Timothy R. Coffin

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Timothy R. Coffin
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1981–2017
Rank Brigadier general (retired)
Commands heldWhite Sands Missile Range
1st Space Brigade
1st Space Battalion
62nd Supply and Services Company
Battles/warsOperation Enduring Freedom
AwardsDefense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (3)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (4)

Timothy R. Coffin is a retired

brigadier general who became the 33rd Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range
on 2 July 2014.

A graduate of

Kandahar Air Field
, from July 2010 to January 2011, and was Deputy Commanding General for Operations of USASMDC from 2011 to 2014.

Early life and first post

Timothy R. Coffin attended

Army Special Operations Forces Europe from 1982 to 1985.[3]

Biography

Returning to the United States in 1985, Coffin completed the Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course, and was posted to

Fort Hood, Texas, as the deputy materials officer and S-3 of the Armor Support Battalion. He then assumed his first command, of the 62nd Supply and Services Company, part of the 554th Supply and Services Battalion in the 13th Corps Support Command.[4]

In 1989, Coffin went to Washington, D.C., where he was a recorder for Army promotion and selection boards in the Army Secretariat. He was then assigned to the

Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from 1992 to 1993, and then the School of Advanced Military Studies from 1993 to 1994. He became a division planner with 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, and then executive officer of the 64th Forward Support Battalion until 1996.[1]

Coffin then became an intelligence watch commander at the

North American Aerospace Defense Command. In 1999, he joined the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) staff as the G-4 (Logistics Officer) and subsequently became commander of the 1st Space Battalion.[1] In 2001, he joined the Army staff as a space and aviation system integrator.[3] He attended the Army War College from 2001 to 2002, receiving a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Military Security Policy and Strategy,[2] and became Chief of the Space and Missile Defense Division on the Army Staff.[3]

Coffin was the Director for Combat Developments in the USASMDC's Future Warfare Center until 2006, when he assumed command of the 1st Space Brigade. From July 2008 to February 2011, he was J3 and J7 of the

Kandahar Air Field, from July 2010 to January 2011.[3][5]

From June 2011 to December 2012, Coffin was Deputy Commanding General for Operations of USASMDC.

Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, on 6 June 2012,[1] with Lieutenant General Richard P. Formica administering the Oath of Office.[5] While his father Bernie looked on, his wife Kristy and daughter April pinned on his stars.[5] He was Deputy Commander of JFCC SPACE until 2 July 2014, when he became the 33rd Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range.[3][6]
This was Tim’s last assignment as he was retired in 2017.

Awards

Coffin's awards and decorations include the

German Parachutist Badges.[3] In November 2013 he was selected as a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[4]

Works

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "BG Timothy R. Coffin Deputy Commanding General for Operations" (PDF). USASMDC/ARSTRAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Tim Coffin". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Commanding General". White Sands Missile Range. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "JFCC SPACE officials named associate fellows by AIAA". Vandenberg Air Force Base. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Montoya, D. J. (8 June 2012). "Army promotes newest general officer". The United States Army. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. ^ Ramirez, Steve (6 December 2014). "New WSMR commander Gen. Timothy Coffin optimistic about range's future". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

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Preceded by Deputy Commander of the
Joint Functional Component Command for Space

2013–2014 		Succeeded by
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