South Carolina National Guard

Brig. Gen. Scott Williams is the Director of Joint Staff, South Carolina National Guard in Columbia, S.C. He serves as a senior advisor to the adjutant general of South Carolina on matters of training, manning, and readiness for over 10,500 Army and Air National Guard personnel to accomplish all federal and state missions.

General Williams was commissioned through the ROTC at Georgia Institute of Technology where he earned his bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering. He graduated from undergraduate pilot training in 1986 and is a command pilot with more than 3,985 hours flying military aircraft in PACAF, USAFE, ACC, AETC, and the ANG. He served as an F-16 fighter pilot, instructor pilot and evaluator pilot, and has over 300 combat hours flying missions in Operations Provide Comfort, Deny Flight, Southern Watch, and Iraqi Freedom. General Williams has held several Air Staff positions. At the Pentagon, he was the F-16 Program Element Monitor, Fighter Requirements Branch Chief, and CSAF briefing team chief. At the National Guard Bureau, he served in Fighter Requirements and Acquisitions, Operations Training, as the F-16 Budget Programmer, and the Programs Division Chief.

Prior to assuming his current position, General Williams commanded the 169th Fighter Wing, an F-16 wing which specializes in Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (S/DEAD), and which consists of over 1,350 ANG and Active Duty personnel in an Active Associate construct. In addition, he served as the Base Commander of McEntire Joint National Guard Base. He is the immediate past chairman of the ANG's F-16 Weapon System Council which provides strategic advice to National Guard Bureau senior leadership on ANG F-16 field issues.

• 1984 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
• 1989 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• 1997 Air Command and Staff College (by Pentagon seminar), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• 1997 Master of Science in Aeronautical Science Technology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• 2004 Air War College (by Pentagon seminar), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• 2006 Master of Arts Degree in National Resource Strategy, ICAF, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington DC
• 2012 Capstone, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington DC
• 2012 - Joint Task Force Commander’s Course, NORTHCOM, Colorado Springs, CO

• Legion of Merit
• Meritorious Service Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster
• Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster
• Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
• Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
• Joint Meritorious Unit Award
• AF Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
• Combat Readiness Medal with one oak leaf cluster
• National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star
• Southwest Asia Service Medal with three bronze stars
• Iraq Campaign Medal with one bronze star
• Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
• Korean Defense Service Medal
• AF Overseas Ribbon Short
• AF Overseas Ribbon Long with one oak leaf cluster
• AF Longevity Service with one silver oak leaf cluster
• Armed Forces Reserve Medal with one silver hour glass and one M device

• March 1985 - August 1988, Undergraduate Pilot, T-38 Instructor Pilot, 50th Flying Training Squadron, Columbus Air Force Base, MS
• August 1988 – June 1989, Instructor Pilot, RSU Monitor, 560th Flight Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, TX
• June 1989 – August 1989, Student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
• August 1989 – October 1990, T-38 Instructor/Evaluator Pilot, Safety Officer, RSU Controller, 560th Flight Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, TX
• October 1990 – August 1991, Replacement Training Unit Student, F-16 Flying Training Unit, MacDill Air Force Base, FL
• August 1991 - December 1994, F-16 Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, 23rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
• December 1994 - November 1996, F-16 Instructor Pilot and Flight Evaluator, Assistant Director of Operations, 36th Fighter Squadron and Wing Scheduler, 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea
• November 1996 - October 1999, F-16 Program Element Monitor and Fighter Branch Chief, AF/XORC Directorate of Operational Requirements, and CSAF Operations Briefing Team Chief, Pentagon, Washington DC
• October 1999 - October 2000, (Transitioned to ANG) F-16 Program Manager, ANG/AQ, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, VA
• October 2000 - October 2001, F-16 Instructor Pilot, 157th Fighter Squadron, McEntire ANGS, SC
• October 2001 – June 2002, ANG Fighter Training Officer, ANG Operations Directorate, Arlington, VA
• June 2002 – June 2004, Chief, Combat Forces Branch, ANG Readiness Center, Arlington, VA
• June 2004 – June 2005, Chief, Plans and Programs Division, ANG Readiness Center, Arlington, VA
• June 2005 - June 2006, Student, National Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, DC
• June 2006 – February 2008, Commander, 169th Operations Group, McEntire JNGB, SC
• February 2008 - January 2012, Commander, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire JNGB, SC
• January 2012 - Present, Director of the Joint Staff, SCNG, Columbia, SC
   

Rating: Command pilot

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

• Second Lieutenant Nov. 2, 1984
• First Lieutenant Nov. 2, 1986
• Captain Nov. 2, 1988
• Major Aug. 1, 1996
• Lieutenant Colonel Oct. 13, 2001
• Colonel June 30, 2005
• Brigadier General July 30, 2010