Staff Sergeant Paige Kohler is the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Administration assigned to Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 430 at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.
Biography
Staff Sergeant Kohler manages critical administrative and personnel programs supporting cadets throughout their progression toward commissioning. Her responsibilities include cadet in-processing, pay actions, changes in cadet status, medical status updates, and personnel actions. She ensures cadet records are accurately maintained and administrative requirements are completed throughout each cadet’s progression within the AFROTC program.
Sergeant Kohler enlisted in the United States Air Force in June 2019 from Clinton, Ohio. Following Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, she attended technical training at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, as a Human Resources and Administration technician. Her first assignment was Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, where she served until November 2021 and completed a two-month temporary duty assignment to Diego Garcia in 2020. She then served at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, from November 2021 until August 2026. In August 2026, Sergeant Kohler was assigned to AFROTC Detachment 430 at the University of Mississippi, where she currently serves as the NCOIC of Administration.
Sergeant Kohler earned her Associate of Applied Science degree in Human Resource Management from the Community College of the Air Force and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Health and Wellness. Upon completion of her bachelor’s degree, she plans to immediately pursue a master’s degree. Outside of her military and academic responsibilities, Sergeant Kohler is a mother to a five-year-old son and enjoys weightlifting, traveling, and playing pickleball.