Charles L. Plummer

Charles L. Plummer
Official portrait, 2022
Nickname(s)	Chuck
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1995–2025
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Air Force Legal Operations Agency
Awards	Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (3)

Charles L. Plummer is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as the judge advocate general of the United States Air Force and Space Force from 2022 to 2025. He previously served as the deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force from 2018 to 2022. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In 2025 Plummer was dismissed from his post by Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, alongside the dismissal of the Judge advocate of the U.S. Army. The dismissal of Plummer was part of a wider removal of senior U.S. Military officers by the Second Trump administration. ^{[5] [6]}

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government .

1. "MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES L. PLUMMER". www.af.mil.
2. "U.S. Air Force's first ever selectee for the Enlisted-Funded Legal Education Program". DVIDS.
3. "Setting the Bar". DVIDS.
4. "General Officer Announcements". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
5. "Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren't well suited for the jobs". Yahoo News. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
6. "Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren't well suited for the jobs". AP News. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

External links

• Media related to Charles L. Plummer at Wikimedia Commons

Military offices
Preceded by Jeffrey A. Rockwell	Commander of the Air Force Legal Operations Agency 2016–2018	Succeeded by Sharon A. Shaffer
	Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force 2018–2022	Succeeded by Rebecca Vernon
	Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force 2022–2025	Succeeded by Rebecca Vernon Acting