Colonel Mike Gallucci is the Commander, 42nd Air Base Wing, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He leads all base operating, infrastructure, and services support for 42,000 active duty, Reserve, civilian, and contract personnel, students, and families at Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex in direct support of Air University, 908th Flying Training Wing, Air Force Materiel Command units, Defense Information Systems Agency and more than 40 other mission partners. As Maxwell’s installation commander, he partners with local officials across a three-county, 12-city region with an annual military economic impact of $2.2 billion.
Colonel Gallucci enlisted in the Air Force in 1994 and served in various roles in the Security Forces career field. He was selected for Officer Training School and was commissioned in 2002. He is a graduated group commander, three-time squadron commander, and has served in a variety of positions at the Headquarters Air Force level. Colonel Gallucci has deployed and commanded in support of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and is a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and served as a National Defense Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He has served at the Air Force Personnel Center and holds a dual AFSC as a Political Military Affairs Strategist.
Prior to his current position, Col. Gallucci was the Director, Force Protection Policy for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Policy.
EDUCATION
2002 Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Masters of Business Administration, Trident University, Cypress, Calif.
2016 Master of Arts Degree in Military Operational Art /Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2020 National Defense Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Aug. 2002 – Jan. 2006, Flight Commander/Operations Officer, 28th Security Forces Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
2. Jan. 2006 – Jan. 2007, OIC, Training and Resources, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron,
Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
3. Jan. 2007 – May 2009, Operations Officer, 99th Security Forces Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
4. May 2009 – Aug. 2011, Operations and Training Officer, 5th Security Forces Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
5. Aug. 11 – July 12, Chief, Security Forces Scheduling, Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC), Randolph AFB, Texas
6. July 2012 – March 2013, Deputy Branch Chief, Mission Support AEF Scheduling, AFPC, Randolph AFB, Texas
7. March 2013 – July 2015, Commander, 36th Security Forces Squadron, Andersen AFB, Guam
8. July 2015 – June 2016, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 2016 – June 2018, Commander, 5th Security Forces Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
10. July 2018 – June 2020, Commander, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
11. June 2020 – June 2021, National Defense Fellow, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center, Cambridge, Mass.
12. June 2021 – June 2022, Chief, Security Forces Requirements Branch, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. June 2022 – June 2023, Chief, Strategic Partnership Division, Directorate of Integrated Resilience, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
14. June 2023 – June 2024, Commander, 39th Weapons System Security Group, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
15. June 2024 – June 2026, Director Force Protection Policy, for the ASD for Homeland Defense & Hemispheric Affairs Office of the Under Secretary of War for Policy, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
16. June 2026 – Present, Commander, 42nd Air Base Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2024 – Present, Director Force Protection Policy, for the ASD for Homeland Defense & Hemispheric Affairs Office of the Under Secretary of War for Policy, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. as a Colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (seven devices)
Air Force Commendation Medal (four devices)
Air Force Achievement Medal (six devices)
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Valor and eight devices)
Iraqi Campaign Medal (one device)
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal (with "N" device three oak leaf clusters)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Sept. 27, 2002
First Lieutenant Sept. 27, 2004
Captain Sept. 27, 2006
Major Dec. 1, 2013
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 2016
Colonel May 1, 2022
(Current as of June 2026)