Colonel Sean R. Lambe is the Commander, Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization Detachment 3, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. This assignment is a Group equivalent command where he is responsible for ensuring that 1,446 reservists that support 10 MAJCOMS at 31 bases are all Ready Now! Ultimately DET 3 leadership endeavors to enable IMA accessibility, optimize all resources to bolster a ready force to meet directed AFFORGEN requirements, maximize combat capabilities and enable professional development that will support all Airmen in the defense of the United States of America!
Colonel Lambe entered the Air Force in 1989 after graduating from Air Force Basic Training, Lackland AFB, TX. After serving three years as a firefighter, he joined the New Jersey Air National Guard and then the Air Force Reserves where he served an additional six years as a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance Instructor, earning the rank of Technical Sergeant. After earning his commission as a distinguished graduate from the Academy of Military Science and subsequent training as a Security Forces Officer, Colonel Lambe served in various leadership, supervisory and staff positions at the squadron, group, corps, COCOM, NATO, and MAJCOM levels. These experiences include his three years HAF A4/SP, four years as the Deputy Chief of Pentagon Operations for the United States Military Representative to NATO’s Military Committee, two years as the Integration Division Chief J9, USSOUTHCOM, and eight consecutive years as the 514 Security Forces Squadron’s Commanding Officer. Prior to his current position, Colonel Lambe served as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) to the 412 Mission Support Group (MSG) Commander, Edwards AFB, CA.
As a career Security Forces Officer, Colonel Lambe’s distinguished accomplishments include being in Command of the 514 Security Forces Squadron for eight years where his team earned two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards and ten additional AFRC and ARC level awards. Colonel Lambe has deployed four times in support of OIF OEF combat operations, twice earning the Bronze Star Medal and a United States Army Combat Action Badge while serving in leadership capacities with the XVIII Airborne Corps Iraq, and the 643 Regional Support Group Afghanistan. In this capacity, Colonel Lambe led defending forces against 36 base attacks, managed a mass casualty event where he steadied base operations and led the tactical combat casualty recovery for 1 KIA, 18 NATO WIA. His efforts were credited with saving four lives.
In his civilian capacity, Colonel Lambe has served 22 years as a Federal Air Marshal with the United States Federal Air Marshal Service. In 2021 he was promoted to the GS-15 equivalent rank of K- Band, New York Field Office. Before this assignment, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Lambe was assigned to the Headquarters Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover Building, Domestic Terrorism Operations Unit, Washington, DC. In addition, ASAC Lambe served as a member of the HQ FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Strategic Group, HQ FBI.
EDUCATION:
2017 Masters of Strategic Studies, Air War College, in-residence, Maxwell AFB, AL
2013 Masters of Military Operational Art & Science, Air Command and Staff College, in-residence, Maxwell AFB, AL
2007 Masters of Human Relations, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2005 Squadron Officer School, in-residence, Maxwell AFB, AL
2001 Aerospace Basic Leadership, in-residence, Maxwell AFB, AL
1998 Academy of Military Science, McGhee-Tyson ANG Base, Distinguished Graduate, Knoxville, TN
1997 Baccalaureate Aeronautical Science and Technology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
1995 Associates of Small Arms Training and Maintenance, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL
ASSIGNMENTS:
APR 2023-Present HQ RIO DET 3, Commanding Officer (AGR), Peterson SFB, CO
MAY 2022-MAR 2023 IMA to the 412th Mission Support Group Commander, Edwards AFB, CA
JUN 2019-MAY 2022 Chief of Integrated Defense Policy, HQ Air Force, A4S, Pentagon, DC
JUN 2017-JUN 2019 Deputy Chief, Pentagon Ops, US Military Delegation to NATO, Belgium
JUN 2016-JUN 2017 Student, Air War College, (residence), Maxwell AFB, AL
JUN 2015-JUN 2016 Deputy Chief, Pentagon Ops, US Military Delegation to NATO, Belgium
JUN 2014-JUN 2015 Integration Division Chief J9 USSOUTHCOM, Integration Division J9, FL
JUL 2013-JUN 2014 Operations Support Officer, USSOUTHCOM, Integration Division J9, FL
JUL 2012-JUL 2013 Student, Air Command and Staff College (residence), Maxwell AFB, AL
MAR 2004-JUL 2012 514 Security Forces, Commanding Officer, MAFB, NJ
MAY 2003-MAR 2004 EUCOM, International Political-Military Affairs Officer, Stuttgart Germany
MAY 2001-MAY 2003 514 SFS, Security Forces Officer, OIC Operations, MAFB, NJ
MAR 1999-MAY 2001 514 SFS, Security Forces Officer, OIC Training, MAFB, NJ
SEP 1998-MAR 1999 913 SFS, Security Forces Officer, Flight Leader, Willow Grove, PA
JUN 1994-SEP 1998 514 SFS, Combat Arms Training & Maintenance Instructor, MAFB, NJ
FEB 1992-JUN 1994 108 SFS, Combat Arms Training & Maintenance Instructor, MAFB NJ
FEB 1991-FEB 1992 USAF, Firefighter, 89 CES, Andrews AFB, MD
OCT 1989-FEB 1991 USAF, Firefighter, 24 CES, Howard AFB, Panama
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS: JQO III Certified 2022
JUN 2015-MAY 2019 Deputy Liaison Officer, US Military Delegation to NATO, Belgium, as a Lt Colonel
JUN 2014-JUN 2015 Integration Div Chief, USSOUTHCOM, Integration Division J9, Doral, FL, as a Lt Colonel
JUL 2013-JUN 2014 Operations Support Officer, USSOUTHCOM, Integration Division J9, Doral, FL, Major
SEP 2010-APR 2011 Deputy Provost Marshal, ISAF-IMP, 643 RSG, USA, Kandhare, Afghanistan, as a Major
AUG 2008-MAR 2009 Deputy Provost Marshal, XVIII Airborne Corps, USA, Baghdad, Iraq, as a Major
MAY 2003-MAR2004 International Political-Military Affairs, EUCOM, Stuttgart Germany, as a Captain
SPECIAL EXPERIEANCE IDENTIFIERS:
JIS – International Skills Political-Military Affairs Strategist (PAS)
OG5 – Operations Green Belt Practitioner Uncertified
R – Prefix: Contingency War Planning
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
United States Army Combat Action Badge
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star device
Iraq Campaign Medal with bronze star device
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Remote Combat Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
PUBLICATIONS:
“The USAF Need for Warrant Officers: Recapitalizing Rated Officer Career Fields,” Air University Press; Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 2017.*
*NOTE: This publication was heavily sourced for the adoption of Warrant Officers back into the Air Force