Brigadier General Robert J. Schreiner Brigadier General Robert J. Schreiner is the Commander, U.S. Space Forces Northern, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. U.S. Space Forces Northern plans, coordinates, synchronizes, and executes the employment of space effects across the full range of military operations, including security cooperation, in support of U.S. Northern Command. Brig. Gen. Schreiner graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1998. He has commanded space operations units at the delta and squadron levels, commanded the National Reconnaissance Office’s Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado and served as the U.S. Air Forces Central Director of Space Forces. He has held a variety of space operations, acquisition management, and systems engineering positions within the Space Force, Air Force, Joint Staff, and the National Reconnaissance Office. Prior to his current position, Brig. Gen. Schreiner served as Deputy Director for Operations, Operations Team One, National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center, Joint Staff, in the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. EDUCATION 1998 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, Colo. 2003 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2003 Master of Business Administration, Technology Management, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2008 Air Command and Staff College, correspondence 2011 Master of Science, Systems Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 2013 Air War College, correspondence 2019 Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 1998-February 1999, Student, Undergraduate Space and Missile Training and Global Positioning System Initial Qualification Training, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 2. February 1999-June 2002, GPS Payload Systems Operator and Chief, Navigation Tactics and Payload Analysis, 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo. 3. June 2002-April 2004, Deputy Chief, Space Branch, Air Force Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 4. April 2004-June 2006, Chief, Relay Systems Engineering and Operations and Executive Officer to the Commander, Directorate of Communications, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va. 5. June 2006-July 2008, Assistant Director of Engineering, Space Operations Squadron, Air Force Element, Washington, D.C. 6. July 2008-May 2010, Deputy Chief, Space Protection and Information Operations Requirements Division, Directorate of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. (July 2009-January 2010, Quality Program Manager, Defense Contract Management Agency - Iraq, Southwest Asia) 7. May 2010-June 2011, Student, Intermediate Developmental Education, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 8. June 2011 -June 2014, Director of Operations, National Reconnaissance Office Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo. 9. June 2014-June 2016, Commander, Operations Support Squadron, Air Force Element and Chief, Systems Engineering and Integration, RAF Menwith Hill, United Kingdom 10. June 2016-September 2017, Chief, Space Programs Branch, Directorate of Programming, Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 11. September 2017-July 2018, Executive Officer to the Executive Director, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 12. July 2018-June 2019, Student, Senior Developmental Education, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. 13. June 2019-July 2021, Senior Field Representative to U.S. Space Command, National Reconnaissance Office, Peterson AFB, Colo. (December 2020-June 2021, Director of Space Forces, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Southwest Asia) 14. August 2021-July 2024, Commander, Aerospace Data Facility Colorado and Commander, NRO Delta 20, Buckley SFB, Colo. 15. July 2024-August 2025, Deputy Director for Operations, Operations Directorate, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. 16. August 2025-present, Commander of United States Space Forces–Northern-Strategic Component Field Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 2019 – July 2021, Senior Field Representative to U.S. Space Command, National Reconnaissance Office, Peterson AFB, Colo., as a colonel 2. August 2021 – July 2024, Commander, National Reconnaissance Office Delta 20 and Commander, Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado, Buckley SFB, Colo., as a colonel 3. July 2024 – August 2025, Deputy Director for Operations, Operations Team One, National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a brigadier general MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Army Commendation Medal Joint Service Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Air and Space Achievement Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 27, 1998 First Lieutenant May 27, 2000 Captain May 27, 2002 Major December 1, 2007 Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2013 Colonel July 1, 2019 Brigadier General June 12, 2024