Staff Sergeant Daryl Moua is a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Training Instructor, Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Detachment 550, Troy, New York. He is responsible for the education and training of cadets along with providing mentorship to help shape future Air Force officers. He also assists in the management of cadets, overseeing cadet programs, financial pay for cadets, and the morale and well-being of the cadets.
Sergeant Moua enlisted in the Air Force in June 2014 as a computer programmer in Sacramento, California. He then pursued a career in intelligence having finished his training as a cryptologic language analyst in June 2020 and has experience holding a managerial position at a Department of Defense intelligence agency.
Prior to his current position, Sergeant Moua was a Cryptologic Language Analyst Supervisor in the 34th Intelligence Squadron at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
EDUCATION
2013 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science-International Relations, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.
2017 Airman Leadership School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 2014 – August 2018, Logistics Feasibility Analysis Capability Programming Analyst, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) Gunter Annex, Ala.
2. August 2018 – March 2020, Student, 314th Training Squadron, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.
3. March 2020 – July 2020, Student, 316th Training Squadron, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
4. July 2020 – January 2024, Cryptologic Language Analyst Supervisor, 34th Intelligence Squadron, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
5. January 2024 – Present, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Training Instructor, Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Detachment 550, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air and Space Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 Academic Achievement Award, Airman Leadership School
2020 Distinguished Graduate, Apprentice Cryptologic Language Analyst Korean Course
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman First Class June 2014
Senior Airman April 2016
Staff Sergeant April 2018
(Current as of February 2024)