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Colonel CHAPLAIN STEVEN A. SCHAICK

Chaplain, Colonel, Steven Schaick is the Command Chaplain, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. As Command Chaplain, he advises and represents the AETC commander on all aspects of the Chaplain Corps mission. He ensures AETC's chaplains and chaplain assistants are trained and equipped for global deployment. He directs the AETC headquarters chaplain staff and exercises oversight to a Chaplain Corps of approximately 210 personnel at 18 locations in the Command. The 67,900 active duty, Reserve, Guard, and civilian men and women of AETC train more than 293,000 students per year.
 
Chaplain Schaick is a native of Oshkosh, Wis,  and entered the United States Air Force in 1976 as an F-15 Integrated Avionics Specialist. He was commissioned in the Air Force Reserves as a Chaplain Candidate in 1985 and into the active duty Chaplaincy in 1988.

EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor's of Science degree, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wis.
1986 Master's of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill. 
1994 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 
1995 Master's in Business Administration degree, Webster University, Washington, D.C.
1999 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 
2005 Air War College, Eglin AFB,  Fla.  (by seminar)
2005 Doctor of Ministry, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif. 
2009 Master's of Strategic Studies degree, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 

ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1976 - September 1976, student, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas
2. October 1976 - June 1977, student, Integrated Avionics, Lowry AFB, Colo. 
3. July 1977 - July 1980, F-15 Avionics Specialist, Luke AFB, Ariz. 
4. May 1986 - July 1988, Reserve Chaplain, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 
5. August 1988 - August 1991, Installation Chaplain, Eaker AFB, Ark. 
6. September 1991 - August 1994, Protestant Chaplain, Rhein-Main AB, Germany
7. September 1994 - July 1995, Protestant Chaplain, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.
8. September 1995 - July 1998, Chaplain, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
9. August 1998 - May 1999, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 
10. June 1999 - May 2002, Director, Spiritual and Character Development, United States Air Force Academy, Colo. 
11. June 2002 - May 2004, Senior Protestant Chaplain, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
12. June 2004 - January 2006, Wing Chaplain, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 
13. February 2006 - June 2008, Deputy Command Chaplain, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
14. July 2008 - May 2009, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 
15. June 2009 - May 2011, Deputy Command Chaplain, Air Combat Command,  Langley AFB, Va.
16. May 2011 - July 2012, Senior Agency Staff Chaplain, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, Lackland AFB, Texas
17. July 2012 - present, Command Chaplain, AETC, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with seven oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with  oak leaf cluster
Navy Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Captain  August 27, 1988
Major   April 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 2004
Colonel   Oct. 1,  2009

(Current as of October, 2012)