Allen M. Murashige's career includes more than 24 years as an appointed US representative to NATO in the area of science and technology cooperation and strategic analysis in support of the Alliance.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, January 03, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Allen M. Murashige with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Mr Murashige celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr Murashige is a defense analysis specialist with more than 42 years of service in his field, leading this area as a senior executive in the US Defense Department. His career includes more than 24 years as an appointed US representative to NATO in the area of science and technology cooperation and strategic analysis in support of the Alliance. His work has included contributions in the areas of aerospace engineering, operations research analysis, systems analysis, computer simulation, as well as program and budget analysis.
Mr Murashige's ancestors emigrated from Japan to the Kingdom of Hawaii to work under contract in the sugar industry. By the time his parents were born, the Kingdom had been overthrown and Hawaii had been annexed to the US, thus they were natural born US Citizens. It is interesting to note therefore that Mr Murashige's family did not come to the US, rather the US came to them. They were US Citizens and residents of Hawaii when it was attacked by Japan in 1941. During the war, his father, who was a school principal, organized civil defense on the island of Kauai, while an uncle joined the 442nd Infantry Regiment (the most decorated unit in US history) and fought in Europe, while another, who was studying in California was sent to an internment camp for the duration of the war.
Mr Murashige was born after the war, and while growing up in Hawaii, his interests were captured by the space race between the US and Russia. He attended the University of Washington, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, obtaining some hands-on experience working part-time with Boeing. He furthered his education with a Defense Department fellowship to study statistics and operations research, earning a Master of Science in statistics at the University of Denver.
Mr Murashige began his professional career as an aerospace engineer at the Air Force Space and Missile Test Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California in 1968. He worked on the development and testing of the Minuteman and MX Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, and led the initial application of the Global Positioning Satellite System in the guidance system evaluation for the Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere, the MX ICBM guidance system. He also developed the use of underwater acoustic ship tracking systems for precision navigation to identify the impact point of ICBM warheads in the open ocean. Also at Vandenberg, he organized the Western Test Range support for the launch and recovery of the Space Shuttle, to augment and complement operations at Cape Kennedy and Edwards Air Force Base.
After 9 years at Vandenberg AFB, Mr Murashige sought and received a transfer to the Operations Analysis office at Headquarters US Air Force Europe at Ramstein Airbase, Germany in October 1977. In contrast to the research and development work in space and missiles at Vandenberg, the work at Ramstein involved the use of operations analysis techniques to improve the warfighting capabilities of the USAF tactical air forces defending NATO against the Warsaw Pact. As an operations analyst, he had a wartime role and responsibility to provide technical advice on the battlestaff of the NATO Air Command, for which he would regularly train in the underground command bunkers during military exercises. At Ramstein, he developed and employed detailed computer simulations based on technical intelligence of Soviet surface to air missile systems, in order to develop techniques and tactics to improve the survivability of USAF aircraft in combat facing these hostile systems. He worked with the Rand Corporation to create and employ extensive computer simulations of airbase operations, both Allied and Warsaw Pact airbases, in order to study and understand the best ways to both attack an enemy airbase, and to defend our own airbases from air attack. He used computer based wargames to evaluate warplans and to optimize the geographical distribution for basing of combat aircraft, based on their mission and capabilities and the threat of attack. Mr Murashige worked with Department of Energy weapons experts at Los Alamos and Livermore Labs, as well as missile experts from the United Kingdom, in the design and development of an advanced air to surface standoff tactical nuclear missile. Mr Murashige provided technical support for the development of the Warrior Preparation Center, the first computer based interactive wargaming center for training commanders and battlestaffs for the Air Force, Army and NATO commands. He was also responsible for providing analytical support for the US air raid on Libya, known as Operation Eldorado Canyon. During his tenure at Ramstein Airbase, the US Air Force Europe headquarters building where he worked was bombed by the Red Army Faction terrorist group; fortunately, Mr Murashige missed the bombing by 15 minutes.
After 10 years at Ramstein Airbase Germany, Mr Murashige was offered a Senior Executive position at Headquarters US Air Force in the Pentagon, Washington, DC in November 1987. At the Pentagon, Mr Murashige was a Scientific and Technical Advisor for the Air Force Studies and Analysis Agency. He was subsequently selected to be Chief Scientist in the Air Force Directorate of Modeling, Simulation and Analysis; Chief Scientist in the Air Force Directorate of Command and Control, and Chief Scientist in the Air Force Directorate of Warfighting Integration. He provided analytical support in the development of low observable "stealth" technologies for the F-22 and F-35 aircraft development programs. He participated in the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board studies of advanced infrared countermeasures against imaging heat-seeking guided missiles, as well as technical review of the research programs of the Air Force Research Laboratories. Mr Murashige was a leader in the DoD's development and application of computer simulation for weapon system development and acquisition, for training of operational forces and battlestaffs, and for analysis of warplans and capabilities. He spearheaded the development of simulation based acquisition, the methodology employed in the Joint Strike Fighter program, the largest acquisition program ever undertaken by the DoD. Mr Murashige was responsible for the establishment of the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation, located in the Central Florida Research Park outside Orlando, recognized as the center for modeling and simulation development in the Department of Defense. He was asked to be the US keynote speaker at the Royal Swedish College of War Bicentennial Symposium, to present the vision for computer simulation within the US Air Force and the DoD. He was a member of the Air Force Corporate Structure; he had responsibility for advocating, overseeing and controlling the multi-billion dollar portfolio of Air Force research projects. Following the 9/11 attacks, Mr Murashige was also responsible for the Warfighter Rapid Acquisition Program, which identified urgently needed development in the war on terror, and provided funds to rapidly acquire these capabilities. Although he was assigned to the Pentagon at the time of the 9/11 attack, his office (which was located very close to the impact site of the aircraft) was under renovation so he was temporarily working 5 minutes away in Rosslyn, although he had meetings in the Pentagon virtually every day. For his contributions and service, Mr Murashige earned the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award and a Distinguished Civilian Service Award nomination from the Department of Defense.
During his tenure in the Pentagon, Mr Murashige was also appointed to be a US representative to NATO for research and technology, first with the NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development (AGARD), and subsequently with the NATO Research & Technology Organization (RTO). He fulfilled this role for over 24 years, during which he was elected by his NATO colleagues to be chairman for three separate terms, a strong endorsement of his contributions and leadership. Mr Murashige was a primary agent for the reorganization of the NATO research and technology structure, working with our Allies to build a comprehensive, consolidated framework to address the full spectrum of science and technology required to address the defense and security of the NATO Alliance. Mr Murashige also worked with our NATO Allies to identify priority topics and needs of common interest, where NATO members could contribute their expertise and collaborate on an approach and solution to address these needs. He worked with his NATO counterparts to establish the design framework for the theater missile defense for Europe, providing the technical underpinnings and understanding of the necessary architecture for this complex capability. Mr Murashige led the analytical team to assess the NATO air war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, known as Operation Allied Force, NATO's first use of military force, which successfully freed Kosovo from Serbian aggression. He promoted and explored the development of high altitude, long endurance surveillance aircraft to meet NATO's reconnaissance and surveillance capability needs, which led to a NATO program to acquire the Global Hawk high altitude unmanned aircraft. He worked to transition the US revolutionary concept of network centric warfare into the NATO community, gaining broad understanding and acceptance among the nations of the Alliance of this radical new command and control concept. He developed a project to provide advice to the NATO commands in Afghanistan in order to establish quantitative measures to evaluate the progress within each Afghan province towards self governance, assessing stability, rule of law, and economic viability. And he worked with his NATO counterparts to examine techniques and technologies to mitigate piracy in the shipping lanes off the Horn of Africa, in order to enhance the effectiveness of NATO naval operations addressing this problem. For his extensive contributions to NATO research and technology, Mr Murashige was awarded the NATO Research & Technology Scientific Achievement Award.
Following his professional government career spanning over 42 years within the Department of Defense and the NATO science and technology communities, Mr Murashige has continued his work in aerospace engineering, operations analysis, computer simulation applications, and international cooperation in defense science and technology as an independent consultant.
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