Col Kristina Driggers is IMA to the Commander of Detachment 9, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. She acts as the Reserve Advisor to the Commander, who is responsible for synchronizing installation and mission support capabilities, to include oversight, guidance, training and resources in support of 70,000 personnel in 17 wings under Headquarters Air Mobility Command. This includes personnel readiness, mission support manpower, financial services and resources, installation engineering, physical security, and base communications plant maintenance for the support of more than $24 billion in facilities and infrastructure at 23 continental U.S. and overseas en route locations in support of both AMC and Air Forces Transportations strategic airlift mission. Col Driggers is also Acting Deputy Director for the Department of the Air Force Integrated Resilience Office, responsible for all matters relating to the strategic planning, research and development, and implementation of the Air Force resiliency programs to optimize Airmen and Guardian performance.
Col Driggers enlisted in the Air Force in July 1997 and graduated from technical training at Shepard AFB, Texas in September 1997. She was a Medical Administration Services troop at Eglin Air Force Base. She joined the Reserve in July 2001 at Duke Field where she promoted to Staff Sergeant and was selected for the Commissioning Airmen Program. She graduated from the Academy of Military Science at McGhee-Tyson in February 2003 and served as an Equal Opportunity Officer for Duke Field. She transitioned to the Selective Service System from 2005 until 2007 and went on to work on the Air Staff, where she stood up the Office of Functional Area Manager Oversight for Personnel. She deployed to CENTCOM Headquarters in 2010 for 18 months and took a follow-on position as the Operations Officer and “Acting” Commander for the 927th Force Support Squadron at MacDill. Col Driggers supported Operations NOBLE EAGLE, IRAQI FREEDOM, and ENDURING FREEDOM. She went on to serve as the Chief of Force Transformation for the Office of the Air Force Reserve, where she was instrumental to the development of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force directed Total Force operational utilization and stress measures reported to Congress. Col Driggers moved on as the Chief of Individual Reservist (IR) Operations in Stuttgart, Germany to manage the ADCON of 318 EUCOM, AFRICOM, USAFE-AFAFRICA and NATO IR’s. She went on to serve as the Director of Personnel and Commanders Support Staff for 22nd Air Force, Dobbins ARB, Georgia where she was responsible for the direct oversight of Force Management, Career Development, and Training programs for 7 Wings and 7 Direct Report Units. Col Driggers departed the 22nd to take Command of the 94th Force Support Squadron, Dobbins ARB, Georgia as the host Wing for a multi-tenant installation. Prior to her current position, Col Driggers was Executive Officer to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs where she supported the oversight of manpower, military and civilian personnel programs, Reserve component affairs and readiness for 700,000 Total Force members of the Department of the Air and Space Forces.
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Fla.
2002 Airman Leadership School, by correspondence
2002 Associate of Applied Science, Health Services Management, CCAF, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Academy of Military Science, Reserve Commissioning Program, Knoxville, Tenn.
2007 Reserve Joint Officer Leadership Development Seminar, Washington, D.C.
2007 Global Command Control Systems-Joint and Warfighting Planning Course, Washington, D.C.
2008 Master of Business Administration, Strayer University, Woodbridge, Va.
2008 DCAPES MAJCOM Functional Area Manager Course, Washington, D.C.
2010 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2021 AFRC Squadron Commanders Course, Robins AFB, Ga.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 2003–January 2004, Personnel Officer, Equal Opportunity Office, 919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Fla.
2. November 2004–June 2007, Area Office Coordinator, Selective Service System, Baltimore, Md.
3. July 2007–July 2009, Deputy Chief, Air Expeditionary Force Branch, Headquarters Air Force, Manpower and Personnel,
Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
4. July 2009–March 2012, Air Expeditionary Force Branch Chief, Headquarters Air Force, Manpower, Personnel and Services,
Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (September 2010 – September 2011, Officer-in-Charge In-Processing Center, Manpower and
Personnel Directorate, United States Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.); (October 2011 – April 2012, Air Force Desk
Officer-Individual Augmentee Branch, Manpower and Personnel Directorate, United States Central Command, MacDill
AFB, Fla.)
5. April 2012–June 2013, Operations Officer, 927th Force Support Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla. (January 2013 – June 2013,
Acting Commander)
6. June 2013–October 2017, Chief of Force Transformation, Directorate of Personnel, Office of Air Force Reserve, Pentagon,
Arlington, Va.
7. November 2017–May 2020, Chief of Individual Readiness Operations, Readiness and Integration Organization Detachment
8, Air Reserve Personnel Center, Stuttgart, Germany.
8. June 2020–September 2021, Director, Manpower and Personnel/Commander Support Staff, 22nd Air Force, Dobbins Air
Reserve Base, Ga.
9. September 2021–October 2022, Commander, 94th Force Support Squadron, Dobbins ARB, Ga.
10. October 2022–October 2023, Executive Officer, Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Pentagon,
Arlington, Va.
11. November 2023–Present, IMA to the Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Command, Detachment 9,
Scott AFB, Ill. (November 2023 – Present, Acting Deputy Director, DAF Integrated Resilience, Director of Staff for
Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Arlington, Va.)
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Member, Air Force Association
Permanent member, Reserve Officers’ Association
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant February 21, 2003
First Lieutenant February 21, 2005
Captain February 21, 2007
Major March 14, 2012
Lieutenant Colonel September 7, 2018
Colonel November 1, 2023