BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID G. EHRHART Brig. Gen. David G. Ehrhart is Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is the principal legal adviser to the AFMC Commander and staff. The command's 77,000 people manage $47 billion annually in research, development, test and evaluation while providing the acquisition management services and logistics support required to develop, procure and sustain Air Force weapon systems. He oversees more than 330 attorneys and nearly 200 paralegals at 18 locations. His responsibilities included all Air Force litigation before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, having a case value approaching $2 billion. General Ehrhart was born in Topeka, Kan., and raised in Omaha, Neb. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1975 and first served as a design engineer and contract programmer. His litigation experience includes assignments as a Prosecutor, Circuit Defense Counsel and as a government contracts litigator. He was Commandant of the Air Force Judge Advocate General School and Commander of the Air Force Legal Services Agency. The general has also served as Staff Judge Advocate for a fighter wing, an air logistics center and Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Prior to his current assignment, he was Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Law and Operations at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. EDUCATION 1975 Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1977 Master's degree in business administration and management, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 1981 Juris Doctor, cum laude, Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Neb. 1994 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. ASSIGNMENTS 1. August 1975 - August 1978, design engineer, 56th Civil Engineering Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla. 2. August 1978 - July 1981, student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. 3. July 1981 - July 1983, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Lowry Technical Training Center, Lowry AFB, Colo. 4. July 1983 - August 1984, Circuit Defense Counsel, Lowry AFB, Colo. 5. August 1984 - August 1986, contract law attorney, later, executive officer, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 6. August 1986 - July 1988, Deputy Chief, Eastern Trial Division, Air Force Contract Law Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 7. July 1988 - January 1991, Staff Judge Advocate, 32nd Tactical Fighter Group, Soesterberg Air Base, Netherlands 8. January 1991 - August 1993, Staff Judge Advocate, 833rd Air Division and, later, the 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M. 9. August 1993 - June 1994, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 10. June 1994 - July 1996, Deputy Legal Adviser, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany 11. August 1996 - June 1998, Staff Judge Advocate, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, Texas 12. June 1998 - July 2000, Commandant, Air Force Judge Advocate General School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 13. July 2000 - June 2001, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 14. June 2001 - June 2003, Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany 15. June 2003 - June 2005, Commander, Air Force Legal Services Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. 16. June 2005 - June 2006, Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Law and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 17. June 2006 - present, Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with silver and bronze oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Joint Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with oak leaf cluster Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with four oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal BAR ADMISSIONS Supreme Court of Nebraska U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 2001 Outstanding Senior Judge Advocate of the Year, Air Force Association 2006 Creighton University School of Law Alumni Merit Award EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 4, 1975 First Lieutenant June 4, 1977 Captain June 4, 1979 Major Nov. 1, 1985 Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 1, 1991 Colonel Feb. 1, 1996 Brigadier General Sept. 1, 2005 (Current as of December 2008)