Air Force ROTC Det 440

The cadre consists of four officers: a commander (Professor of Aerospace Studies) and three academic instructors (Assistant Professors of Aerospace Studies). The cadre staff includes two Noncommissioned Officers who provide mission support and military training expertise for the cadets. The cadre and staff bring a wealth of real-world Air Force experience to their classrooms.

Lieutenant Colonel Wayne E. Doherty
Commander
Lieutenant Colonel Wayne E. Doherty is the Commander of Air Force ROTC Detachment 440 and Professor and Department Chair of Aerospace Studies at the University of Missouri (MU). He is responsible for recruiting, training and commissioning all AFROTC cadets on the MU-Columbia campus as well as cadets from 6 other “cross-town” colleges in the mid-Missouri region.

Lt Col Doherty received his commission as an AFROTC Distinguished Graduate through the University of Vermont in 1990. Before assuming his current position, he served as the Operations Officer and Deputy Installation Commander for the 10th Space Warning Squadron, Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota. Lt Col Doherty is a Master Space and Missile Operator with 19 years of active military service controlling operations for various Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, satellite, and ground-based missile warning and space surveillance systems. Additionally, he has served as the Air Force’s Chief of International Air Attaché Affairs at the Pentagon, and as an Instructor and the Chief of Joint Space Operations at the US Army Command and General Staff College. He holds a Masters Degree in Space Systems Management from Webster University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Vermont. He assumed his present position in July 2009.

Major Charles Dennison
Education Officer

Captain Anthony Anderson
Commandant of Cadets

Captain Nicole Provolt
Unit Admissions Officer

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