Okaloosa County BOCC — December 2, 2014 — ACACWm Phillips — reading text

Okaloosa County Airports | February 26, 2014 1701 SR 85 N Eglin AFB, FL 32542 RE: Volunteer for Airport Compatibility Advisory Committee (ACAC) Dear Okaloosa County Airport authorities, I hereby volunteer to serve on the Airport Compatibility Advisory Committee. I have lived in Okaloosa County since 2003. I retired from the US Air Force in 2006 having served my final tour as a senior Judge Advocate at HQ AFSOC, Hurlburt Field. As a military attorney for 23 years I had many opportunities to represent the Air Force in ways that would directly benefit my service on the ACAC., At every air base I was assigned to the legal office handled issues involving the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) and the impacts that airfield operations have on surrounding communities. At Moody AFB, GA, I was the Claims Officer and routinely traveled off-base to investigate noise and damage claims from citizens and businesses in the area. I was the Staff Judge Advocate or supervising attorney at Yokota Air Base in suburban Tokyo where the closely surrounding communities were intensely sensitive to airfield operations and noise. ; I believe my experience as an Air Force attorney would give me valuable insight to the issues that will come to the ACAC. In addition, I live next door to Hurlburt Field and experience daily the operations there and the impact on the local community. As a retiree, I proudly maintain my connection to AFSOC and the 1* SOW. Since retiring, I have not worked for a salary but have been busy. I was co-organizer of an effort _ called Pearl Harbor Initiative in which a small local group raised community support to take six Pearl Harbor Survivors from Pensacola to Pearl Harbor for the 70" Anniversary Remembrance Ceremonies, December 7, 2011. As a result of the success of that trip, I was asked by a well- established Honor Flight group, Old Glory Honor Flight, to help them organize a trip for 18 Pearl Harbor Survivors from all over the State of Wisconsin “Back to Pearl” in June 2012, Both trips were recorded in very moving documentary films that have been seen, and won awards in, film festivals around the country. They are also being used in schools to help teach the lessons of Pearl Harbor and the attack on December 7" to school children nationwide. Last year, I organized the reunion of my father’s World War II unit, the 65" Infantry Division Association, in Columbus, GA, where we toured the National Infantry Museum and Fort Benning. This year, I was honored to become the 2™ Vice President of the association, Attached please find the last version of my Air Force biography which lists my education and Air Force assignments. Thank you for your consideration. I would be honored to serve on the Airport Compatibility Advisory Committee. Sincerely, William F. Phillips, LtCol, USAF, Ret, BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM F. PHILLIPS Lieutenant Colonel William F. Phillips is the Staff Judge Advocate at HQ Air Force Special Operations Command, for the new Warfighting Headquarters, the operational component of US Special Operations Command for the Air Force. He oversees operations law responsibilities including advice to the Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command and coordination with US Special Operations Command and its components regarding legal issues arising from joint operations, OPLANs and CONPLANSs, Rules of Engagement, Law of Armed Conflict, fiscal laws impacting contingency operations, command and control issues, joint and combined exercises, Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations, Intelligence oversight, Information Operations and Combat Search & Rescue operations and training. International Law responsibilities include advice on Status of Forces Agreements, other International Agreements, Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction, compliance with international treaties such as arms control, chemical and conventional weapons, Law of the Sea and Geneva Conventions, and airspace, navigation and sovereignty issues, LtCol Phillips was born December 9, 1949 in Washington, DC. He attended schools in the DC suburbs including the University of Maryland College Park where he obtained a B.A. in Law Enforcement before joining the Air Force Security Police. After a tour of duty at Little Rock AFB he took an early release from active duty and attended law school. After obtaining his Juris Doctor degree, he was recalled to active duty as a Judge Advocate. Recent subsequent tours have been primarily in the International and Operations Law fields. LtCol Phillips is married to the former Kathryn Jean Reisenauer, LtCol, USAF Retired, of Appleton, WI. They have a daughter, Christine Phillips Schell, who is married and resides in Tumwater, WA. EDUCATION: 1972: * University of Maryland, College Park, MD, BA, Law Enforcement 1983: University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD, JD (with honors) ASSIGNMENTS: 1975 - 1977, Squadron Shift Supervisor and OIC, Missile Field Security, 308 Security Police Squadron (SAC), Little Rock AFB, AR 1979 — 1984, Inactive Reserves. Recalled to active duty. 1984 — 1985, 64" Flying Training Wing (ATC), Reese AFB, TX, Chief of Military Justice 1984 — 1985, HQ Air Force Judiciary, Defense Services, Area Defense Counsel, Reese AFB, TX 1985 — 1989, 347" Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), Moody AFB, GA, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate 1989 — 1991, HQ 3™ Air Force (USAFE), RAF Mildenhall, UK, Chief of Civil Law 1991 — 1995, HQ Commander-in-Chief; US Atlantic Command, Norfolk, VA, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, additional duty with HQ Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (NATO) — 1995 — 1998, 374" Airlift Wing (PACAF), Yokota AB, Japan, Staff Judge Advocate 1998 — 2000, Office of Defense Cooperation (EUCOM), Ankara, Turkey, Staff Judge Advocate 2000 — 2003, Chief of Operations and International Law, HQ Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, HI 2003 -- Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, HQ Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, FL 2005 ~ Present, Staff Judge Advocate, Warfighting Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, FL MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal Ajit Force Achievement Medal (Current as of December 2005)