Colonel Tracey Meck

Tracey Meck was born in Bozeman, Montana in 1965. After spending her early life moving every couple of years around Montana and Minnesota, her family settled in Anchorage, Alaska in 1976. After high school, she reported to the United States Air Force Academy. Graduating with the Class of 1987, she earned a bachelors degree and a commission as a Second Lieutenant. She served the majority of her career in her primary field, Security Forces (SF). In 2006, she took a one-year career broadening deployment as the Commander of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Gardez in Afghanistan. For the remainder of her AF career, she rotated between SF and Stability Operations assignments at the Central Command and Pentagon levels. Her other contingency deployments included serving as the Provost Marshal for Joint Task Force (JTF) SHINING HOPE (supporting Kosovar refugees fleeing to Albania) and JTF ATLAS RESPONSE (a flood relief operation in southern Africa); the Deputy Commander for the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan; the Chief of Staff for the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission to the Ministry of Interior in Baghdad, Iraq; and as the Chief Staff Officer for a Joint Special Operations Task Force in Djibouti, Africa. She retired in 2012 at the rank of Colonel and settled on Camano Island, Washington.

Col Meck is spending her retirement as a “professional volunteer”. She serves as a volunteer Admissions Liaison Officer for USAFA, diligently working with students from over 30 high schools in Northwest Washington. Additionally, she is active in her local church, Camano Chapel, where she volunteers at the food bank, His Pantry, and with the His Veterans Ministry. In early 2017, she deployed as a member of a short-term mission trip to Haiti.