Brigadier General Christopher Amrhein

Director of Operations and Communications Air Education & Training Command (AETC)

Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Amrhein serves as the Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. He is responsible for the world's largest training organization, providing initial skills, undergraduate flying, post graduate combat crew, and supplemental training for over 300,000 Air Force, joint and international personnel at 65 Air Force and Department of Defense locations. Brig. Gen. Amrhein provides strategic vision, policy, guidance, and advocacy to build, operate, secure, defend and extend the Air Force portion of the Department of Defense global network. Additionally, he executes force development policy to ensure the training, education, and experiences of Total Force Airmen achieve desired competencies to meet U.S. Air Force needs, providing the right Airman in the right place at the right time.

Brig. Gen. Amrhein entered the Air Force in 1996 after earning his commission as a distinguished graduate from the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at The University of Texas at Austin. He has served in operational and training assignments logging more than 3,200 hours in a variety of aircraft as well as commanding at the squadron and wing levels. Operationally, he has served in five geographic combatant command regions including contingency operations Allied Force, Joint Guardian, Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Juniper Micron, Freedom Sentinel and Resolute Support. Brig. Gen. Amrhein has served in multiple staff assignments at the joint, Headquarters Air Force, and major command levels. Prior to his current assignment, Brig. Gen. Amrhein served as the Commander to the Air Force Accessions Center and Recruiting Service.