Col. Jeremiah J. Hammill is the Director of Readiness at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. He leads a team of 285 personnel providing readiness expertise for 59,000 Air Force Civil Engineer Airmen worldwide. He provides functional management for the RED HORSE, Prime BEEF, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Fire and Emergency Services, and Emergency Management programs for the U.S. Air Force. He provides oversight for the $6 billion Air Force Contract Augmentation Program supporting contingency and home station surge capability for installations worldwide. He also guides $60 million in Civil Engineer research, development, and acquisition programs to procure systems, equipment, technology, and data to fulfill expeditionary and in-garrison air base requirements.
Col. Hammill grew up in Fort Jackson, N.Y., and received his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at Clarkson University in December 2000. An active duty officer of 24 years, Col. Hammill commanded the 821st Support Squadron at Thule Air Base, Greenland, the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the 96th Civil Engineer Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. His contingency experience includes two deployments to Qatar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, El Salvador for New Horizons, Baghdad, Iraq as the Task Force Engineer for Detainee Operations, and Kabul, Afghanistan as an Afghanistan-Pakistan Hand assigned to the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Prior to his current position, the colonel was the Civil Engineer, Studies, Analyses, Assessments, and Lessons Learned Directorate, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y.
2001 Aerospace Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2005 Master of Arts, Education, Trident University International, California
2008 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2013 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2019 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2001–March 2004, Electrical Engineer, 90th Civil Engineer Squadron, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (January 2002–May 2002, Chief of Operations, 64th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Qatar)
2. March 2004–January 2006, Predator MILCON Project Manager, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev. (May 2004–September 2004, Project Manager, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Qatar; February 2005–May 2005, Project Manager, Joint Task Force-Para Los Niños, El Salvador)
3. January 2006–January 2007, Task Force Engineer, Joint Task Force 134, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq
4. January 2007–April 2008, Emergency Management Flight Commander, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
5. April 2008–October 2010, Operations Flight Commander, 317th Recruiting Squadron, Oxon Hill, Md.
6. October 2010–April 2011, Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Program, Defense Language Institute, Rosslyn, Va.
7. April 2011–April 2012, AFPAK Hand, Central Resident Office OIC, Afghanistan Engineer District-North, Kabul, Afghanistan
8. April 2012–June 2013, AFPAK Hand, Engineer Advisor, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
9. June 2013–July 2014, Commander, 821st Support Squadron, Thule Air Base, Greenland
10. July 2014–May 2016, Chief, Engineer Readiness Branch, Civil Engineer Division, Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection Directorate, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
11. June 2016–July 2018, Commander, 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
12. July 2018–June 2021, Deputy Director for Logistics and Engineering, United States Alaskan Command, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
13. June 2021–June 2022, Director of Staff, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
14. June 2022–July 2024, Commander, 96th Civil Engineer Group, Eglin AFB, Fla.
15. July 2024–March 2025, Civil Engineer, Studies, Analyses, Assessments, and Lessons Learned Directorate, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
16. March 2025–Present, Director, Readiness Directorate, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant December 30, 2000
First Lieutenant December 30, 2002
Captain December 30, 2004
Major September 1, 2010
Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 2015
Colonel January 1, 2022
(Current as of March 2025)