Detachment 665 Commander
Lieutenant Colonel Toby A. Andrews
Lieutenant Colonel Toby A. Andrews is the commander and professor of aerospace studies for the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 665, at the University of Cincinnati. In this capacity, he directs the recruiting, educating, training, and character building of students from among twelve universities and colleges for commissioning into the United States Air Force as second lieutenants.
Lieutenant Colonel Andrews was commissioned in 2006 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps upon graduating from Miami University in Oxfor, Ohio with a degree in secondary social studies education. He attained his master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2010. Lieutenant Colonel Andrews is a command pilot, having logged more than 1,900 hours primarily in rotary wing aircraft.
Throughout his career he has held various leadership positions including flight commander, chief of standardization and evaluation, assistant director of operations, and commander of a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape detachment. He deployed to Central Command’s Combined Air Operations Center in the Joint Personnel Recovery Center in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and the military operations that became Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. Most recently he was the operations officer, and then commander of the 36th Rescue Squadron, Fairchild AFB, Washington.
Education
2006 bachelor's degree in secondary social studies education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
2006 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2010 Master of Science, Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, OH
2012 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2019 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence.
Assignments
1. June 2006 – March 2007, commander’s support staff officer, 6th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL.
2. April 2007 – September 2007, student, undergraduate pilot training, 41st Flying Training Squadron, Columbus Air Force Base, MS.
3. September 2007 – June 2008, student, specialized undergraduate pilot training-helicopter, 23d Flying Training Squadron, Fort Novosel, AL.
4. June 2008 – September 2008, student UH-1N mission pilot qualification, 512th Rescue Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
5. October 2008 – April 2013, standardization & evaluation liaison officer, flight scheduling and training officer, assistant flight commander, flight commander, and chief, standardization & evaluation, 1st Helicopter Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, MD
6. May 2013 – June 2015, executive officer and deputy chief, group standardization & evaluation, 512th Rescue Squadron and 58th Operations Group, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (June 2014 – October 2014, watch supervisor, 609th Air Operations Center, Qatar)
7. June 2015 – May 2019, chief, group current operations and training, group executive officer, and assistant director of operations, 582d Operations Support Squadron, 37th Helicopter Squadron, and 582d Helicopter Group, Francis E. Warren AFB, WY.
8. May 2019 – June 2021, commander, 66th Training Squadron, Detachment 3, JB San Antonio-Lackland, TX.
9. June 2021 – June 2024, operations officer, then commander, 36th Rescue Squadron, Fairchild AFB, WA.
10. June 2024 – Present, commander, AFROTC Detachment 665, University of Cincinnati, OH.
Major Awards and Decorations
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Achievement
Medal Meritorious Unit Award
Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award with “V” device
Humanitarian Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Effective Dates of Promotion
Second Lieutenant, May 31, 2006
First Lieutenant, May 31, 2008
Captain, May 31, 2010
Major, Aug. 1, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel, Feb. 1, 2021