Maj. Gen. Dixie A. Morrow is the Mobilization Assistant to The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. In that capacity, Gen. Morrow assists The Judge Advocate General as the Legal Advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force and all officers and agencies of the Department of the Air Force. She assists in directing all judge advocates in the performance of their duties with more than 2,200 judge advocates, 350 civilian attorneys, 1,400 enlisted paralegals and 500 civilians in the total force Judge Advocate General’s Corps worldwide.
Gen. Morrow was commissioned through AFROTC and entered active duty in 1983 following an educational delay to complete law school. During over eight years of active duty service, General Morrow served in a variety of legal assignments, to include wing Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Circuit and Chief Circuit Trial Counsel, and AFJAGS Instructor. General Morrow separated from active duty in April 1991 and joined the United States Air Force Reserve. She has served at center, numbered air force, major command and headquarters assignments, and as a Reserve Military Judge and the Chief Reserve Military Judge. General Morrow was ordered to active duty as the Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency and to deploy as the Deputy Coordinating Director for Rule of Law and Law Enforcement, U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan. She is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Eleventh and Fifth Circuits, the Supreme Courts of Florida and Texas, the Superior Court of Georgia, the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville
1982 Juris Doctor, University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville
1983 Distinguished graduate, Judge Advocate Staff Officer Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1984 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1986 Department of Defense Academic Instructor School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1988 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1996 Air War College, by seminar
2003 Military Judges Course, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 1983 - March 1984, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate (Deputy Chief of Military Justice, Chief of Claims), 56th Tactical Training Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla.
2. March 1984 - October 1986, Circuit Trial Counsel, Headquarters Air Force Trial Judiciary, Second Circuit, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
3. October 1986 - May 1989, Instructor, Military Justice and Civil Law Divisions, Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
4. May 1989 - April 1991, Chief Circuit Trial Counsel, Headquarters Air Force Trial Judiciary, Second Circuit, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
5. April 1991 - July 1995, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga.
6. June 1995 - October 1996, Appellate Government Counsel, Air Force Legal Services Agency, Government Trial and Appellate Services Division, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.
7. July 1999 - July 2003, Senior Individual Mobilization Augmentee, Headquarters 19th Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas
8. July 2003 - June 2006, Reserve Military Judge, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Central Circuit U.S. Air Force Trial Judiciary, Randolph AFB, Texas
9. June 2006 - May 2007, Chief Reserve Military Judge, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
10. May 2007 - April 2008, Senior Individual Mobilization Augmentee, Headquarters 9th Air Force/AFCENT, Shaw AFB, S.C.
11. April 2008 - October 2010, Mobilization Assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
12. October 2010 - October 2011, Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, Md. (on active duty)
13. October 2011 - January 2013, Deputy Coordinating Director for Rule of Law and Law Enforcement, U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan (on active duty)
14. January 2013 - June 2015, Mobilization Assistant to The Deputy Judge Advocate General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
15. May 2014 - July 2016, Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, Md. (on active duty)
16. July 2015 - present, Mobilization Assistant to The Judge Advocate General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. (dual-hatted as active duty Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency July 2015 - July 2016)
JOINT ASSIGNMENT
October 2011 – January 2013, Deputy Coordinating Director for Rule of Law and Law Enforcement, U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan (as a brigadier general)
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 14, 1980
First Lieutenant Constructive
Captain Jan. 7, 1983
Major Feb. 1, 1989
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1999
Colonel June 1, 2004
Brigadier General Feb. 2, 2010
Major General March 27, 2015
(Current as of November 2016)