{"id":724,"date":"2020-06-10T16:59:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/?page_id=724"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:31:13","slug":"maj-justin-rushford-air-force-rotc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/faculty-and-staff\/maj-justin-rushford-air-force-rotc\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Rushford – Air Force ROTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major Justin Rushford<\/h3>\n

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Operations Flight Commander \/ Instructor
\nNorthern Arizona University
\nAir Force ROTC Bldg 047A<\/div>\n
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EDUCATION<\/h4>\n
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2016 \u2013 Bachelor of Science, Criminology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff<\/p>\n

2018 \u2013 Intelligence Officer Training Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 Masters of Arts, Intelligence Studies, American Military University<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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ASSIGNMENTS<\/h4>\n
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1. August 2016 \u2013 January 2017, Student, Air Battle Manager, Tyndall AFB, FL<\/span><\/p>\n

2. July 2017 \u2013 December 2017, Student, Intelligence Officer Course, Goodfellow AFB, TX<\/span><\/p>\n

3. January 2018 \u2013 January 2021, Intelligence Analyst & Chief 23d Bomb Squadron Intelligence, 5th<\/sup> Operations Support Squadron, Minot AFB, ND <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(January 2019-July 2019) Chief of Intelligence 23d Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Andersen AFB, Guam <\/span><\/p>\n

4. January 2021 \u2013 June 2024 Intelligence Watch Officer, CBRN Team Lead, and Leadership Stability and Intentions Branch Chief, RAF Molesworth, UK<\/span><\/p>\n

5. June 2024 \u2013 Present AFROTC Instructor, Det 027 Northern Arizona University<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS<\/h4>\n
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Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters<\/p>\n

Air Force Joint Commendation Medal<\/p>\n

5 OSS 2019 Officer of the Year<\/p>\n

5 OG 2019 Officer of the Year<\/p>\n

EUCOM 2021 CGO AF ISR Officer of the Year<\/p>\n

EUCOM 2022 CGO AF ISR Officer of the Year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION<\/h4>\n
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Second Lieutenant 12 May 2016<\/p>\n

First Lieutenant 25 June 2018<\/p>\n

Captain 30 June 2020<\/p>\n

Major 1 April 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Current as of 08 April 2026<\/div>\n
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Contact Us<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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afrotc​@nau.edu<\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n
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928-523-5371<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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External Links Disclaimer<\/a><\/p>\n

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Major Justin Rushford Operations Flight Commander \/ Instructor Northern Arizona University Air Force ROTC Bldg 047A EDUCATION 2016 \u2013 Bachelor of Science, Criminology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff 2018 \u2013 Intelligence Officer Training Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas 2023 \u2013 Masters of Arts, Intelligence Studies, American Military University 2023 \u2013 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama ASSIGNMENTS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":0,"parent":295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-724","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724\/revisions\/1169"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/air-force-rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}