Lt Col (Dr.) Scott A. Ostrow retired from the Air Force in September 2005 and has been teaching Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) at Dublin High School since August 2006. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended P.S. 224. Lt Col Ostrow is the author of Guide to Joining the Military and has worked on several military test prep books. He has been married to his wife Barbara (Susie) since 1981. They have six children, two of whom currently serve in the Air Force.
After moving to Long Island, he graduated from Copiague High School. After high school, he enlisted in the Navy and served as a Poseidon Missile Technician and then as a recruiter. While serving in Charleston, SC, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Baptist College of Charleston in 1984.
In 1986, after completing Officer Training School, he was commissioned as a 2Lt in the Air Force, where he served as a Minuteman III Launch Control Officer and also served in recruiting before becoming a Medical Service Corps Officer. He served in various assignments in Minot, ND, RAF Upper Heyford, UK, McGuire AFB, NJ, and Robins AFB, GA.
Lt Col Ostrow has also had deployments to Turkey (1990-1991) and Balad, Iraq (2004). He earned his Master of Public Administration degree in 1990 and his Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership in 2012.
He is also a graduate of the Air Force Air Command and Staff College, as well as Air War College.
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