BIOGRAPHY
Technical Sergeant Kirsten R. Brandes is the NCOIC of Operations for the 2d Audiovisual Squadron's Operating Location X at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2015 – March 2015, Trainee, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, TX
2. March 2015 – August 2015, Student, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, MD
3. August 2015 – December 2016, Broadcast Journalist, Air University Television, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
4. January 2017 – January 2018, Broadcast Journalist, AFN Incirlik, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
5. January 2018 – October 2018, Broadcast Journalist, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
6. October 2018 – June 2019, Broadcast Journalist, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Public Affairs, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
7. June 2019 – June 2020, Broadcast Journalist, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
8. June 2020 – June 2021, Military Visual Journalism Program, S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications, Syracuse University
9. June 2021 – October 2023, NCOIC of Command Information, Space Operations Command, Peterson Space Force Base, CO
10. November 2023 – Present, NCOIC of Operations, 2d Audiovisual Squadron - Operating Location X, Peterson Space Force Base, CO
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
2018 Video Story, 1st Place, United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa
2018 Military Videographer of the Year, 1st Place, United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa
2019 John Levitow Award, Ramstein Airman Leadership School
CONTACT INFORMATION
TSgt Kirsten Brandes
kirsten.brandes@spaceforce.mil
DSN: (719) 556-1382
