General Larry D. Welch is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as the 12th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As Chief of Staff,he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization,training and equipping of a combined active duty,Guard,Reserve and civilian force serving at locations in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,he and the other service chiefs functioned as the principal military advisers to the Secretary of Defense,National Security Council and the President. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapon Surety Task Force for the Defense Science Board.
Brigadier General Thomas Hemingway is an American military lawyer who has served as a legal advisor to the Office of Military Commissions. Thomas Hemingway was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program,was commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1962 after earning his undergraduate degree at Willamette University. Upon graduation,he took an educational delay and earned his doctor of jurisprudence in 1965 at Willamette University College of Law. Hemingway entered active service in November 1965. He has also been an associate professor of law at the United States Air Force Academy and a senior judge on the Air Force Court of Military Review. He is a current member of the state bar in Oregon and the District of Columbia,and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims,the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. He retired from active service in October 1996. General Hemingway was recalled to active service in August 2003 to fill the position as Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions,Washington,D.C. General. He was replaced by Thomas W. Hartmann in July 2007.
John Rives Dallager is a retired United States Air Force major general. He served as the fifteenth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy from 2000 to 2003. He resigned the position in the wake of the sexual assault scandal at the academy and was demoted from the rank of lieutenant general to major general upon his retirement.
Lieutenant General Thomas Samuel Moorman was a senior officer in the United States Air Force who served as the fifth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs,Colorado.
Lieutenant General Robert Hamilton Warren was a U.S. Air Force General and was the fourth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy.
Thomas Samuel Moorman Jr. was a United States Air Force officer who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from July 1994 to August 1997.
James Benjamin Peake was the sixth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs,serving from 2007 to 2009. In 2004,he retired from a 38-year United States Army career. He also served as the 40th Surgeon General of the United States Army.
John R. Allen Jr. is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) brigadier general. Allen served on active duty for 31 years,until his retirement in 1990. He is a highly decorated command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours on B-47 Stratojet,FB-111,B-52 Stratofortress,KC-135 Stratotanker and T-39 Sabreliner aircraft.
Lieutenant General Dana Kyle Chipman,USA is a retired American military lawyer who served from 2009 to 2013 as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
Robert E. Wheeler is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.
C. Donald Alston is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.
Major General Clyde J. "Butch" Tate II,USA is an American military lawyer who previously served as the 19th Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. Major General Tate graduated from the University of Kansas in 1979,receiving a commission through R.O.T.C. as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He deferred entry to active duty in order to attend the University of Kansas School of Law. Major General Tate also holds master's degrees in Military Law and National Security Strategy. He attended the Judge Advocate Basic and Graduate Courses,the Army Command and General Staff College,and the National War College.
Harold Raymond Vague was an American Air Force major general who was the Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force from 1973 to 1977.
Richard F. Abel was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.
John A. Bradley was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as Commander of the United States Air Force Reserve Command,Headquarters U.S. Air Force,Washington D.C.,and commander,Headquarters Air Force Reserve,a separate operating agency located at Robins Air Force Base,Georgia. As chief of Air Force Reserve,he served as the principal adviser on Reserve matters to the Air Force Chief of Staff. As commander of AFRES,he had full responsibility for the supervision of U.S. Air Force Reserve units around the world.
Major General Thomas E. Ayres is a retired American military lawyer who served as the 20th Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
Charles Nicholas Pede is a military lawyer and retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the 40th Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. Pede was promoted from the rank of brigadier general to the rank of lieutenant general,bypassing the rank of major general on July 26,2017.
James F. Geurts is an American former government official and retired United States Air Force colonel who served in 2021 as the official performing the duties of United States Under Secretary of the Navy.
Stephen L. Davis is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as the Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force since March 2022. He most recently served as the director of global power programs at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition,Technology and Logistics. Previously,he was the director for global operations of the United States Strategic Command.
Jeff W. Mathis III was a career officer in the United States Army. A longtime member of the Army National Guard,Mathis attained the rank of major general before retiring in 2014. A veteran of overseas deployment to Africa during the Global War on Terrorism,he was most notable for high-profile command assignments including Joint Task Force –Civil Support (2012–2014) and I Corps (2009–2010).
