Jerry Gay
Adjunct Instructor
Jerry Gay Lt Col Jerry W. Gay is the Division Chief for EUCOM’s JIOCEUR Analytic Center Russia All-Domains Division where he leads 104 joint service personnel across five branches providing 24/7 indications and warning for US and Allied forces, Combatant Commands, and the Intelligence Community.
Lt Col Gay enlisted in the Air Force in 1992. After Basic Military Training, he attended the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center on way to becoming an airborne cryptologic linguist. In 2005, following graduation from University of Tennessee, then TSgt Gay earned his commission through the Airman Education and Commissioning Program as a USAF Intelligence Officer.
A USAF Weapons School graduate, Lt Col Gay served in ISR positions at National Agency, Combatant Command, and Wing[1]level and below, to include multiple assignments with joint special operations organizations. Throughout his career, Lt Col Gay accumulated more than 2,500 flight hours and nearly 1,000 combat hours on various intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft. He deployed numerous times to U.S. Central Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Pacific Command to include flying in support of Operations ALLIED FORCE, NORTHERN WATCH, SOUTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, NEW DAWN, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, and INHERENT RESOLVE.
Lt Col Gay holds a Master of Business Administration from the George Mason University School of Business. Additionally, he earned a Master of Arts in Strategic Intelligence from America Military University and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science Degree from the Air Command and Staff College.
Faculty Profile
Classes Taught:
- INSS 3310: Intel & Counterterrorism
- INSS 4350: Selected Problems in Intel
- INSS 5310: Intel & Counterterrorism
- INSS 5380: Selected Problems in Intel