Lt Col Bradley Maxon
Commander, Professor of Aerospace Studies
Lieutenant Colonel Bradley G. Maxon is the Commander, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 585 and Department Chair/Professor of Aerospace Studies at Duke University. He is responsible for overseeing the recruitment and preparation of officer candidates through a comprehensive education and training program. This program develops and produces professional leaders of character, who are dedicated to serving the nation, while leading the United States Air Force and the United States Space Force in the 21st century.
In 2005, Lt Col Maxon commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Northern Arizona University. He is an RC-135V/W Evaluator Electronic Warfare Officer with extensive operational and combat experience. Lt Col Maxon has served in a variety of roles including formal training unit instructor, operational test and evaluation branch chief, director of operations, expeditionary reconnaissance squadron commander and deputy operations group commander. He holds a Master of Business Administration from American Military University, a Test and Evaluation Practitioner Certification from Defense Acquisition University and has completed Air War College and Air Command and Staff College by correspondence with Air University. Lt Col Maxon has deployed in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, SPARTAN SHIELD and ATLANTIC RESOLVE.
Major Joseph Schneider
Operations Officer, Visiting Associate Professor of Aerospace Studies
Major Joseph A. Schneider is the Operations Officer, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 585, at Duke University. He is responsible for cadet training, student professional development, and the instruction of the 300 level Aerospace Studies curriculum.
Maj Schneider commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Cedarville University, cross-town to Wright State University, in 2005. He is a Security Forces Officer with command and deployed experience in Kuwait and Afghanistan. Maj Schneider has served in a broad range of roles including several Flight Commander and Operations Officer roles; Convoy Commander; Security Forces Logistics Officer and Emergency Special Teams Officer-in-Charge; Executive Officer to the Wing Commander; Director of Staff; Mission Assurance Assessments Team Lead; Squadron Commander; and Major Command Staff Deputy Branch Chief. He holds a Bachelor of International Studies: Social Sciences degree from Cedarville University and a Master of Homeland Security and Defense degree from Naval Postgraduate School. He completed Air Command and Staff College by correspondence and participated in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, OCTAVE QUARTZ, and ALLIES REFUGE/ALLIES WELCOME.
Captain Andrew Pope
Recruiting Officer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies
Captain Andrew Pope currently serves as the Recruiting Officer for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 585 at Duke University. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all officer candidate recruitment efforts and instructing the 100-level Aerospace Studies curriculum.
Captain Pope commissioned in March 2017 through Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Prior to commissioning, he served 4.5 years as an enlisted member, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant (E-5). During his enlisted tenure, he worked as a Client Systems Technician within a contingency response group, where he supported humanitarian aid missions, security forces augmentation, expeditionary network deployments, and presidential communications across the Indo-Pacific region.
As a commissioned officer, Captain Pope has held various leadership and operational roles within the cyberspace domain. He has served as both an Offensive and Defensive Cyberspace Operator and contributed to critical network operations. While stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, he was the Deputy Flight Commander (Operations) for the 55th Communications Squadron, leading network operations and Mission Defense Teams supporting the 55th Wing. He later served at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, as a Cyberspace Operator, Flight Commander for Operations Training, and Executive Officer for the 67th Cyberspace Wing.
Captain Pope holds a Master of Science in Information Security Operations from Champlain College. He also maintains several industry-recognized certifications, including the GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) and Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA).
He began his current assignment at Detachment 585, Duke University, in June 2025.
Technical Sergeant Austin Rozelle-Murphy
Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Visiting Lecturer
Technical Sergeant Austin Rozelle-Murphy is from Boston, Massachusetts, and is the Non-commissioned Officer in Charge and Visiting Lecturer for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 585 at Duke University. She is responsible for overseeing a wide array of administrative functions; to include: scholarship retention, financial programs, student advisement, enrollment, and much more.
TSgt Rozelle-Murphy is an Air Transportation Craftsman and core Logistics Specialist. She enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in November 2014, after completing Basic Military Training from Joint-Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Throughout her career, she has served in a variety of roles, to include unit deployment manager, joint airlift inspector, hazmat material preparer, and aerial port operations instructor. Her enlisted tour of duty includes a combat deployment to Iraq in 2021 in support of OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, where she was responsible for all passenger and cargo movement into and out of theatre at Erbil Air Base, Iraq.
Prior to this assignment, she has also operationally deployed to Bahrain and Burkina-Faso as well as to support humanitarian operations in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. She most recently served as the Ramp Operations Supervisor at Travis Air Force Base, California, where she was responsible for over a hundred personnel overseeing logistics movements for the Air Force’s “Gateway to the Pacific”.
Technical Sergeant Precious Tonkins
Director of Personnel and Administration, Visiting Lecturer
Technical Sergeant Tonkins is the Director of Personnel and a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Aerospace Studies. Her responsibilities include ensuring that the Detachment complies with personnel policies, directives, and procedures.
TSgt Tonkins enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in November 2014 as a Materiel Management Specialist, she is responsible for leading teams of airmen in inventory management, storage and distribution, and data management. Her role is pivotal to the compliance, safety, and effectiveness of the supply chain systems which support flying missions around the globe. In her ten years as an airman, she has held various roles, such as aircraft parts store technician, decentralized material support supervisor, customer support supervisor, and logistics degree program manager. During her last assignment at Maxwell Air Force Base, she supervised the quality control of degree plans and awarding mechanisms for the Community College of the Air Force's curriculums including logistics, medical supply, and fuels distribution competencies.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, from Campbell University. She has deployed twice in support of the GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR and OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE. Technical Sergeant Tonkins assumed her duties at Detachment 585 in October 2024.