Major Jared Taylor
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Major Jared Taylor

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About

Major Jared Taylor is the education officer and assistant professor for Air Force ROTC Detachment 867 at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont. He recruits, trains, evaluates and motivates highly qualified men and women as prospective officers and instructs the sophomore-level course on Air Force leadership studies and field training preparation.

Major Taylor entered active duty in November 2009, attending Combat System Officer training at Pensacola, Florida. He graduated in July 2011 with B-52s being his next assignment.

He graduated from Worcester State University in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Science in psychology. He has more than 11 years of active-duty service and is now an assistant professor of aerospace sciences at Norwich University.

Before his current position, Taylor was an instructor at the undergraduate combat systems officer schoolhouse on Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola Florida.

Education

Bachelor of Science, psychology, Worcester State University, Massachusetts.

Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

Master of Arts, psychology, American Military University, Virginia.

Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

Awards and Grants

  • Meritorious Service Medal.
  • Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster.
  • Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal.

Assignments 

  • November 2009 – August 2011: Student, undergraduate combat system officer training, Pensacola, Florida.
  • September 2011 – October 2012: Student, B-52H Formal Training Unit, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
  • November 2012 – March 2016: B-52H weapon system officer, 69th Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.
  • April 2016 – June 2021: Instructor combat systems officer, 451 Flying Training Squadron, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.
  • July 2021 – present: Education officer, U.S. Air Force ROTC Detachment 867, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont.

Flight Information

Rating: 
Senior combat systems officer.

Flight hours: 
More than 1,500 total flying hours, more than  500 Instructor hours, and 37 evaluator hours.
Aircraft: T-6, T-1, B-52H.

Effective Dates of Promotion

  • Second lieutenant, Sept. 7, 2009.
  • First lieutenant, Sept. 7, 2011.
  • Captain, Sept. 7, 2013.
  • Major, July 1, 2019.

    (Current as of May 2023)