Hall grew up in Newport Beach, California prior to entering the Air Force in 2011. He enlisted in April of 2011 and pursued two career fields. First, he served as a fuels laboratory technician as a 2F0X1 Fuels Journeyman. He subsequently cross-trained into 1C5X1 Battle Management Operations in 2016. During his illustrious Career, he had six assignments including several operations, exercises and deployments. Hall served in the war of afghanistan. Hall earned his callsign “pump” during his service.

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Assignments & Deployments

Deployments are highlighted

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1. Oct 2011–May 2016, Fuels Laboratory Supervisor, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Eglin AFB, Florida

Oct 2012-April 2013, Fuels Distribution Operator, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan

Oct 2014-May 2015, Fuels Laboratory Technician, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram AB, Afghanistan

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2. May 2016-Aug 2017, Interface Control Technician, 726th Air Control Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

Oct 2016-May 2017, Interface Control Technician, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, Al Dhafra AB, UAE

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3. Aug 2017-Aug 2018, Interface Control Technician, 607th Air & Space Operations Center, Osan AB, Korea

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4. Aug 2018-Oct 2020, Flight Chief, Deployable Air Command & Control Center, Poggio Renatico AB, Italy

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5. Sep 2020-July 2023, Assistant Operations Superintendent, 726th Air Control Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

Apr 2021-Oct 2021, NCOIC, Maintenance Operations Center, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, Detachment 3, Al Udeid AB, Qatar

Jul 2022-April 2023, Operations Superintendent, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina

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6. July 2023-June 2025, Operations Superintendent, First Air Force, Detachment 2, CFB North Bay, Canada

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MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH ONE OAK LEAF CLUSTER

JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL

AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS

AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS

ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL

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OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

2012 96TH MISSION SUPPORT GROUP, AIRMAN OF THE YEAR

2013 96TH MISSION SUPPORT GROUP, SENIOR AIRMAN BELOW-THE-ZONE

2014 96TH LOGISTICS READINESS SQUADRON, AIRMAN OF THE YEAR

2016 HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE, GROUND-BASED COMMAND AND CONTROL CREW OF THE YEAR

2018 UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION, PRESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2018 HEADQUARTERS ALLIED AIR COMMAND, COMMAND AND CONTROL BMO OF THE YEAR

2019 DEPLOYABLE AIR COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER, LANCE P. SIJAN NOMINEE

2021 726TH AIR CONTROL SQUADRON, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR

2022 552D AIR CONTROL WING, GROUND-BASED COMMAND AND CONTROL CREW OF THE YEAR

2024 FIRST AIR FORCE, DETACHMENT 2, SENIOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR

2024 WING COMMANDER’S SERVICE PERSON AWARD CATEGORY III

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Education​

Hall graduated with honors with a Master of science in Digital Forensics. He was currently pursuing his Phd in ORGANIZATIONAL development at the UNIVERSITY of arizona. In true hall fashion, troy’s dedication to his doctorate degree was shown as he continued his education until may 2025, working from the intensive care unit in walter reed national military hospital.

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The fight

Hall fell unexpectedly ill in the beginning of 2025. Hall was diagnosed with Diffuse alveolar hemorrhaging with an unknown cause. Hall & his wife were medically evacuated to walter reed national military hospital in march of 2025 from his duty station in north bay, canada. after fighting the unknown battle for months, hall was eventually diagnosed with cancer of an unknown primary (stage four) that was attacking his lungs. Troy gained his angel wings at 3:09 am on june 28, 2025 surrounded by his wife & family. Hall is honored to have arlington national cemetery as his final resting place.