Col Matthew S. Drossner is Commander of the 36th Maintenance Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. As Commander, he is directly responsible for overseeing all aircraft maintenance and munitions support for the 36th Wing.
Col Drossner is Commander of the 36th Maintenance Group, Andersen AFB, Guam. He directs the activities of three permanent and multiple deployed squadrons, and he ensures the 36th Maintenance Group provides a full range of aircraft and munitions maintenance support for contingency, exercise, and peacetime missions operating out of Andersen AFB to meet US Pacific Command objectives. He also ensures the effective and safe operation of the largest war reserve materiel munitions stockpile in the US Air Force.
Colonel Drossner was commissioned in 2001 as an Officer Training School graduate at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He is a munitions and aircraft maintenance officer with experience in nuclear and conventional munitions maintenance,cruise missile maintenance and B-52 aircraft maintenance. Additionally, he is an experienced Staff Officer with multiple tours at the Major Command and Headquarters Air Staff levels. Prior to his current assignment, he was assigned as the Chief of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and Helicopter Maintenance Division, Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
EDUCATION
1999 Bachelor of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Extended Campus, RAF Lakenheath, UK
2001 Munitions Maintenance Officers Course, Sheppard AFB, TX
2001 Nuclear Munitions Officers Course, Sheppard AFB, TX
2002 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, AL
2002 DTRA Nuclear Weapons Orientation Course, Kirtland AFB, NM
2002 Air Force Combat Ammunition Center Combat Planning and Production Course, Beale AFB, CA
2004 Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Extended Campus, Barksdale AFB, LA 2004 Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course (Bridge), Sheppard AFB, TX
2005 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, AL, Capt
2006 Maintenance Officer Intermediate Course, Sheppard AFB, TX
2007 Level I Life Cycle Logistics Acquisition Certification, Hill AFB, UT
2008 Level II Life Cycle Logistics Acquisition Certification, Hill AFB, UT
2011 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence)
2014 Air Force Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
2017 Air War College (Correspondence)
ASSIGNMENTS OR CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. October 2001 – April 2002, OIC, Weapons Maintenance Section, 2d Munitions Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA
2. April 2002 – April 2004, Nuclear Munitions Accountable Systems Officer, 2d Munitions Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
3. April 2004 – October 2005, Assistant OIC, 20th AMU, 2d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
4. October 2005 – March 2006, Conventional Munitions Flight Commander, 2d Munitions Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
5. March 2006 – June 2006, Maintenance Operations Officer, 2d Munitions Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA
6. June 2006 – June 2008, Logistics Career Broadening Officer, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, UT
7. June 2008 – March 2011, Maintenance Operations Officer, 9th Munitions Squadron, Beale AFB, CA
8. March 2011 – May 2012, Chief, Aircraft Armament Systems Branch, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base
Langley-Eustis, VA
9. May 2012 – January 2013, OIC, Director’s Action Group, Headquarters Air Combat Command Directorate of Logistics, Joint
Base Langley-Eustis, VA
10. January 2013 – July 2013, Executive Officer to the Director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Combat Command Directorate of
Logistics, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA
11. July 2013 – June 2014, Air Force Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
12. June 2014 – July 2016, Commander, 509th Munitions Squadron, Whiteman AFB, MO
13. July 2016 – June 2018, Chief, Conventional Munitions and Armament Branch, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Engineering
and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC
14. June 2018 – June 2020, Commander, 649th Munitions Squadron, Hill AFB, UT
15. June 2020 – April 2021, Deputy Division Chief, Policy and Strategy Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and
Nuclear Integration, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC
16. April 2021 – July 2022, Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration,
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC
17. July 2022 – June 2024, Chief, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and Helicopter Maintenance Division, Headquarters Air
Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
18. June 2024 – Present, Commander, 36th Maintenance Group, Andersen AFB, Guam
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Colonel 1 September 2022
Lieutenant Colonel 1 September 2016
Major 1 September 2011
Captain 28 June 2005
First Lieutenant 28 June 2003
Second Lieutenant 28 June 2001
(Current as of August 2024)