Background
Smith, James Earl was born on January 10, 1973 in Aurora, Colorado, United States. Son of James Raymond and Gaylene Joy (Green) Smith.
Smith, James Earl was born on January 10, 1973 in Aurora, Colorado, United States. Son of James Raymond and Gaylene Joy (Green) Smith.
Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, 1997. Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999.
Draper fellow Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997-1999. Chief, spacecraft systems analysis 2d Space Operations Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, 1999—2002. Air force intern The Pentagon, Washington, 2002—2003.
Chief space control demonstration operations flight, space superiority materiel wing Los Angeles Air Force Base, 2003—2005, wing executive officer space superiority materiel wing, 2005—2006. Chief, space operations division Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, since 2006. Major United States Air Force, since 1997.
God is literally the father of every human being. He has a body, and emotions like human beings. Therefore it is possible to have very close and personal relationship between God and each individual.
Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronomical Society, Sigma Gamma Tau, Tau Beta Pi (chapter president 1996-1997), Sigma Xi (associate).
Married Kristine Cromar, May 31, 1997. Children: James Nathan, Wesley Raymond, Megan Nicole, Matthew Allen.