Colonel Jeff E. Elliott is the Commander, 51st Mission Support Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. As the Group commander, he leads five diverse squadrons that provide base communications, engineering, security, law enforcement, transportation, supply, personnel support, logistics readiness, education, food services, housing, and recreation to over 2,700 personnel, supporting the Air Forces’ most permanently forward deployed wing, a Numbered Air Force, and 24 tenant units.
Colonel Elliott entered the Air Force in 2002 after graduating from Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee. He has served in a variety of assignments including Assignments Officer and later the Executive Officer to the Executive Director at the Air Force Personnel Center; Chief, General Officer Assignments, Pentagon; Commander, 375th Force Support Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Joint Personnel Readiness Planner and later the Executive Assistant to the Director, Manpower and Personnel (JS/J1), Pentagon; Chief Resources Division (ECJ3) and later Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, Headquarters United States European Command; and Director of Manpower and Personnel (SCJ1), Headquarters United States Southern Command. He has deployed twice as the Executive Officer, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component, Al Udeid, Qatar and as the Deputy J1, Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Colonel Elliott is married to JooYun Elliott and is the proud father of Liam (8).
EDUCATION
2001 - Bachelor of Arts in Management and Sports Management, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tenn.
2004 - Masters of Science in Organizational Management, University of Arkansas
2006 - USAF Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2013 - Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. Top 1/3 Graduate
2021 - College of Naval Warfare, Newport, Rhode Isl.
ASSIGNMENTS
April 2002 – July 2005, Readiness & Plans Officer and Resource Management Officer, 16th Services
Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fl.
July 2005 – Aug 2007, Combat Support Flight Commander, 51st Services Squadron, Osan AB, S.
Korea
September 2007 – July 2010, Manpower & Personnel Flight Commander and Sustainment Services
Flight Commander, 31st Force Support Squadron, Avian AB, Italy
August 2010 – August 2013, Assignment Officer and Executive Officer to the Executive Director,
Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas
August 2013 – June 2014, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
June 2014 – July 2016, Chief, General Officer Assignments, Headquarter United States Air Force,
Pentagon, Washington D.C.
July 2016 – July 2018, Commander, 375th Force Support Squadron, Scott AFB, Illinois
July 2018 – July 2020, Joint Personnel Readiness Planner and Executive Assistant to Director, J-1,
Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
July 2020 – June 2021, Student, College of Naval Warfare, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode
Island
July 2021 – June 2023, Chief, Resources Division (J31) and XO to the Chief of Staff, U.S. European
Command, Stuttgart Germany
June 2023 – June 2024, Director of Manpower and Personnel and Air Force Element Commander,
U.S. Southern Command, Miami, FL
July 2024 – Present, Commander, 51st Mission Support Group, Osan Air Base, South Korea
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 2012 – April 2013 - Deputy J1, Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
2. July 2018 – July 2020 - Executive Assistant to the Director, Joint Staff J-1, Joint Staff, Pentagon
3. July 2021 – June 2023 - Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, HQ EUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany
4. June 2023 – June 2024 - Director of Manpower & Personnel, HQ SOUTHCOM, Doral, Florida
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster
Top 1/3, Air Command and Staff College
2017 Air Mobility Command’s Lt Gen Norman Lezy Award
(CURRENT AS OF FEB 2024)