ROTC Departments

Kevin Parker, Colonel, USAF

July 23, 2021 by amy.thompson

Col Kevin L. Parker is the Commander of AFROTC Detachment 805, Texas A&M University. The Detachment is the largest in the nation with over 700 cadets enrolled in the fall each year. It is one of the nation’s oldest AFROTC programs, having been established in the early 1920s as one of four Air ROTC units. Detachment 805 has a long and proud lineage of producing the highest quality officers for the United States Air Force that includes 8 of the 9 Texas A&M Four-Star Generals. Today, the detachment commissions officers into the Air Force and Space Force.

Col Parker entered the Air Force in 1996 as a ROTC distinguished graduate from Texas A&M University. His experience includes headquarters tours at the Air Staff in Washington D.C. and major command levels, career broadening as an Officer Training School instructor, and command of two squadrons and a group. He served as the Base Civil Engineer in three overseas assignments, including Ramstein Air Base Germany, where he led 1,200 engineers to provide, protect, and sustain an $11.8 billion physical plant to support the 86th Airlift Wing’s rapid air mobility and strategic partner missions. He has deployed to Saudi Arabia, Iraq twice, and the Kyrgyz Republic. He is a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina.

Prior to his current position, Colonel Parker was the Associate Dean of the Air Force Cyber College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

Bradford W. Tippett, Colonel, USMC

July 23, 2021 by amy.thompson

Professor of Naval Science

Colonel Tippett is a native of San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1995 with Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and was subsequently commissioned via the Platoon Leaders Class Program. His command assignments include Platoon Commander, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment; Company Commander, 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment; Commanding Officer, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment; and Commanding Officer, School of Infantry-East. Additional assignments in the Fleet Marine Force include Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment; Regional Planner I MEF G-5; Lead Plans Officer Regional Command Southwest/I MEF (FWD) G-3/5; and Assistant Chief of Staff G-3, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific. He deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Other assignments include Series Commander, Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Operations Officer, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island; Platoon Commander, Officer Candidates School; Infantry Advocate/ Occupational Field Sponsor, Ground Combat Element Branch, Plans, Policies, and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps; Branch Head, Global Force Management Division, Joint Staff J-35; Faculty Advisor, Marine Corps Command and Staff College; and Director, Marine Corps Command and Staff College.

He is a graduate of Expeditionary Warfare School, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, the School of Advanced Warfighting, and the National War College. He holds Masters in both Military Studies and Operational Studies from Marine Corps University and a Masters in National Security Strategy from National Defense University. Colonel Tippett assumed command of the Naval ROTC Unit at Texas A&M in July 2023.

Scott M. Dellinger, Colonel, US Army

July 23, 2021 by amy.thompson

Professor of Military Science

COL Scott M. Dellinger is from Houston, Texas, and is a Distinguished Military Graduate from Texas A&M University. He was commissioned as an Air Defense Artillery second lieutenant in 1997. His past assignments include: Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle platoon leader and Linebacker battery executive officer of Bravo Battery, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, followed by an assignment as the assistant operations officer for 1st Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, where he later deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, as the Bravo Battery commander. After Operation Iraqi Freedom, he served as a small group instructor for the Air and Missile Defense Captains Career Course at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was then an adviser to the Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces Institute in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, followed by service as the executive officer for 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, at Fort Bliss and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. He later served at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command as a career manager for Air Defense Artillery field grade officers. His first joint assignment was at U.S. Northern Command as a missile defense officer and as the Ballistic Missile Defense Current Operations Branch chief. He then commanded the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment at Kadena Airbase in Okinawa, Japan, followed by an assignment at the Pentagon on the joint staff J5 as the Air and Missile Defense Policy Division chief. His most recent assignment was the 19th Battlefield Coordination Detachment commander at Ramstein Airbase, Germany.

COL Dellinger’s military education includes the Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course, Field Artillery Captains Career Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Joint and Combined Warfighting School, and Army War College. He also completed the U.S. Air Force Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College through correspondence. His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science in industrial distribution from Texas A&M University, a Master of Business Administration from Tarleton State University, a Master of Arts in Leadership Studies from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

Some of his military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Valorous Unit Award, and the Japan Defense Cooperation Award Third Class. He also earned the Parachutist Badge, Space Badge, and Combat Action Badge.

Colonel Dellinger is married and has three children. August 202