Gregory Rollins is the Director, 42nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He is responsible for leading the activities of a 326-person squadron. His duties include making technical and executive decisions for the maintenance, repair and capital improvement of a 3,000 acre physical plant at two geographically separated locations supporting 42,000 active-duty, reserve, civilian and contract personnel, students and families at Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex in direct support of Air University, the 908th Airlift Wing, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Space Command units, the Defense Information Systems Agency and more than 45 other mission partners.
Rollins joined the Maxwell Air Force Base team in February 2015 as an engineer and contracting officer representative in the 42nd Civil Engineer Squadron. In May 2015, he was promoted to quality assurance flight chief and in December 2017, he assumed the duties of the 42nd Civil Engineer Squadron, director.
His previous experience includes being a project manager and chief engineer at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System where he was instrumental in the procurement of a new clinic and parking garage and construction of multiple facility improvements at the medical centers.
Rollins is a retired Air Force officer with 22 years of active-duty service as a civil engineer, services officer, and other assignments. His most recent assignments included deputy commander, 99th Mission Support Group; commander, Civil Engineer Squadron, 98th Range Wing; commander, 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group; and deputy commander, 820th Red Horse Squadron.
Rollins was commissioned through Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1988 from the Virginia Military Institute and entered active duty in January 1989. His assignments include officer in charge, Force Management Branch, 3700th Services Squadron where he deployed to operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield serving as a flight commander and interim squadron commander. In September 1991, he moved to the 394th Civil Engineer Squadron where he was deputy flight chief, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Operations Flight; housing flight chief; and Simplified Acquisition Base Engineer Requirements Element chief. In June 1994, he was promoted to environmental flight commander, 347th Civil Engineer Squadron, Moody AFB where he maintained an enforcement-action free compliance record. In June 1997, he joined the Air Combat Command Inspector General ultimately serving as the civil engineer Blue Team chief where he planned and led civil engineering evaluations for over 40 operational readiness, unit compliance, and nuclear surety inspections. In June 1999, Capt. Rollins was selected the Operations Flight commander, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan where he achieved many successes. In June 2002, Major Rollins attended Air Command and Staff College with a follow-on assignment as academic instructor and advisor. In September 2004, he was selected deputy commander, 820th Red Horse Squadron and also served as commander, 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group where he was the CFACC "911 response" to critical warfighter needs in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Upon his return from deployment Lt. Col. Rollins was selected as commander, Civil Engineer Squadron, 98th Range Wing where he resolved multiple issues and made improvements to the base operating support contract. His career culminated as the deputy commander, 99th Mission Support Group, Nellis Air Force Base and Creech Air Force Base where he was instrumental in the stand-up of base support services for the 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base.
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Ky. 1995 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2000 Master of Arts, Management, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.
2003 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2006 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
January 1989 - August 1991, Force Management Flight Chief, 3700th Service Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas (September 1990 - March 1991, Plans and Readiness Flight Chief, 354th Service Squadron, King Fahd Air Base, Saudi Arabia)
September 1991 - December 1992, Operations Flight Deputy Commander, Wilford Hall Medical Center, 394th Civil Engineer Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
January 1993 - May 1994, SABER Element Chief, 394th Civil Engineer Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
June 1994 - May 1997, Environmental Flight Commander, 347th Civil Engineer Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga.
June 1997 - May 1999, Civil Engineer Blue Team Chief, Air Combat Command Inspector General, Langley AFB, Va.
June 1999 - May 2002, Operations Flight Commander, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
July 2002 - May 2003, Graduate Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
June 2003 - September 2004, Academic Instructor, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
September 2004 - May 2006, Deputy Commander, 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev. (June 2005 - March 2006, Commander, 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group, Al Udied AB, Qatar)
June 2006 - July 2008, Commander, Civil Engineer Squadron, 98th Range Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.
August 2008 - September 2010, Deputy Commander, 99th Mission Support Group, Nellis AFB, Nev.
September 2010 - March 2011, Compliance Element Chief, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
January 2011 - Retired, United States Air Force
April 2011 - January 2015, Chief Engineer and Project Manager, Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center and Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Birmingham, Ala.
February 2015 - November 2017, Quality Assurance Chief, 42nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
December 2017 - April 2018, Interim Director, 42nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
May 2018 - Present, Director, 42d Civil Engineer Squadron, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal
National Defense Service Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait
(Current as of July 31, 2023)