C2ISR Senior Materiel Leader retires after 30 years of service

Published April 28, 2026
By Richard Blumenstein
DAF PAE C3BM Public Affairs

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --

The senior materiel leader for Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance retired April 24, at the Museum of Aviation here, after 30 years of service.

Steven D. Wert, left, retires Col. Scott Rothermel during a ceremony April 24, at the Museum of Aviation here. Rothermel, the senior materiel leader for Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance retired after 30 years of service. Wert is a member of the Senior Executive Service and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (Official Air Force Photo by Richard Blumenstein).

Steven D. Wert, left, presents Col. Scott Rothermel with the Legion of Merit during a retirement ceremony April 24, at the Museum of Aviation here. Rothermel, the senior materiel leader for Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance retired after 30 years of service. Wert is a member of the Senior Executive Service and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (Official Air Force Photo by Richard Blumenstein).

Col. Scott Rothermel received the Legion of Merit during the ceremony, which was presided over by Steven Wert, a member of the Senior Executive Service and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. For the past four years, Rothermel led the 700-member division, executing a more than $1 billion annual budget to modernize critical components of the DAF Battle Network.

Col. Scott Rothermel presents flowers to Leigh Rothermel, his wife, during a retirement ceremony April 24, at the Museum of Aviation here. Rothermel, the senior materiel leader for Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance retired after 30 years of service. (Official Air Force Photo by Richard Blumenstein).

Col. Scott Rothermel embraces Robert Rothermel, his father, during a retirement ceremony April 24, at the Museum of Aviation here. Rothermel, the senior materiel leader for Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance retired after 30 years of service. (Official Air Force Photo by Richard Blumenstein).

C2ISR is a division within the Department of the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management. C3BM is responsible for managing the DAF Battle Network, the integrated system-of-systems connecting sensor, effector, and logistics systems enabling better situational awareness, faster operational decisions, and decisive direction to the force.

Rothermel’s replacement will be installed at an assumption of responsibility event this summer.

Col. Scott Rothermel embraces Marlene Rothermel, his mother, during a retirement ceremony April 24, at the Museum of Aviation here. Rothermel, the senior materiel leader for Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance retired after 30 years of service. (Official Air Force Photo by Richard Blumenstein).

John Savoy, left, presents Col. Scott Rothermel with a shadow box during a retirement ceremony April 24, at the Museum of Aviation here. Rothermel, the senior materiel leader for Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance retired after 30 years of service. Savoy is the deputy chief of C2ISR. (Official Air Force Photo by Richard Blumenstein).