He subsequently joined with Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, as a Senior Professional Staff Member.

Maj. Gen. Stoss entered active-duty service in 1988 after commissioning through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Kansas State University in 1987.

Other staff assignments include AFROTC instructor duty and Military Assistant to the U.S.

● 1993 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence and in residence ● 2000 College of Naval Command and Staff, with highest distinction, Newport, R.I. ● 2000 Naval Operational Planner Course, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. ● 2003 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence ● 2006 Master of Science, History, University of Nebraska at Omaha ● 2007 Senior Developmental Education Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. ● 2009 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. ● 2010 Enterprise Leadership Course, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville ● 2010 Senior Executives Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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