Lt Col Mae-Li Allison

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Lt Col Mae-Li Allison

Commander, Det 055

Email: afrotc.ucla.edu
Office: SAC Room 232
Phone: 310-825-1742 Ext. 5

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Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Mae-Li Allison is the Commander, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 055, University of California, Los Angeles. She is the Department Chair and Professor of Aerospace Studies, leading a cadre of instructors and support staff that is responsible for the recruiting, educating, training, and commissioning of Air and Space Force officer candidates through a comprehensive college program.

Prior to her current assignment she was the public affairs director for the Combined Force Space Component Command, serving as the public affairs advisor for the commander of an organization with more than 17,000 joint and combined personnel with a mission to plan, integrate, conduct, and assess global space operations to deliver combat relevant space capabilities to combatant commanders, coalition partners, the joint force, and the nation.

Lt. Col. Allison has also served as the commander of the 369th Recruiting Squadron in Encino, Calif., and has led public affairs offices at multiple bases, including the LeMay Center Public Affairs at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., the 99th Air Base Wing at Nellis AFB, Nev., and the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon AFB, N.M.

She graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a major in English Literature and a minor in Mandarin Chinese, and continued her education by earning two masters degrees. The first Master of Arts degree was in Political Affairs from the University of Oklahoma. Later, as part of the Air Force Institute of Technology civilian institution program, she graduated with honors with a MA degree in Communication Studies from the University of Nevada.

Degrees

  • 2000 Bachelor of Science degree in English, minor in Chinese, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
  • 2000 Aerospace Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 2002 Public Affairs Officer Course, Defense Information School, Ft. Meade, Md.
  • 2004 Honor Graduate, University of Oklahoma DoD Joint Course in Communication
  • 2005 Honor Graduate, Master’s degree in International Relations, University of Oklahoma
  • 2006 Top Third Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 2007 Honor Graduate, Master’s degree in Communication Studies, University of Nevada
  • 2009 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 2014 Joint Professional Military Education, Phase II, Joint Forces Staff College, MacDill AFB, Fla.
  • 2015 Joint Humanitarian Operations Course, USAID/OFDA, MacDill AFB, Fla.
  • 2016 Joint Senior Public Affairs Course, Defense Information School, Ft. Meade, Md.
  • 2019 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (by correspondence)
  • 2020 Space 100 (Distance Learning)
  • 2021 Green Belt Certification Training (Distance Learning)

Awards

Major Awards & Declarations

  • Bronze Star Medal
  • Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
  • Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
  • Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
  • Joint Service Achievement Medal
  • Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster

Effective Dates of Promotion

  • Second Lieutenant, 2000
  • First Lieutenant, 2002
  • Captain, 2004
  • Major, 2010
  • Lieutenant Colonel, 2015

Assignments

  1. May 2000- September 2001, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance AFB, Oklahoma
  2. September 2001-June 2003, Public Affairs Staff Officer, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph AFB, Texas
  3. July 2003-Apirl 2005, Chief, Media Relations, Air Armament Center Public Affairs, Eglin AFB, Fla.
    — Deployed four months as Chief, 379 Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
  1. April 2005-August 2006, Executive Officer to the Director, Engineering and Acquisition Excellence Directorate, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
  2. August 2006-January 2008, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev.
  3. January 2008-August 2010, Chief, 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs Office, Cannon AFB, N.M.
    — Deployed eight months for Public Affairs operations in a Joint Task Force, Balad AB, Iraq
  1. August 2010- July 2013, Director, 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, Nellis AFB, Nev.
    — Deployed six months as Deputy Director, Combined Air Operations Center Public Affairs, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
    — Deployed six months as Communication and Integration office’s Plans and Exercises Officer, Headquarters U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
  1. July 2013-July 2014, Strategic Communications Planner to the Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
  2. July 2015-August 2016, Chief of Community Relations and Protocol Officer, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
  3. August 2016-June 2017, Director, 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
    — Deployed six months as Director, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Affairs, Djibouti
  1. June 2017-June 2018, Director, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education Public Affairs Office, and Deputy Director, Air University Communication and Outreach, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  2. June 2018-June 2020, Commander, 369th Recruiting Squadron, Encino, Calif.
  3. July 2020-July 2022, Director, Combined Force Space Component Command Public Affairs, Vandenberg SFB, Calif.
  4. July 2022-Present, Commander, AFROTC Detachment 055, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.