Col. Brandon W. Stepp is the Commander of the 624th Regional Support Group, headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. The 624th RSG, with units in Hawaii and Guam, delivers mission essential capability to combatant commanders through training, combat readiness, personnel management and oversight of six geographically separated units in the Pacific area of responsibility. The Group is the largest Air Force Reserve presence in the Pacific, providing more than 650 combat-ready Airmen who specialize in throughput of passengers, cargo, patients, and runway repair in the Pacific and worldwide.
Previously, Col. Stepp served as commander of the 439th Mission Support Group, Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. There, he led more than 1,000 Citizen Airmen and civilians in seven squadrons and three functional areas that provide peacetime and contingency mission readiness support for the Air Force Reserve Command.
Col. Stepp was commissioned in 2002 as a graduate of the ROTC program at the University of Alabama. He has served in a variety of positions at the installation, Numbered Air Force, Major Command, and Joint Staff levels. He has also served in a variety of statuses to include Regular Air Force, Traditional Reserve, Air Reserve Technician and is currently Active Guard/Reserve. His notable staff tours include Executive Officer to the Commander Fourth Air Force; Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Logistics Readiness Branch Chief; and Strategic Planner on the Joint Staff.
EDUCATION
2002 Bachelor of Arts degree in History, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
2002 Aerospace Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Logistics Readiness Officer Course, Lackland AFB, Texas
2008 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 Advanced Logistics Readiness Officer Course, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
2014 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2015 Master of Arts in Procurement & Acquisition Management, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.
2019 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Eisenhower School for National Security, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2002 – June 2005, Materiel Management/Transportation Management, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del.
2. June 2005 – September 2006, Installation Deployment Officer, 9th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif.
3. September 2006 – November 2008, Operations Officer, 940th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif. (June 2007 – September 2007, Aerial Port Flight Commander, Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan)
4. November 2008 – February 2012, Commander, 940th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif. (February 2010 – August 2010, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, Joint Planner, New Kabul Compound, Afghanistan)
5. February 2012 – June 2013, Executive Officer to the Fourth Air Force Commander, Headquarters Fourth Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif.
6. June 2013 – June 2014, Student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
7. July 2014 – December 2016, Logistics Readiness Branch Chief, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
8. December 2016 – July 2018, Deputy Commander, 439th Mission Support Group, Westover ARB, Mass. (July 2017 – January 2018, Deputy Commander, 386th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait)
9. August 2018 – June 2019, Student, Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.
10. June 2019 – August 2020, Strategic Planner, Joint Staff, J-7 Directorate, Joint Force Development and Design Integration Division, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. August 2020 – December 2022, Commander, 439th Mission Support Group, Westover ARB, Mass.
12. December 2022 – Present, Commander, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2019 - August 2020, Strategic Planner, Joint Staff, J-7 Directorate, Joint Force Development and Design Integration Division, Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 29, 2002
First Lieutenant May 29, 2004
Captain May 29, 2006
Major May 29, 2011
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 13, 2016
Colonel April 7, 2021
(Current as of October 2023)