Brig. Gen. Patrick G. Miller is the Commander, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. As AFCEC commander, he leads a 2,200-person organization, responsible for providing responsive, flexible, full-spectrum installation engineering services. AFCEC missions include facility investment planning, design and construction, operations support, real property management and oversight, energy support, environmental compliance and restoration, and readiness and emergency management. The unit conducts its operations at more than 72 locations worldwide. He also directly oversees execution of a more than $3 billion annual operations budget, delivery of the $3 billion annual Military Construction Program and management of the $13 billion military housing portfolio.
Brig. Gen. Miller entered the Air Force in December 1997 as a distinguished graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Pennsylvania State University. A career civil engineer, he has served at six base-level assignments, as a course director and instructor at the Civil Engineer and Services School, at Air Staff and Air Mobility Command headquarters, and as the Vice Commander for the Air Force Installations and Mission Support Center.
His expeditionary experience includes five deployments to various locales. His commands include the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron, 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, 6th Mission Support Group, Task Force Phoenix, and 88th Air Base Wing. Prior to his current assignment, the general was the Director, Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College
2003 Master of Science, Engineering in Civil Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe
2004 Top Third, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2009 Army Command and General Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2011 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies, College of Naval Command and Staff, Newport, R.I.
2011 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2016 Master of Science, National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1998–December 2000, Project Engineer, Civil Engineer, and Chief, Systems Engineering, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
2. January 2001–July 2002, Chief, Base Development Engineer and Chief, Plans and Programs, 65th Civil Engineer Squadron, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal
3. July 2002–July 2003, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology Civil Institute program, Arizona State University, Tempe
4. August 2003–July 2006, Instructor and Course Director, Civil Engineer and Services School, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. July 2006–April 2009, Base Realignment and Closure and Joint Basing Program Manager and Strategic Plans Officer, Installations and Mission Support Directorate, Headquarters, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
6. April 2009–July 2010, Operations Flight Commander, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron and 633rd CES, Joint Base Langley-Eustis AFB, Va.
7. July 2010–June 2011, Student, College of Naval Command and Staff, Newport, R.I.
8. July 2011–May 2012, MILCON Program Manager, Civil Engineer Directorate, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
9. June 2012–June 2013, Executive Officer, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
10. July 2013–July 2015, Commander, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., with deployment as Commander, 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
11. July 2015–June 2016, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. August 2016–July 2018, Commander, 6th Mission Support Group, MacDill AFB, Fla.
13. July 2018–June 2020, Vice Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, with deployment as Commander, Task Force Phoenix, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
14. June 2020–July 2022, Commander, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15. July 2022–June 2024, Director, Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
16. July 2024–present, Commander, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with silver and oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
(Current as of July 2024)