Craig Wilcox
Craig Wilcox is a Republican Illinois State Senator for the 32nd District. The district includes all or parts of Antioch, Bull Valley, Crystal Lake, Fox Lake, Greenwood, Harvard, Johnsburg, Lake Villa, Lakemoor, Marengo, McHenry, Spring Grove, Volo, Wonder Lake, and Woodstock.
Early life
Wilcox was born in El Paso, Texas and raised in Essex Junction, Vermont.Military career
Wilcox attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on an Air Force scholarship and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 1989. He then entered active duty as a Communications Officer and was selected to command on three separate occasions.During his career, he served as Commander of the 89th Airlift Support Group at Joint Base Andrews. There, he led his unit providing global command and control communications and aerial port services to the President of the United States and Air Force One. His first command was the 52nd Combat Communications Squadron, shortly after the September 11 attacks, where he helped establish new airbases in Kyrgyzstan. His second deployment was in March 2003 in southern Iraq, where his unit established the first United States Airbase in enemy territory in over 50 years. Colonel Wilcox returned to Iraq for his final deployment during the height of the insurgency and commanded for a year from 2006 to 2007 at Balad Air Base. Colonel Wilcox earned two Bronze Star Medals during these combat tours.