Professor of Aerospace Studies

       Lieutenant Colonel Green is the Commander of Detachment 590 and Chair of the Department of Aerospace Studies.  He is responsible for recruiting, training, and educating Air Force officer candidates in preparation for active duty in the United States Air Force.

Lt Col Green entered the Air Force in 1993 via AFROTC with a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science.  He later received Master’s Degrees in Solar and Space Sciences and Business Administration.  Lt Col Green is a career weather officer who has held a variety of operational and staff assignments at the squadron, wing, major command, and Headquarters Air Force levels.  He has served in multiple positions overseas, to include tours in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea, and a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.  Most recently, Lt Col Green served as Chief, Space Operations Plans in the Air Force Weather Directorate at the Pentagon, where he was their space weather subject matter expert.  In that capacity, he advocated for the Department of Defense’s next generation weather satellite and worked closely with other federal agencies to improve environmental battlespace awareness for our nation.

Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies

 

Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies

sduckers@email.unc.edu

       Captain Steven P. Duckers currently holds the position of Recruiting Flight Commander at UNC-Chapel Hill. In this capacity, he is responsible for the recruitment and retention of highly qualified and motivated cadets.  Captain Duckers works closely with potential cadets and their parents to explain the AFROTC program and assist them in the scholarship application process.  He also works with area academic advisors ensuring high school students have the most up to date information about the opportunities that AFROTC provides.  Lastly, Captain Duckers instructs a curriculum to freshman and sophomore students covering the Air Force mission and the history of air and space power.  Captain Duckers was commissioned in 2008 through Officer Training School.  After OTS he was stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, where he was Communications Squadron Executive Officer as well as the Officer in Charge of the High Frequency Global Communications System Network Control Station West.  Captain Duckers has also spent 6 months as a deployed network operations Crew Commander in support of Operations ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM.

 

 TSgt Joshua Davis

 

        TSgt Joshua J. Davis is the NCOIC of Cadet Personnel Actions at UNC-Chapel Hill NC.  He is responsible for managing and updating personnel records for Cadre and Cadet Members.  Originally from Maryland, TSgt Davis enlisted as a Security Force Officer in 2001 and was assigned to Seymour Johnson AFB. There he became a proficient security patrolman and law enforcement control officer.  After an outstanding six years he retrained into the Personnelist career field and was relocated to Dover AFB.  TSgt Davis has completed five deployment tours which include: Cairo West Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and 2 Iraq tours.  Excited about the opportunity to have a part in the AFROTC program he looks forward to overseeing the cadet life cycle and ultimately their commissioning.

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       Technical Sergeant Angela Karaşahin currently holds the position of Noncommissioned Officer (NCOIC), Knowledge Operations Manager.  As NCOIC, Sergeant Karaşahin is responsible for the Records Management Program, security clearances, monitors/updates all cadet medical information, physicals, and oversees tuition, fees, and subsistence/textbook funds in excess.