Major Joshua ‘Beaker’ Chambers commissioned through AFROTC at Rochester Institute of Technology in 2002. He is a senior pilot weapons officer with more than 2,900 hours flying KC-135R / T and T-1A aircraft. He has completed operational tours in Southwest Asia, Caribbean, and Afghanistan, most recently as operations officer for forward-deployed KC-135 aircraft. Major Chambers brings a breadth of experience in squadron operations, interoperability, exercise evaluation and execution, and tanker planning and operations management. Major Chambers currently serves in the Air Operations Support branch at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar, Germany, where he develops NATO AAR doctrine and fosters interoperability and a unified AAR message for the Alliance.