MAJOR GENERAL F. ANDREW TURLEY

Air National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force

Major General F. Andrew Turley is the Air National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force. In this position, he provides professional direction and operational oversight to more than 440 Air National Guard judge advocates and paralegals at more than 120 ANG legal offices around the nation on behalf of The Judge Advocate General.

General Turley received his commission by direct appointment and began his active duty career with the Air Force in January 1985. During his initial five-year active duty tour, he served in the base legal offices at Mather Air Force Base, California, Comiso Air Station, Italy, and Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He also served in the legal office at Headquarters, Military Airlift Command and as the Area Defense Counsel for Scott Air Force Base.

After returning to Massachusetts to enter the private practice of law, General Turley transferred to the Air Force Reserve with assignment as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee at Hanscom Air Force Base. He then moved to the Massachusetts Air National Guard as a traditional Guardsman, serving first as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate and later as Staff Judge Advocate for an A-10 fighter wing. Upon relocating to Washington, District of Columbia in 1994, he returned to the Air Force Reserve as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the General Litigation Division in the former Air Force Legal Services Agency and later to the International and Operations Law Division in the Office of The Judge Advocate General. General Turley was reassigned to the Massachusetts Air National Guard in 1997, where he served as Staff Judge Advocate for the state headquarters. In 2002, he was selected as the Judge Advocate Assistant to the Director of the Air National Guard, National Guard Bureau. Later that year, he transferred to the Air Force Reserve to serve on a full-time Title 10 statutory tour as the Air Reserve Component Advisor to The Judge Advocate General prior to accepting his current assignment.

EDUCATION:

1980 University of Massachusetts, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Boston, Massachusetts
1984 Suffolk University Law School, Juris Doctor, Boston, Massachusetts
1997 Air War College, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. January 1985 - September 1986, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 323rd Flying Training Wing, Mather Air Force Base, California
2. October 1986 - October 1987, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 487th Tactical Missile Wing, Comiso Air Station, Italy
3. October 1987 - December 1987, Deputy Director, Civil Law, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
4. January 1988 - March 1988, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 375th Airlift Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
5. March 1988 - June 1989, Area Defense Counsel, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
6. July 1989 - November 1989, Individual Mobilization Augmentee, 66th Air Base Wing, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts
7. November 1989 - September 1994, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, later Staff Judge Advocate, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts
8. September 1994 - July 1995, Individual Mobilization Augmentee, General Litigation Division, Directorate of Civil Law and Litigation, Air Force Legal Services Agency, Washington, District of Columbia
9. August 1995 - August 1997, Individual Mobilization Augmentee, International and Operations Law Division, Office of The Judge Advocate General, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, District of Columbia
10. September 1997 - April 2002, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate/Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Massachusetts Air National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts
11. April 2002 - December 2002, Judge Advocate Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard, National Guard Bureau, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
12. March 2006 - June 2009, Air National Guard Assistant to the Command Staff Judge Advocate, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
13. July 2009 - Present, Air National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate General, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia

MAJOR AWARDS & DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Short Tour
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (Bronze Hourglass and 'M' device)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Air Force Training Ribbon

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:

November 2008 - Present, General Counsel, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), Department of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

1997 Air National Guard Outstanding Judge Advocate of the Year Award
1997 Air National Guard Nominee, Reginald C. Harmon Award
1998 Headquarters Massachusetts Air National Guard Officer of the Year
Air National Guard Nominee, Stuart R. Reichart Award
Summa Cum Laude, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
Cum Laude, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

First Lieutenant 5 January 1985
Captain 6 July 1985
Major 19 January 1990
Lieutenant Colonel 19 January 1994
Colonel 13 December 1997
Brigadier General 1 March 2007
Major General 19 June 2009

(Current as of November 2009)