Col Michael L. Boswell is the Director of Customer Operations Directorate at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He is responsible for providing customer relations management for the worldwide procurement, supply, and distribution of fuels for the DoD, combatant commands, federal, and joint agencies. He is charged with directing and managing the integration, development, implementation, and oversight of all customer relationship management activities and execution of the customer operations program in accordance with DLA strategic policy to provide comprehensive energy solutions in the most effective and efficient manner possible.
Col Boswell was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. He earned his Bachelor of Arts with honors from Auburn University at Montgomery and commissioned from Alabama State University in 2001. He holds three master’s degrees, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island (with honors) and the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Washington, District of Columbia, and is an award-winning author with publications in several professional journals. Col Boswell is married to Katherine Boswell and he has three daughters, Kaia, Elena and Annalise, and three sons, Michael John, Alexander, and Cameron.
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama
2001 Aerospace Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2007 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2009 Master of Science, Leadership, Education and Communication, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
2010 Advanced Logistics Readiness Officer Course, Fort Dix, New Jersey
2011 Air Command and Staff College, Correspondence
2013 Master of Arts, Strategic Security and Strategic Studies, College of Naval Command and Staff (Residence), Newport, RI
2017 Air War College, Correspondence
2019 Enterprise Logistics Course (LOG 420), Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2021 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia
2023 Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
- September 2001 – October 2004, Fuels Management Flight Commander and Vehicle Management Flight Commander, 314th Logistics Readiness Squadron (Provisional), Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
- October 2004 – October 2005, Chief, Logistics Plans, 463rd Airlift Group, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
- October 2005 – January 2008, Education Officer and Commandant of Cadets, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 465, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
- January 2008 – February 2009, Readiness Flight Commander, Deployment and Distribution Flight Commander and Installation Deployment Officer, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- February 2009 – February 2010, Deployment and Distribution Flight Commander, Materiel Management Flight Commander and Installation Deployment Officer, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
- February 2010 – July 2010, Operations Officer, 509th LRS, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- July 2010 – July 2012, Chief, Logistics Transformation, Headquarters US Air Forces in Europe A4/7, Ramstein AB, Germany
- July 2012 – June 2013, Student, College of Naval Command and Staff, Newport, Rhode Island
- June 2013 – June 2015, Commander, 100th LRS, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
- June 2015 – July 2018, Commander, 96th LRS, Eglin AFB, Florida
- August 2018 – July 2020, Deputy Director of Logistics, US Air Forces Central Command, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
- August 2020 – August 2021, Deputy Air Force National Account Manager, Headquarters Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- September 2021 – July 2022, Air Force National Account Manager, HQ DLA, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- August 2022 – June 2023, Student, Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
- July 2023 – Present, Director of Customer Operations Directorate, DLA-Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
- August 2020 – August 2021, Deputy Air Force National Account Manager, Headquarters Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as a colonel
- September 2021 – July 2022, Air Force National Account Manager, HQ DLA, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as a colonel
- July 2023 – Present, Director of Customer Operations Directorate, DLA-Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as a colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Joint Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2013 Distinguished Graduate Award, Naval Command and Staff College
2013 Naval War College Distinguished Intelligence Graduate Award: Admiral IKE KIDD
2017 Air Force General Thomas P. Gerrity Logistics Award
OCCUPATIONAL BADGES
Logistics Readiness Officer (Master)
PUBLICATIONS
“What is Air-Sea Battle and Why Should I Care?,” Exceptional Release, Logistics Officer Association, Spring 2013
“Air Force Logistics: An Enabler or Casualty in Cyber-Warfare,” Exceptional Release, Logistics Officer Association, Summer 2013
“COMMENTARY: Importance of Cyber, rules of engagement in social media,” Air Force News Service, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, September 2013
“COMMENTARY: Leading by innovation and efficiencies in a new era of fiscal change,” Air Force News Service, RAF Mildenhall, U.K., January 2014
“COMMENTARY: Sexual Assault: It’s not ‘the’ Air Force’s problem, it’s ‘our’ Air Force’s problem,” Air Force News Service, RAF Mildenhall, U.K., April 2014
“Organizational Compliance Model: One perspective on how to make your unit mission ready!” Exceptional Release, Logistics Officer Association, Winter 2015
“COMMENTARY: Toxic Followership: Who, what is it?
“The Anatomy of a Toxic Follower,” Exceptional Release, Logistics Officer Association, Fall 2016
“COMMENTARY: Effective followership: A path for all Airmen,” Air Force News Service, Eglin AFB, Florida, November 2017
“COMMENTARY: Innovation –making life better,” Air Force News Service, Eglin AFB, Florida, December 2017
“Work-Life Balance, What is it, and how do I get some?” Exceptional Release, Logistics Officer Association, Fall 2019
“The US Military and Servant Leadership: An Examination of Whether the Two Are Truly Compatible” Exceptional Release, Logistics Officer Association, Fall 2020
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Logistics Officer Association
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant August 25, 2001
First Lieutenant August 25, 2003
Captain August 25, 2005
Major October 1, 2011
Lieutenant Colonel October 1, 2016
Colonel June 1, 2022
(Current as of April 2025)