BRIGADIER GENERAL BRUCE E. HAWLEY
Brig. Gen. Bruce E. Hawley is the mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He assists in providing legal support to the commander and AFMC staff agencies. He also manages approximately 130 Reserve judge advocates and paralegals who are attached to the 18 legal offices that support AFMC.
General Hawley entered the Air Force in 1974 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He served on active duty for about five years as an assistant staff judge advocate. After leaving active duty, he was an individual mobilization augmentee judge advocate at McGuire AFB, N.J. In 1984, he transferred to the Category A program and became the Staff Judge Advocate of the 439th Airlift Wing at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. He has also served as Staff Judge Advocate for the 22nd Air Force. In July 1999, he became the senior individual mobilization augmentee to the Staff Judge Advocate of 8th Air Force at Barksdale AFB, La. Later that same year, he was named mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate of Air Combat Command.
The general has been a frequent lecturer and seminar leader at the Deployed Air Reserve Component Operations and Law Course at the Judge Advocate General's School at Maxwell AFB, Ala. He authored parts of the training scenario for that course. He also wrote an article about procurement law and limited liability companies that was published in the Air Force JAG Reporter. In his civilian occupation, he is senior vice president and manager of a title company.
EDUCATION
1971 Bachelor of Arts degree in English and history, Fairfield University, Conn.
1974 Juris Doctor degree, University of Detroit School of Law, Mich.
1990 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1995 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1974 - July 1976, Chief of Civil Law, McGuire AFB, N.J.
2. July 1976 - June 1979, Chief of Military Justice, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
3. April 1982 - August 1984, individual mobilization augmentee, McGuire AFB, N.J.
4. August 1984 - April 1997, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, later, Staff Judge Advocate, 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass.
5. April 1997 - June 1999, Staff Judge Advocate, 22nd Air Force, Dobbins ARB, Ga.
6. June 1999 - October 1999, senior individual mobilization augmentee to the Staff Judge Advocate, 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.
7. October 1999 - April 2001, mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
8. April 2001 - present, mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Va.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Reserve Officers Association
Connecticut Bar Association
American Corporate Counsel Association
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain Dec. 3, 1974
Major June 4, 1985
Lieutenant Colonel June 4, 1992
Colonel Aug. 1, 1996
Brigadier General July 26, 2001
(Current as of December 2003)
General Hawley entered the Air Force in 1974 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He served on active duty for about five years as an assistant staff judge advocate. After leaving active duty, he was an individual mobilization augmentee judge advocate at McGuire AFB, N.J. In 1984, he transferred to the Category A program and became the Staff Judge Advocate of the 439th Airlift Wing at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. He has also served as Staff Judge Advocate for the 22nd Air Force. In July 1999, he became the senior individual mobilization augmentee to the Staff Judge Advocate of 8th Air Force at Barksdale AFB, La. Later that same year, he was named mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate of Air Combat Command.
The general has been a frequent lecturer and seminar leader at the Deployed Air Reserve Component Operations and Law Course at the Judge Advocate General's School at Maxwell AFB, Ala. He authored parts of the training scenario for that course. He also wrote an article about procurement law and limited liability companies that was published in the Air Force JAG Reporter. In his civilian occupation, he is senior vice president and manager of a title company.
EDUCATION
1971 Bachelor of Arts degree in English and history, Fairfield University, Conn.
1974 Juris Doctor degree, University of Detroit School of Law, Mich.
1990 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1995 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1974 - July 1976, Chief of Civil Law, McGuire AFB, N.J.
2. July 1976 - June 1979, Chief of Military Justice, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
3. April 1982 - August 1984, individual mobilization augmentee, McGuire AFB, N.J.
4. August 1984 - April 1997, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, later, Staff Judge Advocate, 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass.
5. April 1997 - June 1999, Staff Judge Advocate, 22nd Air Force, Dobbins ARB, Ga.
6. June 1999 - October 1999, senior individual mobilization augmentee to the Staff Judge Advocate, 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.
7. October 1999 - April 2001, mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
8. April 2001 - present, mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Va.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Reserve Officers Association
Connecticut Bar Association
American Corporate Counsel Association
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain Dec. 3, 1974
Major June 4, 1985
Lieutenant Colonel June 4, 1992
Colonel Aug. 1, 1996
Brigadier General July 26, 2001
(Current as of December 2003)