Lt. Col. Wooddy Miller is the Commander, 367^th Recruiting Squadron, 372nd Recruiting Group, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is responsible for 11 flights and over 100 personnel spread throughout eight states in the Western United States including all or parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

The Lt. Col. entered the Air Force in May 2008 through the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He earned advanced technical degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2010 and 2015 focusing on Directed Energy technology. He has also done work in Nuclear Survivability for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Force Modernization for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. The Lt. Col. worked as a Program Element Monitor in SAF/AQ at the Pentagon and at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research leading the Optoelectronics & Photonics portfolio. Prior to this assignment he was the Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics within the Nuclear Detection Division within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency where he worked on enhancing current nuclear forensics systems and charting the roadmap for future systems.

During his time in the United States Air Force, Lt. Col. Miller has supported international exercises Key Resolve and Ulchi-Freedom Guardian as a DTRA Reachback SME. He also provided expertise as a science and technology advisor during a 6 month contingency temporary duty with the United States Army Special Operations Command.

EDUCATION

2008 Bachelor of Science, Physics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

2010 Master of Science, Applied Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2010 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

2015 Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2016 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2022 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2023 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS or CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. August 2008 – March 2010, Masters Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2. March 2010 – March 2011, Laser Threat Detection Test Scientist, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. March 2011 – August 2012, Laser Sensing Program Manager, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. August 2012 – September 2015, Doctoral Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. September 2015 – September 2017, Scientific Manager, Technical Reachback, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
6. September 2017 – June 2019, Physical Scientist, Nuclear Survivability, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
7. June 2019 – November 2019, Deputy Chief, Effects & Analysis, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
8. November 2019 – June 2021, Director of Operations, Special Programs, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.  (October 2020 – April 2021, Science & Technology Advisor, United State Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, N.C.)
9. June 2021 – June 2022, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
10. June 2022 – July 2023, Tech Transition PEM, Secretary of the Air Force-Science, Technology, and Engineering, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
11. July 2023 – November 2025, Program Officer Optoelectronics & Photonics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va.
12. December 2025 – June 2026, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
13. June 2026 – current, Commander, 367 Recruiting Squadron, Colorado Springs, Colo.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air and Space Achievement Medal

PUBLICATIONS

“Tunable single frequency cesium laser”, Optics Communications, 2007

“Frequency-doubling of a high power cesium vapor laser using a PPKTP crystal”, Optics Express, 2008

“Surface potential and electric field structure in the aerodynamic plasma actuator”, 46^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2008

“Frequency narrowing of a 25W broad area diode laser”, Applied Physics Letters, 2009

“Recycle rate in a pulsed, optically pumped rubidium laser”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010

“Rubidium recycling in a high intensity short duration pulsed alkali laser”, Defense Technical Information Center, 2010

“Limitations of an optically pumped rubidium laser imposed by atom recycle rate”, Applied Physics B, 2011

“Diode-pumped alkali laser-bleached wave dynamics”, Proc. SPIE 8547, High-Power Lasers 2012

“Temperature Dependent Rubidium Helium Line Shapes & Fine Structure Mixing Rates”, DTIC, 2015

“High Pressure Line Shapes of the Rb D1 and D2 lines for 4He and 3He collisions”, Journal of Quantitative

Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2016

“Temperature dependence of the helium induced broadening and shift of the Rb D1 and D2 lines”, JQSRT, 2018

“Rubidium D1 and D2 far wing line shapes induced by rare gases”, JQSRT, 2019

(Current as of June 2026)

Lt. Col. Wooddy Miller is the Commander, 367^th Recruiting Squadron, 372nd Recruiting Group, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is responsible for 11 flights and over 100 personnel spread throughout eight states in the Western United States including all or parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

The Lt. Col. entered the Air Force in May 2008 through the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He earned advanced technical degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2010 and 2015 focusing on Directed Energy technology. He has also done work in Nuclear Survivability for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Force Modernization for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. The Lt. Col. worked as a Program Element Monitor in SAF/AQ at the Pentagon and at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research leading the Optoelectronics & Photonics portfolio. Prior to this assignment he was the Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics within the Nuclear Detection Division within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency where he worked on enhancing current nuclear forensics systems and charting the roadmap for future systems.

During his time in the United States Air Force, Lt. Col. Miller has supported international exercises Key Resolve and Ulchi-Freedom Guardian as a DTRA Reachback SME. He also provided expertise as a science and technology advisor during a 6 month contingency temporary duty with the United States Army Special Operations Command.

EDUCATION

2008 Bachelor of Science, Physics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

2010 Master of Science, Applied Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2010 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

2015 Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2016 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2022 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2023 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS or CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. August 2008 – March 2010, Masters Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2. March 2010 – March 2011, Laser Threat Detection Test Scientist, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. March 2011 – August 2012, Laser Sensing Program Manager, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. August 2012 – September 2015, Doctoral Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. September 2015 – September 2017, Scientific Manager, Technical Reachback, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
6. September 2017 – June 2019, Physical Scientist, Nuclear Survivability, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
7. June 2019 – November 2019, Deputy Chief, Effects & Analysis, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
8. November 2019 – June 2021, Director of Operations, Special Programs, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.  (October 2020 – April 2021, Science & Technology Advisor, United State Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, N.C.)
9. June 2021 – June 2022, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
10. June 2022 – July 2023, Tech Transition PEM, Secretary of the Air Force-Science, Technology, and Engineering, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
11. July 2023 – November 2025, Program Officer Optoelectronics & Photonics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va.
12. December 2025 – June 2026, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
13. June 2026 – current, Commander, 367 Recruiting Squadron, Colorado Springs, Colo.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air and Space Achievement Medal

PUBLICATIONS

“Tunable single frequency cesium laser”, Optics Communications, 2007

“Frequency-doubling of a high power cesium vapor laser using a PPKTP crystal”, Optics Express, 2008

“Surface potential and electric field structure in the aerodynamic plasma actuator”, 46^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2008

“Frequency narrowing of a 25W broad area diode laser”, Applied Physics Letters, 2009

“Recycle rate in a pulsed, optically pumped rubidium laser”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010

“Rubidium recycling in a high intensity short duration pulsed alkali laser”, Defense Technical Information Center, 2010

“Limitations of an optically pumped rubidium laser imposed by atom recycle rate”, Applied Physics B, 2011

“Diode-pumped alkali laser-bleached wave dynamics”, Proc. SPIE 8547, High-Power Lasers 2012

“Temperature Dependent Rubidium Helium Line Shapes & Fine Structure Mixing Rates”, DTIC, 2015

“High Pressure Line Shapes of the Rb D1 and D2 lines for 4He and 3He collisions”, Journal of Quantitative

Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2016

“Temperature dependence of the helium induced broadening and shift of the Rb D1 and D2 lines”, JQSRT, 2018

“Rubidium D1 and D2 far wing line shapes induced by rare gases”, JQSRT, 2019

(Current as of June 2026)

Lt. Col. Wooddy Miller is the Commander, 367^th Recruiting Squadron, 372nd Recruiting Group, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is responsible for 11 flights and over 100 personnel spread throughout eight states in the Western United States including all or parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

The Lt. Col. entered the Air Force in May 2008 through the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He earned advanced technical degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2010 and 2015 focusing on Directed Energy technology. He has also done work in Nuclear Survivability for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Force Modernization for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. The Lt. Col. worked as a Program Element Monitor in SAF/AQ at the Pentagon and at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research leading the Optoelectronics & Photonics portfolio. Prior to this assignment he was the Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics within the Nuclear Detection Division within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency where he worked on enhancing current nuclear forensics systems and charting the roadmap for future systems.

During his time in the United States Air Force, Lt. Col. Miller has supported international exercises Key Resolve and Ulchi-Freedom Guardian as a DTRA Reachback SME. He also provided expertise as a science and technology advisor during a 6 month contingency temporary duty with the United States Army Special Operations Command.

EDUCATION

2008 Bachelor of Science, Physics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

2010 Master of Science, Applied Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2010 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

2015 Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2016 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2022 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2023 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS or CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. August 2008 – March 2010, Masters Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2. March 2010 – March 2011, Laser Threat Detection Test Scientist, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. March 2011 – August 2012, Laser Sensing Program Manager, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. August 2012 – September 2015, Doctoral Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. September 2015 – September 2017, Scientific Manager, Technical Reachback, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
6. September 2017 – June 2019, Physical Scientist, Nuclear Survivability, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
7. June 2019 – November 2019, Deputy Chief, Effects & Analysis, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
8. November 2019 – June 2021, Director of Operations, Special Programs, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.  (October 2020 – April 2021, Science & Technology Advisor, United State Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, N.C.)
9. June 2021 – June 2022, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
10. June 2022 – July 2023, Tech Transition PEM, Secretary of the Air Force-Science, Technology, and Engineering, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
11. July 2023 – November 2025, Program Officer Optoelectronics & Photonics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va.
12. December 2025 – June 2026, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
13. June 2026 – current, Commander, 367 Recruiting Squadron, Colorado Springs, Colo.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air and Space Achievement Medal

PUBLICATIONS

“Tunable single frequency cesium laser”, Optics Communications, 2007

“Frequency-doubling of a high power cesium vapor laser using a PPKTP crystal”, Optics Express, 2008

“Surface potential and electric field structure in the aerodynamic plasma actuator”, 46^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2008

“Frequency narrowing of a 25W broad area diode laser”, Applied Physics Letters, 2009

“Recycle rate in a pulsed, optically pumped rubidium laser”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010

“Rubidium recycling in a high intensity short duration pulsed alkali laser”, Defense Technical Information Center, 2010

“Limitations of an optically pumped rubidium laser imposed by atom recycle rate”, Applied Physics B, 2011

“Diode-pumped alkali laser-bleached wave dynamics”, Proc. SPIE 8547, High-Power Lasers 2012

“Temperature Dependent Rubidium Helium Line Shapes & Fine Structure Mixing Rates”, DTIC, 2015

“High Pressure Line Shapes of the Rb D1 and D2 lines for 4He and 3He collisions”, Journal of Quantitative

Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2016

“Temperature dependence of the helium induced broadening and shift of the Rb D1 and D2 lines”, JQSRT, 2018

“Rubidium D1 and D2 far wing line shapes induced by rare gases”, JQSRT, 2019

(Current as of June 2026)

Lt. Col. Wooddy Miller is the Commander, 367^th Recruiting Squadron, 372nd Recruiting Group, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is responsible for 11 flights and over 100 personnel spread throughout eight states in the Western United States including all or parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

The Lt. Col. entered the Air Force in May 2008 through the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He earned advanced technical degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2010 and 2015 focusing on Directed Energy technology. He has also done work in Nuclear Survivability for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Force Modernization for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. The Lt. Col. worked as a Program Element Monitor in SAF/AQ at the Pentagon and at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research leading the Optoelectronics & Photonics portfolio. Prior to this assignment he was the Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics within the Nuclear Detection Division within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency where he worked on enhancing current nuclear forensics systems and charting the roadmap for future systems.

During his time in the United States Air Force, Lt. Col. Miller has supported international exercises Key Resolve and Ulchi-Freedom Guardian as a DTRA Reachback SME. He also provided expertise as a science and technology advisor during a 6 month contingency temporary duty with the United States Army Special Operations Command.

EDUCATION

2008 Bachelor of Science, Physics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

2010 Master of Science, Applied Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2010 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

2015 Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

2016 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2022 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2023 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS or CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. August 2008 – March 2010, Masters Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2. March 2010 – March 2011, Laser Threat Detection Test Scientist, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. March 2011 – August 2012, Laser Sensing Program Manager, AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. August 2012 – September 2015, Doctoral Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. September 2015 – September 2017, Scientific Manager, Technical Reachback, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
6. September 2017 – June 2019, Physical Scientist, Nuclear Survivability, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
7. June 2019 – November 2019, Deputy Chief, Effects & Analysis, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
8. November 2019 – June 2021, Director of Operations, Special Programs, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.  (October 2020 – April 2021, Science & Technology Advisor, United State Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, N.C.)
9. June 2021 – June 2022, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
10. June 2022 – July 2023, Tech Transition PEM, Secretary of the Air Force-Science, Technology, and Engineering, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
11. July 2023 – November 2025, Program Officer Optoelectronics & Photonics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va.
12. December 2025 – June 2026, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Forensics, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
13. June 2026 – current, Commander, 367 Recruiting Squadron, Colorado Springs, Colo.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air and Space Achievement Medal

PUBLICATIONS

“Tunable single frequency cesium laser”, Optics Communications, 2007

“Frequency-doubling of a high power cesium vapor laser using a PPKTP crystal”, Optics Express, 2008

“Surface potential and electric field structure in the aerodynamic plasma actuator”, 46^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2008

“Frequency narrowing of a 25W broad area diode laser”, Applied Physics Letters, 2009

“Recycle rate in a pulsed, optically pumped rubidium laser”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010

“Rubidium recycling in a high intensity short duration pulsed alkali laser”, Defense Technical Information Center, 2010

“Limitations of an optically pumped rubidium laser imposed by atom recycle rate”, Applied Physics B, 2011

“Diode-pumped alkali laser-bleached wave dynamics”, Proc. SPIE 8547, High-Power Lasers 2012

“Temperature Dependent Rubidium Helium Line Shapes & Fine Structure Mixing Rates”, DTIC, 2015

“High Pressure Line Shapes of the Rb D1 and D2 lines for 4He and 3He collisions”, Journal of Quantitative

Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2016

“Temperature dependence of the helium induced broadening and shift of the Rb D1 and D2 lines”, JQSRT, 2018

“Rubidium D1 and D2 far wing line shapes induced by rare gases”, JQSRT, 2019

(Current as of June 2026)