BRIGADIER GENERAL DWIGHT D. CREASY Brig. Gen. Dwight Creasy is the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is the principal legal advisor to the AFMC commander and staff. He is responsible for all legal services provided to an organization with approximately 80,000 personnel who manage $60 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. General Creasy served in the Tennessee Air National Guard from 1971 through 1974, and was commissioned through the ROTC program at the University of Tennessee in 1976. He served in the Air Force Reserve while attending law school. Upon graduation, he began his active-duty Air Force career as a judge advocate in 1979. The general has served as staff judge advocate at the base, center, numbered air force, sub-unified, major command and joint combatant command levels. He has served in various capacities as assistant staff judge advocate, circuit trial counsel and contract litigator at the Contract Law Center and Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He was the military assistant and special counsel to two Air Force General Counsels. EDUCATION 1976 Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, with honors, University of Tennessee 1978 Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, University of Tennessee 1984 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1988 Master of Laws degree in government procurement law, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1989 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar 1993 Air War College, by seminar ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 1979 - June 1981, Chief of Military Justice and Civil Law, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 2. June 1981 - July 1984, Circuit Trial Counsel, U.S. Air Force Judiciary, Sixth Circuit, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany 3. August 1984 - August 1985, student, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 4. August 1985 - August 1988, Chief of Contracts Law and Patents Law, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick AFB, Fla. 5. September 1988 - June 1989, litigation attorney, Trial Litigation Team, and Air Force representative in contractor claims, Armed Services Board of Contracts Appeals, Air Force Contract Law Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 6. June 1989 - July 1990, Chief, Command Support Division, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 7. July 1990 - January 1991, Chief, International Logistics Law, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 8. February 1991 - December 1992, Staff Judge Advocate, George AFB, Calif. 9. January 1993 - May 1993, trial attorney, Contracts Litigation Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 10. May 1993 - July 1996, military assistant and special counsel to the General Counsel of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. 11. August 1996 - September 1998, Staff Judge Advocate, Air Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, N.V. 12. September 1998 - August 2001, Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, Yokota AB, Japan 13. September 2001 - February 2004, Staff Judge Advocate, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 14. February 2004 - July 2005, Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 15. July 2005 - July 2008, Staff Judge Advocate, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas 16. August 2008 - present, Staff Judge Advocate, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. September 1998 - August 2001, Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Forces Japan, Yokota AB, Japan, as a colonel 2. February 2004 - July 2005, Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a colonel BAR ADMISSIONS Supreme Court of Tennessee Supreme Court of Florida U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Tennessee MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal with two bronze stars Global War on Terrorism Service Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 11, 1976 First Lieutenant June 2, 1979 Captain June 30, 1979 Major January 1, 1986 Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 1991 Colonel April 1, 1996 Brigadier General Feb. 1, 2008 (Current as of February 2013)