Lieutenant Colonel Terry Wohlfiel is the Commander, Air Force ROTC Detachment 930, at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is responsible to the university president and the AFROTC Commander for recruiting, training, motivating and educating Air Force officer candidates. He is the senior Air Force officer on campus with dual responsibilities as Detachment Commander and Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Studies with rank of full professor, effective August 2007.

Lt Colonel Wohlfiel received his commission from the United States Air Force Academy in May 1986. During his 21 year career as a Communications-Information Systems Officer, he has served in a broad spectrum of command levels spanning across four major commands and three joint commands. His most recent deployment was in 2005, where he served in Qatar for 130 days as the Combined Air Operations Center Systems Chief, leading 120 personnel supporting all communications systems and services for the operations center prosecuting joint air operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Director of Communications Systems, Joint Task Force Civil Support, United States Northern Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Nov 1986 – Dec 1990, C4 Systems Plans Officer, HQ Airlift Communications Division, Scott AFB, IL

Jan 1991 – Jun 1992, Chief of Maintenance, 406th Communications Squadron, Zaragoza AB, Spain

Jul 1992 – Apr 1995, Chief, Operations Branch; Chief, Support Flight; and Commander, 435th Communications Squadron, Rhein-Main AB, Germany

May 1995 - May 1998, Chief, Network Requirements; Command Program Manager; and Chief, Network Applications and Integration Section, Air Force Space Command Communications Support Squadron, Peterson AFB, CO

May 1998 – Jun 2001, Chief, Communications Division, HQ US Military Entrance Processing Command, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, North Chicago, IL

Oct 2001 - Oct 2004, Chief, Operations, Exercises and Training Section; Executive Officer; and Chief, Information Security Section, HQ Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (NATO), Naples, Italy

Oct 2004 – Jun 2006, Chief, Integration Systems Division; and Chief, Warfighting Systems Division, Communications Directorate, HQ Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, VA

Jun 2006 – Jun 2007, Director, Communications Systems, Joint Task Force Civil Support, US Northern Command, Fort Monroe, VA

Aug 2007 - Present, Commander, AFROTC Detachment 930, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Air Force Achievement Medal

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

AF Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters

AF Organizational Excellence Award with two oak leaf clusters

National Defense Service Medal with bronze star

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

AF Overseas Ribbon Short

AF Overseas Ribbon Long with oak leaf cluster

Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon

AF Longevity Service with silver oak leaf cluster

Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol)

AF Training Ribbon

NATO Medal with bronze star

Second Lieutenant, May 28, 1986

First Lieutenant, May 28, 1988

Captain, May 28, 1990

Major, Feb 1, 1998

Lieutenant Colonel, Apr 1, 2003