Adjunct Senior International/Defense Policy Researcher
Stephen W. (Steve) Oliver, Jr. is an adjunct senior international/defense policy researcher at RAND. He joined RAND in 2021 after retiring from the Air Force as a Major General. His 31-years of Air Force service included worldwide operational and combat flying as a KC-135 and C-130 navigator, as well as diverse Air Force and Joint executive leadership positions in strategy, policy, plans, programs and logistics; executive leader/officer talent management, human capital/workforce development, education and training; and international affairs/security cooperation. He gained extensive interagency, international and regional experience in leadership roles at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. Transportation Command, and multiple overseas assignments in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
MA in organizational management, George Washington University; MA in national security and strategic studies, Air War College; MA in military operational art and science, Air Command and Staff College; MS in aeronautical science, Embry-Riddle University; BS in electrical engineering, Clarkson University
Board Member, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) National Board of Directors
