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Major General Charles J. Dunlap Jr. | |
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| Born | (1950-06-16)June 16, 1950 (age 75) |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Service years | 1972–2010 (38 years) |
| Rank |  Major general |
| Awards | See below |
Major GeneralCharles J. Dunlap Jr. (born June 16, 1950) is a retired military officer who served as the Deputy Judge Advocate General at the U.S. Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He retired from this position in February 2010.[1]
As of 2018, Dunlap is executive director of Duke Law School's Centre on Law, Ethics and National Security.
In his capacity as deputy judge advocate general, Dunlap assisted theJudge Advocate General in the professional oversight of more than 2,200 judge advocates, 350 civilian attorneys, 1,400 enlisted paralegals and 550 civilians assigned worldwide. In addition to overseeing an array of military justice, operational, international and civil law functions, Dunlap provided legal advice to theAir Staff and commanders at all levels.
Dunlap was commissioned through theAFROTC program atSt. Joseph's University in May 1972, and was admitted to the Bar of theSupreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1975. He has deployed to support various operations in the Middle East and Africa, includingProvide Relief,Restore Hope,Vigilant Warrior,Desert Fox, Bright Star, andEnduring Freedom. He has led military-to-military delegations toUruguay, theCzech Republic,South Africa andColombia.
Dunlap speaks widely on legal and national security issues, and he is published inAir and Space Power Journal,Peacekeeping & International Relations,Parameters,Proceedings,Military Review,The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs,Air Force Times, theWake Forest Law Review, theAir Force Law Review, theTennessee Law Review, theStrategic Review, and theWar on the Rocks foreign policy and national security platform,[2] among others. Prior to assuming his current position, General Dunlap served as thestaff judge advocate at HeadquartersAir Combat Command.
Dunlap is currently a professor atDuke University School of Law, where he teaches courses onnational security law and theuse of force ininternational law, among other topics.[3]
Dunlap wrote an essay in 1992 calledThe Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012,[4] presented as a work written by a jailed anti-coup military officer 20 years into the future, in which he asserted that the blurring of the military role of the armed forces into civilian missions might be dangerous to democracy and civilian government.Douglas V. Mastriano's 2001 master's thesis, which was written as a response to Dunlap's essay and which similarly presented itself as a work by a military officer of the future, argued to the contrary; Mastriano claimed that only the military could save the United States from "morally debauched" civilian leaders.[5]
 | Judge Advocate Badge |
 | Headquarters Air Force Badge |
| Personal decorations | |
  | Defense Superior Service Medal with bronzeoak leaf cluster |
 | Legion of Merit with two bronze oak leaf clusters |
 | Meritorious Service Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters |
 | Air Force Commendation Medal |
| Unit awards | |
 | Joint Meritorious Unit Award with two bronze oak leaf clusters |
 | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two bronze oak leaf clusters |
 | Air Force Organizational Excellence Award |
| Campaign and service medals | |
  | National Defense Service Medal with bronzeservice star |
 | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
.svg) | Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze service stars |
 | Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |
 | Korea Defense Service Medal |
 | Humanitarian Service Medal |
| Service, training, and marksmanship awards | |
 | Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon |
 | Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon |
  | Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters |
 | Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon |
 | Air Force Training Ribbon |
| Foreign awards | |
_ribbon.svg) | Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) |
| Insignia | Rank | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Major general | May 3, 2006 |
 | Brigadier general | September 1, 2002 |
 | Colonel | August 1, 1993 |
 | Lieutenant colonel | September 1, 1988 |
 | Major | January 1, 1983 |
 | Captain | January 20, 1976 |
 | First lieutenant | June 9, 1975 |
 | Second lieutenant | May 14, 1972 |
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