to 2015. Carlson also served as an Assistant Executive Director of the church's Temple Department. During the church's October 2015 general conference, Carlson was released from the seventy and designated an emeritus general authority. Education 1971 Bachelor of Arts degree, University of Minnesota Duluth 1979 U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada 1980 Master of Arts degree, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri 1989 Distinguished graduate, Master of Arts degree, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island Assignments June 1971 – May 1972, student, undergraduate pilot training, Vance AFB, Oklahoma June 1972 – April 1973, student, F-4 Replacement Training Unit, Homestead AFB, Florida May 1973 – December 1974, F-4 pilot, 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Holloman AFB, New Mexico December 1974 – October 1975, OV-10 forward air controller and instructor pilot, 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand October 1975 – November 1977, OV-10 instructor pilot and flight examiner, 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Bergstrom AFB, Texas December 1977 – April 1980, A-10 pilot and fighter weapons instructor pilot, 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach AFB, South Carolina May 1980 – September 1982, aide to the commander of Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Virginia October 1982 – June 1985, wing weapons officer, 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing, and operations officer, 17th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina July 1985 – June 1988, tactical systems requirements officer, Office of Low Observables Technology, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. July 1988 – June 1989, graduate student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. July 1989 – June 1991, director of advanced programs, Headquarters TAC, Langley AFB, Virginia July 1991 – June 1993, vice commander, 366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho July 1993 – February 1995, senior military assistant to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, and senior military assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. February 1995 – November 1996, commander of 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, New Mexico November 1996 – June 1998, director of global power programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. June 1998 – December 1999, director of operational requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. January 2000 – May 2002, director for force structure, resources and assessment (J-8), the Joint Staff,