Lt Col Stuart L. Martin is the Commander of the 908th Maintenance Group, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The group is comprised of two squadrons: the 908th Aircraft Maintenance and 908th Maintenance Squadron. The team of military and civilian members assigned to the group provides mission-ready aircraft, equipment, and fully trained personnel in all areas of aircraft maintenance for the remission to MH-139 helicopter. Their support extends to the legacy C-130’s, and the future MH-139 schoolhouse.

Lt. Col. Martin enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1990, and after a 4-year active-duty tour, he was honorably discharged in January 1994. He relocated to Bossier City Louisiana where he joined the Air Force Reserve’s 917th Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base. There he attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, and in 1997, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He was commissioned through the Academy of Military Science, Knoxville, Tennessee in 2001. In 2002, he became an Air Reserve Technician while assigned to the 917th Wing, where he served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer for the B-52 Stratofortress and the A-10 Thunderbolt. In 2006, he served a combat tour at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar as the Aircraft Maintenance Unit Officer in Charge. In 2013, he deployed to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait where he performed duties as the en route Aircraft Operations Officer for the C-17 Globemaster III.

In July of 2014, Lt. Col. Martin was selected to a command tour with the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, as the Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Commander. In 2015, he graduated from the Air Command and Staff College via the non- resident program. In 2018, he volunteered as the Deputy Group Commander for the 447th Air Expeditionary Group, Camp Taji, Iraq where he provided logistical support for five forward operating bases. Upon return from deployment Lt Col Martin was selected as the Maintenance Group Commander at the 433d Alamo Wing Lackland Texas.  During this time Lt Col Martin forward deployed to Pakistan to serve a joint billet with the Office of the Defense Representative, U.S. Embassy Islamabad Pakistan.

EDUCATION

1997 Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

2015 Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, by correspondence

2020 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS

1. September 2001–July 2004, Maintenance Officer, 917th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
2. July 2004–November 2007, Commander, Maintenance Operations Flight, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia (January 2006– July 2006, Operations Officer, 5th Expeditionary Aircraft Mobility Squadron, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait (January 2006–April 2006, 386th Aircraft Maintenance Officer in Charge, Al Udied AB, Qatar))
3. November 2007–October 2008, Maintenance Standardization Evaluation Officer in Charge, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Georgia
4. October 2008–Jan 2010, Operations Officer, 917th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
5. January 2010–November 2014, Operations Officer, 403rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
6. November 2014–February 2016, Commander, 403rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
7. February 2016–September 2018, Deputy Commander, 433rd Maintenance Group, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas (January 2018 – August 2018, Deputy Group Commander, 447th Air Expeditionary Group, Camp Taji, Iraq)
8. September 2018 – June 2022, Commander, 433rd Maintenance Group, JBSA-Lackland, Texas (October 2021 – April 2022 Deputy Security Cooperation Office, US Embassy Islamabad Pakistan)
9. 22 May 2022 – Present, Commander, 908^th Maintenance Group, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

Summary of Joint Assignments

1. United States Embassy, Islamabad Pakistan October 2021 – April 2022

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Bronze star

Joint Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Meritorious Unit Award

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Meritorious Unit Commendation

Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon - gold border with oak leaf cluster Global War on Terrorism Service Medal