Lt Col Mathew Beck

About

Lieutenant Colonel Mathew Beck, representing the U.S. Space Force, is a National Security Affairs Fellow for the academic year 2022-23 at the Hoover Institution.

Lieutenant Colonel Beck is a space operations officer with a focus on satellite command and control. Most recently, he commanded a National Reconnaissance Office squadron which conducted continuous command, control, and communication operations for multiple satellite systems. He also served on the Air Force Space Command staff as a member of the Space Force stand-up team. He has deployed to Southwest Asia on the Director of Space Forces staff and was an instructor at the Air Force Weapons School.

Lieutenant Colonel Beck graduated from the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Arts in Operations Management. He also holds a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, as well as a Master of Military Operational Art and Science from Air University, and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.