United States Strategic Command
John Varilek has extensive work experience in the United States Air Force and United States Strategic Command. John most recently served as the Chief of the Nuclear Mission Planning Division at the United States Strategic Command. Prior to that, they held roles such as Commander at the 608 Air Operations Center and Division Chief at the Air Force Global Strike Operations Center Strategic Plans. John also has experience as a Graduate Student at the Air War College, Chief of the Standoff Munitions Application Center, and Director of Operations for the 11BS. Earlier in their career, they served as a Strike Advisor at the United States Strategic Command and as a student at the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology. John began their career in the United States Air Force as a B-52 student, co-pilot, aircraft commander, and instructor pilot, and they also served in roles as a UPT student, B-1 student, WSO/IWSO, and navigator student.
John Varilek has a strong educational background, with a focus on strategic studies, systems engineering, aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology, and meteorology. In 1998, they obtained their Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Later, from 2006 to 2011, they pursued a Master's Degree in Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In 2010 and 2011, they attended the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, earning a Master's Degree in Systems Engineering. Most recently, in 2019, they completed studies at the USAF Air Command and Staff College, specializing in Strategic Studies.
United States Strategic Command
This is the Official U.S. Strategic Command LinkedIn page. Located at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb., U.S. Strategic Command is one of 11 unified commands in the Department of Defense. The commander of USSTRATCOM serves as the senior commander of unified military forces from all four branches of the military assigned to the command. The USSTRATCOM commander is the leader, steward and advocate of the nation's strategic capabilities. USSTRATCOM integrates and coordinates the necessary command and control capability to provide support with the most accurate and timely information for the President, the Secretary of Defense, other national leadership and combatant commanders. USSTRATCOM combines the synergy of the U.S. legacy nuclear command and control mission with responsibility for space operations; global strike; global missile defense; and global command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR). This dynamic command gives national leadership a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats around the world and the means to respond to those threats rapidly. Mission USSTRATCOM deters strategic attack and employs forces, as directed, to guarantee the security of our nation and our allies. Vision One innovative USSTRATCOM warfighting team deterring conflict and delivering decisive capabilities from, in and through all domains wherever and whenever needed. Priorities Above all else, we will provide Strategic Deterrence If deterrence fails, we are prepared to deliver a Decisive Response We will do this with a resilient, equipped and trained Combat-Ready Force