BIOGRAPHY

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Nastasi is the Senior Aerospace Science Instructor( SASI-July 1998), Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet Group MS781, Biloxi High School, Biloxi Mississippi.

He entered the Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) program, United States Marine Corps, on 7 March 1969 while attending Southeastern Louisiana University. He graduated from Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia on 28 August 1970 and was released from the Marine Corps on 23 November 1971 when he was selected to attend Officer Training School, U.S. Air Force, with follow-on pilot training. Lt Col Nastasi was commissioned from OTS, Lackland AFB, Texas on 21 March 1972 and received his pilot wings on 20 December 1972 from Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Lt Col Nastasi is a command pilot with over 2600 flying hours. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married to Dr. Deborah Fetter Nastasi, also from New Orleans, and they have two daughters, Mrs Kelly Nastasi Roundtree of  Clovis, New Mexico, whose husband, Capt Brad Roundtree is a pilot and flies the WC-130W gunships, and Ms Kimberly  Nastasi, of Ocean Springs, MS who is the CEO of the Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce.

EDUCATION

BA - Health and Physical Education, Southeastern Louisiana University, Dec 1971

AS - Occupational Safety and Health, Delgado College, Dec 1978

MS - Counseling and Human Development, Troy State Alabama, Dec 1985

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION

Squadron Officer School, In-Residance,1978

Air Command and Staff College, Seminar,1984

Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Correspondence, 1985

Air War College, Seminar, 1987

ASSIGNMENTS

Undergraduate Pilot Training, Ft Wolters, Texas, April - August 1972

Undergraduate Pilot Training, Ft Rucker, Alabama, August - December 1972

Pilot Training, Hill AFB, Utah, January - August 1973

Combat Rescue Co-Pilot, 40th ARRS, Nakhon Phanom, RTAFB, Thailand, September 1973 - September 1974

Squadron Aircraft Commander, 55th ARRS, Eglin AFB, Florida, September 1974 - March 1978

Squadron Helicopter Test Project Pilot, 6514th Test Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah March 1978 - September 1981

OIC Aircrew Evaluations, Detachment 24, Eglin AFB, Florida, September 1981 - September 1985

Commander, 3386th Student Squadron, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, September 1985 - September 1987

Deputy Commander, 3305th Student Group, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, September 1987 - October 1991

Commander, Military Training Flight, 3410th TTS, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, October 1991 - August 1992

Assistant Professor and Professor of Military Studies, Detachment 432, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg Mississippi, August 1992 - June 1996

Commander, Military Training Flight, 81st TRSS, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, June 1996 - July 1998

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Air Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster

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