Lieutenant General Gregory A. Biscone | |
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| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/ | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1981–2016 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands held | Inspector General of the Air Force Office of the Defense Representative, U.S. Embassy, Pakistan 509th Bomb Wing 5th Bomb Wing |
| Battles/wars | Gulf War Operation Enduring Freedom Iraq War |
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Gregory A. Biscone is a retired lieutenant general of the U.S. Air Force. He last served as the Inspector General of the Air Force assigned within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C., and retired on 1 July 2016.
Biscone is a 1981 distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. His assignments include combat crew instructor duty and wing command in the B-52; squadron, group and wing command in the B-2; advanced systems acquisition; and aide to the Commander, Air Combat Command. He also led the Joint Staff's Force Integration Branch, directed the Headquarters U.S. Executive Secretariat, and served as ACC's assistant director of air and space operations. He has also been deputy director of operations, U.S. Central Command, and director of Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
Biscone commanded expeditionary forces and flew B-52 missions in Operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom. He also commanded B-2 actions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with strikes from both continental United States and deployed locations. He is a command pilot with more than 3,800 hours.[1]
Previous to being the IG, he was commander of the Office of the Defense Representative, Pakistan. He was the senior military representative in Pakistan and in concert with the U.S. Embassy Country Team, promoted and enhanced U.S. security goals by assisting Pakistan military counterinsurgency efforts by building capacity and developing relationships with Pakistan military to strengthen and perpetuate a resilient and mutually beneficial defense relationship with Pakistan.[2][3] From 2014 to 2016, as IG, he reported to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force on matters concerning Air Force effectiveness, efficiency, and the military discipline of active duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard forces.
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Hunting Deer: Sharing the Harvest
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In our ceremonies we have talks and we let the spirits in the forest know that our intentions are to go out there and harvest the Waawaashkeshi. My name is Biskakone. I am a hunter from Lac du Flambeau. I hunt for the health of my family and I hunt for the health of my community. After the deer presents himself to us-- [gun shot] --and give us that shot we ask for forgiveness for taking its life. We also speak of how it's going to benefit our loved ones and our family through the feasting and usage of its hide and its --, its meat. I don't think anybody likes to see a spirit leaving. Then we remember that we're -- and this is what we do and this is how we live. We're suppose to do this. We're supposed to be in that circle with that deer and his life. When he's gone, when he leaves we take all his organs out and we keep the ones that we want the heart, the liver sometimes the kidneys. Once those insides those organs and everything, are out, we make an offering. That moment right there when you drag that deer up out of the forest and you're bringing it home to your people that's my favorite part of the whole hunt. That little trail right there that you create from where he fell to me that's a very sacred time. When a person has the ability to hunt part of that responsibly of hunting is sharing your harvest with your people. We get the hide and then we get all the different cuts of meat. Everyone else cuts the meat. Somebody would like it. There's an elder that likes the neck. I have another friend of mine, he likes the ribs, you know. A lot of people love the tenderloins and the hind quarters and the shoulders and we save the hooves sometimes. There's a lot to use on a deer. That venison, that Waawaashkeshi -- there's medicine in there. All the stuff that we don't ingest today all the natural things the grasses and all the medicines that grow in your waawaashkeshi he eats that. We eat him. He gives that to us. We want to spread that medicine to our community and our elders and give them that original food. Once the hide comes off the deer the tanning process has begun. The hide can be used for many different applications tobacco pouches, moccasins. Those hides are very, very valuable to Ojibwe people and a lot of other native people. Say a baby is going to be born. We make their first moccasins out of that buck skin that we just tanned up. Or a wedding is going to happen. A gift is going to be made out of that to represent a new life with their partner. I work a lot with velvet and buck skin. When velvet was first introduced here in the 1700s it became a big part of our dress in our Ojibwe territory, -- territory. That represents a time when our art was as its most fantastic and glorious That's when every family did it. Today there's only a handful of people left that do that. When we first signed our treaties there was land areas that we outlined, saying we'll share the land with you but we're going to retain our hunting and fishing rights here, forever. I credit our ancestors for preserving that for us today. The role here as Ojibwe people it's an important role. We're the keepers of the natural world. It's our job to maintain this traditional lifestyle for our families and for our reservation for our elders and for our babies. Without it we wouldn't know who we are we wouldn't know where we come from.
Flight information
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,800
Aircraft flown: T-38, B-52, B-2
Education
- 1981 Bachelor's degree in economics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- 1986 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- 1992 Master of Business Administration degree in aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florids
- 1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- 1999 Master's degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
- 2001 Senior Executive Fellowship, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Assignments
- July 1981 – August 1982, student, undergraduate pilot training, Laughlin AFB, Texas
- August 1982 – December 1982, student, Combat Crew Training School, Carswell AFB, Texas
- January 1983 – July 1985, line and evaluator co-pilot, 60th Bomb Squadron, Andersen AFB, Guam
- August 1985 – July 1988, aircraft commander, squadron flight scheduler, instructor pilot and Chief of Bomber Training, 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, New York
- August 1988 – September 1991, line instructor, aircraft commander, standards and evaluations pilot, and Strategic Air Command instrument school instructor pilot, 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, California
- September 1991 – June 1992, acquisition officer, Headquarters SAC, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
- August 1992 – June 1993, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- July 1993 – July 1995, aide to the commander of Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
- August 1995 – March 1997, operations officer, 393rd Bomb Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- April 1997 – June 1998, commander of 393rd Bomb Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- August 1998 – June 1999, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
- June 1999 – April 2001, chief of Force Integration Branch, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
- April 2001 – December 2001, director, Executive Secretariat, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
- December 2001 – July 2003, commander of 509th Operations Group, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- July 2003 – June 2005, commander of 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, North Dakota
- June 2005 – May 2006, assistant director of air and space operations, Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Virginia
- May 2006 – September 2007, commander of 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- September 2007 – May 2009, deputy director of operations, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
- May 2009 – February 2010, director of Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review, Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
- February 2010 – February 2011, chief of staff, Secretary of Defense Comprehensive Review Working Group, Washington, D.C.
- February 2011 – January 2013, director of global operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
- January 2013 – August 2014, commander of Office of the Defense Representative, Pakistan, U.S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
- August 2014 – May 2016, Inspector General of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C
Awards and decorations
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Command Pilot Badge |
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Basic Parachutist Badge |
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Air Force Inspector General Badge |
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge |
Effective dates of promotion
- Second lieutenant May 27, 1981
- First lieutenant May 27, 1983
- Captain May 27, 1985
- Major April 1, 1993
- Lieutenant colonel January 1, 1997
- Colonel April 1, 2001
- Brigadier general August 1, 2007
- Major general May 19, 2010
- Lieutenant general January 12, 2013
External links
References
- ^ "Biographies : LIEUTENANT GENERAL GREGORY A. BISCONE". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"" (PDF). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Biographies : LIEUTENANT GENERAL GREGORY A. BISCONE". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013.
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