Education
• 1999 Airman Leadership School, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. • 2001 Advanced Space Operations Course, National Security Space Institute, Colo. • 2001 Space in the Air Operations Center, National Security Space Institute, Colo. • 2002 Associate Degree Electronic Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force • 2002 Associate Degree Space Operations Technologies, Community College of the Air Force • 2004 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Peterson AFB, Colo. • 2008 United States Marine Corps Staff NCO Advanced Course, Quantico, Va. • 2014 Professional Management Certificate, Community College of the Air Force • 2015 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, N.C. • 2015 Senior Enlisted Legal Orientation Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. • 2016 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Learning • 2016 AFSO21 Executive Leadership Course, University of Tennessee, Tenn. • 2016 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C. • 2017 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education II • 2018 KEYSTONE18-1 Fellow, National Defense University, Washington, D.C. • 2022 Bachelors of Arts, Political Science, American Military University == Military career ==
Military career
(center) and Col
Anthony Mastalir (right) during the establishment of the U.S. Space Force, December 20, 2019 Bentivegna enlisted into the
United States Air Force in 1994. From August to October of that year, he went through
basic military training at
Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas. After that, he was assigned to the
Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory School at
Keesler Air Force Base,
Mississippi. From 1995 to 1998, he worked as a precision measurement equipment technician at
McGuire Air Force Base,
New Jersey. On May 5, 2023, General B. Chance Saltzman selected Bentivegna to replace Towberman and serve as the second chief master sergeant of the Space Force. His assignment was announced on May 8, 2023. == Awards and decorations ==