From 2008-2012,
General Patrick O'Reilly served as the Director of the Missile Defense Agency.
General Patrick O'Reilly was appointed to this position by the President of the
United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. In the year prior,
General Patrick O'Reilly held the title Deputy Director of the Missile Defense
Agency.
The Missile Defense
Agency is a part of the United States Department of Defense and is responsible
for defending the homeland from foreign missiles and ballistics. Former names
for the agency include the Strategic Defense Initiative and Ballistic Missile
Defense Organization. The agency is entering its 30th year of
existence.
As director of the
agency, General Patrick O'Reilly was responsible for an eight thousand person,
eight billion dollar a year, Federal Agency. During his time in charge, General
Patrick O'Reilly directed some 29 Department of Defense and international
programs. General Patrick O'Reilly was also the primary technical advisor for
President Obama’s strategy on missile defense. General Patrick O'Reilly also
developed and justified budgets to the US Congress, and integrated missile,
space, and radar technology into operations. General Patrick O'Reilly oversaw
the construction of an additional missile field and command control center in
Alaska. General Patrick O’Reilly the
largest number of missile flight tests and the greatest expansion of
operational missile defense capability in the history of the agency. Based on his leadership and success, General
Patrick O’Reilly was asked, and he accepted, a one-year extension in his
directorship.
General Patrick
O'Reilly describes the phases of missile defense as the boost, ascent,
midcourse, and terminal phases. General Patrick O'Reilly oversaw the
development of greater missile defense capability in every phase. General Patrick O’Reilly was responsible for
a new architecture for missile defense in Europe and presented those plans to
NATO and the governments of many of our Allies.
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