Air
National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force
Major General Cassie A. Strom is Air National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force, Washington, District of Columbia. In this position she is the principal adviser and liaison to The Judge Advocate General on Air National Guard legal matters. In addition, she serves as a senior representative on The Judge Advocate General's Air National Guard Council, providing leadership, strategic planning and management of the entire Air National Guard Judge Advocate General program, encompassing 440 judge advocates and paralegals at Air National Guard legal offices throughout the United States.
General Strom received her commission by direct appointment and began her active duty career with the Air Force in February 1984. She has served at all levels - Department of Defense, Combatant Command, Headquarters United States Air Force, Major Command, wing and base legal offices. She previously served on active duty for six years at the base legal offices at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Osan Air Base, Korea and Torrejon Air Base, Spain. General Strom is admitted to practice law in the State of Missouri and the State of Nebraska.
General Strom transferred to the Air Force Reserve with an assignment as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She then moved to the Missouri Air National Guard in 1990 as a traditional Guard member. She has deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina and augmented the Army Civil Affairs mission, worked a variety of international peacekeeping exercises, served in the Department of Defense Office of General Counsel, International Affairs, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, acted as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, United States Transportation Command, and as a Supervising Senior Attorney at the United States Air Force Academy.
1979 University of Kansas, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, History, Lawrence, Kansas
1982 Creighton Law School, Juris Doctorate, Omaha, Nebraska
1983 American Graduate School of International Management, Master of International Management, Finance, Phoenix, Arizona
2002 Air War College, by correspondence
1. February 1984 - August 1984, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 2nd
Combat Support Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
2. August 1984 - February 1985, Chief, Claims Division, 2nd Combat Support
Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
3. February 1985 - May 1986, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 51st Combat
Support Group, Osan Air Base, Korea
4. June 1986 - September 1989, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 401st
Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain
5. September 1989 - April 1992, Judge Advocate, 157th Tactical Control
Group, Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Station, Saint Louis, Missouri
6. April 1992 - September 1999, Judge Advocate, 157th Air Control Group,
Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Station, Saint Louis, Missouri
7. October 1999 - June 2003, Judge Advocate, 131st Fighter Wing, Lambert
International Airport, Saint Louis, Missouri
8. June 2003 - June 2004, Associate Deputy General Counsel (International
Affairs), Department of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
9. June 2004 - August 2005, Air National Guard Assistant to the Staff Judge
Advocate, Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command
10. August 2005 - August 2007, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, United States
Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
11. August 2007 - June 2009, Air National Guard Assistant to Headquarters
United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Office, Pentagon, Washington,
District of Columbia
12. July 2009 - June 2012, Air National Guard Assistant to the Staff Judge
Advocate, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
13. July 2012 - Present, Air National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate
General of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
Defense Superior Service Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Short
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Long
Air Force Longevity Service (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with 1Gold Hourglass)
Air Force Training Ribbon
North American Treaty Organization Medal
First Lieutenant 14 February 1984
Captain 14 August 1984
Major 21 January 1995
Lieutenant Colonel 18 May 2000
Colonel 27 February 2004
Brigadier General 1 March 2010
Major General 12 February 2014
(Current as of June 2014)