Ronald J. Moeller
Mr. Ronald J. Moeller is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Strategic Readiness. In this capacity, he oversees strategic readiness assessments, warfighter development, including joint training and exercises, and individual and collective joint warfighter training and education; and readiness implications within the Department’s resourcing processes driving readiness-informed outcomes across current and future resourcing cycles.
Mr. Moeller’s 38 years of service include both military and civilian roles. He first enlisted in the Air Force as an intelligence specialist. Following active-duty service, he was selected for the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Civilian Excepted Career Program and held roles in the Defense Clandestine Service, which is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Directorate for Intelligence (J2), and with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Following September 11, 2001,he deployed continuously overseas as a CIA paramilitary operations officer, with multiple assignments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Bosnia, and other locations.
In his final CIA role, Mr. Moeller served as the CIA Director’s representative to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell. After a brief four-month retirement, he returned to Kabul, Afghanistan as the senior advisor to the Commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Forces Command.
Mr. Moeller has an M.A. in International Relations from Webster University, a B.S. and an A.S. in Management from Park College, and an A.A.S. from the Community College of the Air Force. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Air War College Seminar Program and the Armed Forces Staff College.
He is the recipient of two U.S. Army Superior Civilian Service Awards, a Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award, numerous Director of National Intelligence, DIA, and CIA commendations and awards, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, two U.S. Air Force Commendation Medals, and the U.S. Army’s Combat Action Badge.