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U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C ELIEUTENANT COLONEL PAIRIN SKAGGSLieutenant Colonel Pairin Skaggs is the Commander ofthe 51st Medical Operations Squadron, Osan Air Base,Republic of Korea. She is responsible for over 120military officers, enlisted, and civilians who deliver healthcare for over 11,000 beneficiaries in the Osan Air Basecommunity. The 51st Medical Operations Squadron isthe largest of four 51st Medical Group squadrons and iscomprised of five flights: Emergency Services, MentalHealth, Primary Care, Surgical Services, and DiagnosticImaging. Lieutenant Colonel Skaggs completed aBachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1990, and wascommissioned by ROTC Detachment 128 at theUniversity of Delaware. Her initial assignment was toLittle Rock Hospital, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, as aclinical nurse on the Medical-Surgical Unit. Choosing totransition to obstetrical nursing, she transferred to theLabor and Delivery Unit at Yokota Air Base, Japan, aftercompleting the Obstetric Short Course at Keesler AFB,Mississippi. Heading back to America, LieutenantColonel Skaggs continued as a Labor and Delivery nurse with the 1st Medical Group, LangleyAFB. From Langley she was selected for a career broadening assignment as a Flight Nurse withthe 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany, where she became aFlight Nurse Instructor and Chief of Pharmaceutical and Air Crew Scheduling. Following thiscareer broadening, Lieutenant Colonel Skaggs took on the challenge of Element Chief of the thirdlargest Labor and Delivery unit in the Air Force at the 96th Medical Group, Eglin AFB, Fl. Fromthere Lieutenant Colonel Skaggs enjoyed the opportunity of another career broadeningassignment as the Deputy Chief, Aeromedical Control Team, embedded with the 15th Air MobilitySquadron, Travis AFB, Ca, from where she was deployed to Al Udeid (CAOC), planning missionsfor OIF/OEF operations. After the deployment, PACAF recruited her for the position of FlightCommander of the Labor and Delivery Flight, and subsequently Deputy Squadron Commander ofthe Medical Operations Squadron and the newly formed Surgical Operations Squadron, 35thMedical Group, Misawa AB, Japan. Lieutenant Colonel Skaggs joined Team Osan, Osan AB,Republic of Korea in 2009 as 51st Medical Group Chief Nurse Executive. She was awarded thePACAF Major General Barbara C. Brannon Nursing Leadership Award in 2010.Lt Col Skaggs is married to Matthew P. McClafferty of Newark, Delaware.EDUCATION1990 Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.1996 Board certified Inpatient Obstetrics1997 Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.2005 Master of Health Sciences/Public Health, Touro University, California.2004 Graduate Air Command and Staff College (correspondence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

ASSIGNMENTS1. Oct 1990 – Mar 1992, Clinical Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit, Little Rock AFB, AR.2. 1992-1995, Clinical Nurse, Labor and Delivery Unit, 374th Medical Group, Yokota AB, Japan.3. 1995-1998, Clinical Nurse, Labor and Delivery Unit, Nurse, 1st Medical Group, Langley AFB,VA.4. 1998-2001, Flight Nurse, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany.5. 2001-2004, Element Leader, Labor and Delivery Unit, 96th Medical Group, Eglin AFB, FL.6. Jul 2004 – Jul 2006, 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, Travis AFB, CA.7. Jul 2006 – Jul 2009, Maternal Newborn Flight Commander, 35th Medical Group, Misawa AB,Japan.8. Jul 2009 – Jul 2011, Chief Nurse Executive, 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Korea9. Jul 2011 – Present, Commander, 51st Medical Support Squadron, Osan Air Base, KoreaMAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONSMeritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clustersAerial Achievement MedalAir Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clustersAir Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf clusterAir Force Outstanding Unit Award with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clustersCombat Readiness MedalNational Defense Service Medal with one bronze starArmed Forces Expeditionary MedalKosovo Campaign Medal with one bronze starGlobal War on Terrorism Service MedalKorean Defense Service MedalArmed Forces Service MedalAir Force Overseas Ribbon LongEFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONSecond Lieutenant May 1990First Lieutenant May 1992Captain Aug 1994Major May 2004Lieutenant Colonel Jun 2009(Current as of Mar 2010)