Lieutenant Colonel Brian J. Witthoeft

 

Commander

101 General Richard B. Myers Hall

Manhattan, KS 66506

Email: bjwitthoeft@ksu.edu

Phone: 785-532-5184

 

 

Biography

Lt Col Brian J. Witthoeft is the Commander of the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for Detachment 270 at Kansas State University. He leads a team of 6 officers, NCOs, and Kansas State employees to train the next generation of Air Force and Space Force Officers.

Lt Col Witthoeft enlisted in the Air Force as an Intelligence Analyst in 1997 and received his commission in 2005 upon graduation from Iowa State University. He has held acquisitions engineering positions in both the C-17 Program and Air Force Research Labs Munitions Directorate. Lt Col Witthoeft also served as the Military Assistant to the Chief of Staff of Allied Joint Force Command Headquarters, Naples, Italy. Prior to his current assignment, Lt Col Witthoeft served as the Deputy Senior Program Manager position in the A-10 Program Office.

Lt Col Witthoeft deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan in 2010 to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan as the Assistant Officer-In-Charge of the Joint Visitor’s Bureau. He most recently deployed to Islamabad, Pakistan to be the Executive Officer to the Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché in the Office of the Defense Representative for Pakistan.

 

Education

2005 Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

2007 Operations and Technology Certificate Program, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

2009 Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2012 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala

2017 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

 

Assignments

May 2005 – Aug 2007, C17 Program Office Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Aug 2007 – Apr 2009 Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Apr 2009 – Jun 2011 Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL

(Feb 2010 – Aug 2010 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan, Kabul Afghanistan)

Jun 11 – Aug 14, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Northwest Region Detachment 250, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Sep 14 – Mar 17, ICBM Directorate, Operating Location Malmstrom AFB, MT

Apr 17 – Jul 20, Allied Joint Force Command Headquarters, Naples, Italy

(Dec 21 – Apr 22 Office of the Defense Representative, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan)

Jul 20 – Jul 22, A-10 Division, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill AFB, UT

Jul 22 – Present, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Northwest Region Detachment 270, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

 

Major Awards and Decorations

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Afghanistan Campaign Medal

 

Effective Dates of Promotion

Second Lieutenant May 7, 2005

First Lieutenant Jun 1, 2007

Captain Jun 1, 2009

Major Aug 1, 2015

Lieutenant Colonel Jan 1, 2020

 

(Current as of January 2024)