategic Level Civilian Developmental Education
Middle East and South Asia Conflict Seminar
2017
Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University
Joint and Combined Warfighting School
2000
USAF Air War College
National Security Studies
2004 — 2005
USAF Air Command and Staff College
Master of Military Operational Art and Science
2002 — 2003
Skills
- Program Management
- Air Force
- Flights
- Logistics Management
- Information Assurance
- Continuity of Government
- Intelligence
- Intelligence Analysis
- Exercises
- Test Planning
- Command
- Leadership
- Security Clearance
- Homeland Security
- Military
- Strategy
- Aerospace
- Government Contracting
- C4isr
- Tactics
- Nato
- Operational Planning
- Weapons
- Acquisition Integration
- Special Operations
- Dod
- National Security
- Continuity of Operations
- Security
- Top Secret
- Organizational Leadership
- Counterterrorism
- Military Experience
- Defense
- Contingency Planning
- Government
- Command & Control
- Strategic Leadership
- Policy
- Interagency Coordination
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