DR. LING YUNG

Dr. Ling Yung is the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training and the Chief Learning Officer. In this role, Dr. Yung serves as the principal senior authority on the development of Department of Defense (DoD) policy on all issues related to military education and training across the Joint Force. His responsibilities include professional military education, military and joint training policy, training capability modernization, military and joint exercises policy, and language programs.

Prior to becoming the DoD Chief Learning Officer, Dr. Yung served as the Deputy Chief Learning Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. He previously served in DoD as the founding Director of Force Development at Headquarters, United States (U.S.) Space Force. From 2011 to 2018, Dr. Yung held a variety of learning and development positions at the National Defense University, including Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Strategic Studies, Core Course Director, and Director of the Executive Assessment and Development Program.

Dr. Yung began his career in public service as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Program. For more than 25 years, he held numerous leadership positions in U.S. Air Force space and missile operations, including Deputy Commander for Space and Missile Analysis at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center and Commander of a Space Operations Squadron and an Air Force Installation. He has also served on the Joint Staff; at Headquarters, U.S. Space Command, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Pacific Air Forces; and at the Air Force Electronic Systems Center, retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 2015 at the rank of Colonel.

Dr. Yung holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Michigan State University and advanced degrees from the U.S. Air Force Air Command & Staff College and U.S. Marine Corps War College, as well as a Doctorate degree from The George Washington University.