COLONEL BETH KELLEY HORINE

Colonel Beth Kelley Horine is the Director of Public Affairs, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. She advises the Commander, Air Force Reserve Command and Chief of the Air Force Reserve on communication issues; performs functional management of unit and individual mobilization augmentees in the Reserve public affairs career field; provides communication synchronization and planning for headquarters initiatives and recommends public affairs policy to three Numbered Air Forces, 33 flying wings, 10 flying groups and one space wing.

Colonel Horine is a 1997 graduate of Trinity University, receiving her commission through The University of Texas San Antonio Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. She served over 10 years on active duty, as both a navigator and a public affairs officer. In 2005, Colonel Horine deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as a strategic communications planner on the Multi National Force-Iraq staff, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad. In 2007, she transitioned to the Air Force Reserve, first as a public affairs Individual Mobilization Augmentee, then later as a traditional Reserve commander in the unit program. In the civilian sector, Colonel Horine taught as an adjunct professor of management and communications at American Public University.

Prior to her assignment, she was the Chief, Readiness and Integration Division, Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command, Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (cum laude) and Bachelor of Arts in Communication
(cum laude),Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
2002 Masters of Business Administration (cum laude), St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas
2002 Squadron Officer School (superior performer), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2006 Joint Intermediate Public Affairs Officer Course, Defense Information School, Fort Meade,
Maryland
2008 Air Command and Staff College (correspondence)
2010 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Fort. McNair,
Washington D.C
2011 Leadership Today and Tomorrow, Washington D.C.
2012 Masters of Military Arts and Science, Air Command and Staff College in-residence,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2013 Air War College (correspondence)
2013 Joint Maritime Operations Course, Naval War College, Naval Air Station Newport, Rhode Island
2015 Joint Forces Staff College, Advanced Joint Professional Military Education II, Norfolk Naval Air
Station, Norfolk, Virginia
2016 North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Partnership for
Peace Outreach Committee
2017 Joint Senior Public Affairs Course, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Maryland
2018 NATO Senior Officer Policy Course, NATO School Oberammergau, Germany

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1997 - December 1997, Air Force Institute of Technology, Active Duty at the Detachment
(Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 842), The University of Texas at San Antonio/Trinity
University, San Antonio, Texas
2. January 1998 – July 1998, student, joint undergraduate navigator training, Training Wing Four,
Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida
3. August 1998 – March 1999, student, joint undergraduate navigator training, 562nd Flying Training Squadron,
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
4. March 1999 – January 2000, Assistant Executive Officer to the Wing Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing,
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
5. January 2000 – March 2000, student, C-130 navigator qualification, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
6. March 2000 – August 2001, Public Affairs Officer, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command,
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
7. August 2001 – July 2002, Chief of Protocol, Headquarters 19th Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
8. July 2002 – July 2005, Chief of Public Affairs, 55th Wing, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
9. July 2005 – September 2007, Chief of Public Affairs, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath,
England
10. September 2007 – April 2010, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Chief of Public Affairs,
12th Flying Training Wing (with duties at Air Force Personnel Center), Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
11. May 2010 – March 2012, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Chief of Public Affairs,
59th Medical Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas (with duties at Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph
Air Force Base, Texas and Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama)
12. April 2012 – July 2014, Commander, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Reserve Base,
California (with duties at Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico)
13. August 2014 – October 2015, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Office of the Chief of the Air
Force Reserve, Policy Integration Division, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. October 2015 – September 2016, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Operations Special Activities
Division, Operations Directorate, U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
15. October 2016 – August 2018, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Public Affairs,
Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia (with duties at Headquarters
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Air Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air
Base, Germany)
16. August 2018 – 2019, Chief, Readiness and Integration Division, Headquarters, Air Force Reserve
Command, Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
17. August 2019 – Current, Director, Public Affairs, Headquarters, Air Force Reserve
Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2015 – September 2016, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Operations Special Activities
Division, Operations Directorate, U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Navigator

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Joint Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Global War on Terror-Service Medal
Iraqi Freedom Service Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 10, 1997
First Lieutenant May 28, 1999
Captain May 28, 2001
Major Feb. 1, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 10, 2012
Colonel May 1, 2017