Maj Gen Eric Vollmecke is a Senior Fellow with the Flatter Executive Cadre.
Major General, U.S. Air Force.
Summary: Maj. Gen. Vollmecke currently serves as the Deputy Director for Political-Military Affairs Africa for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. He provides strategic direction, policy guidance, and planning focus to develop and execute the National Military Strategy. Through the Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, he enables the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide military advice to the President, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. General Vollmecke was commissioned in 1982 through the Reserve Officer Training Corp program at The Citadel. He began his career as a communications officer which culminated at Headquarters, United States Air Force Staff leading system development initiatives on the Worldwide Military Command and Control System. In 1987, he transitioned to the West Virginia Air National Guard and earned his pilot wings. He has held numerous leadership and command positions at the squadron, wing, State, and major staff levels while also balancing a corporate career in the technology field. General Vollmecke has served in tactical and operational roles in Panama, Desert Shield/Storm, Bosnia, Kosovo, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom including commanding the 451st AEG, Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2005.
