David H. Huntoon

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David H. Huntoon Jr.
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Born (1951-10-27) October 27, 1951 (age 72)
Germany [1]
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg  United States of America
Service/branch United States Department of the Army Seal.svg United States Army
Years of service1973-2013
Rank US-O9 insignia.svg Lieutenant General
Commands held Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Commandant of the United States Army War College
Awards Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit (with five oak leaf clusters), Bronze Star, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachute Qualification Badge, Ranger tab

David Holmes Huntoon Jr. is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as the 58th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from 2010-2013. [2]

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Early life

Huntoon is a 1973 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. [2]

Military career

Huntoon is promoted to lieutenant general by his family at the U.S. Army War College on January 25, 2008. Huntoon promoted to lieutenant general.jpg
Huntoon is promoted to lieutenant general by his family at the U.S. Army War College on January 25, 2008.

Huntoon served as an Infantry Officer in a series of command and staff assignments in the United States and Germany. Following attendance at the Command and General Staff College and the School for Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he was assigned to XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. There, he was deployed as a Senior War Plans Officer for Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield, [3] and Operation Desert Storm. [4] He commanded a mechanized infantry battalion at Camp Casey, South Korea, and served in Combined and Joint Plans for the Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command in Seoul. He was the Army's National Security Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He then took command of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). Following his service as the Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, he was selected as an Army brigadier general. [2] His general officer assignments were as Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; leadership of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; [5] Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy for the US Army; Commandant of the U.S. Army War College and Director of the Army Staff in the Pentagon. [2]

In 2012 the Pentagon's Office of Inspector General found that Huntoon had misused his office while at West Point by asking subordinates to perform personal tasks for him. [6] According to The Washington Post, the Inspector General and the Army kept the information confidential until required to release it after a Freedom of Information Act request shortly before he retired in 2013. Huntoon remained the Convening Authority for West Point while he was under investigation, when he was convicted and when he was censured.[ citation needed ]

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate
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Second Lieutenant Regular Army June 6, 1973
US-O2 insignia.svg
  First Lieutenant Regular ArmyJune 6, 1975
US-O3 insignia.svg
  Captain Regular Army June 6, 1977
US-O4 insignia.svg
  Major Regular ArmyOctober 1, 1984
US-O5 insignia.svg
  Lieutenant Colonel Regular ArmyJanuary 1, 1991
US-O6 insignia.svg
  Colonel Regular ArmySeptember 1, 1995
US-O7 insignia.svg
  Brigadier General Regular ArmyNovember 1, 1999
US-O8 insignia.svg
  Major General Regular ArmyJanuary 1, 2003
US-O9 insignia.svg
  Lieutenant General Army of the United States January 25, 2008 [7]
US-O9 insignia.svg
  Lieutenant General Retired List2013

Awards and decorations

Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svg
Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg
Army Distinguished Service Medal [8] [9] with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Silver oakleaf-3d.svg
Legion of Merit ribbon.svg
Legion of Merit [8] [9] with silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star ribbon.svg Bronze Star [10] [8]

See also

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