MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES M. WALKER
Maj. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Walker is the Air National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate General (TJAG) of the United States Air Force.
He assists TJAG and the Director of the Air National Guard (DANG) by providing leadership and planning for all ANG legal offices, including some 550 judge advocates and paralegals throughout the nation. As the senior member of the ANG JA Council, the general ensures that the JAGs and paralegals performing national duties assist the ANG legal community in advancing the priorities of TJAG and DANG.
General Walker received his commission as a second lieutenant through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) from Auburn University in 1990. He served seven years on active duty primarily in personnel and communications, now cyber, positions including a joint assignment with United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM). He attended law school at night during his final active duty assignment and left active duty in 1998 to pursue a civilian legal career. In 2004, he resumed military service in the Air Force Reserves as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. In 2005, General Walker joined the Kentucky Air National Guard as Staff Judge Advocate for the 123d Airlift Wing. During his time as a JAG, General Walker served two tours in the Combined Air Operations Center at the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, Tyndall AFB, Florida, in support of Operation Noble Eagle. He was an instructor on the cadre of the Contemporary Base Issues (CBI) Course for six years and held the national level additional duty billet as CBI Director from 2014-2016, where he earned the 2015 Major General Robert I. Gruber Excellence in Teaching Award. Prior to his current position, the General served as Chief of Staff for the Kentucky Air National Guard and the Director for the Office of Complex Investigations, National Guard Bureau.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor of Science, Aviation Management, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
1994 Master of Science, Human Resource Management, Troy State University, Troy, Ala.
1999 Juris Doctor, cum laude, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Ill.
2005 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2009 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2013 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2019 Senior Leader Orientation Course, Joint Base Andrews, Md. & Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
2023 National Security Studies Management Course (NSSMC), Syracuse University, N.Y.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1991 - March 1992, Squadron Section Commander, 355th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
2. April 1992 - December 1992, Squadron Section Commander, 355th Mission Support Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
3. December 1992 - June 1994, Executive Officer, 355th Mission Support Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
4. July 1994 - September 1998, Assistant Operations Officer, Test Control Officer, Operations Officer, Chicago Military Entrance Processing Station, Des Plaines, Ill.
5. September 1998 - January 2004, Individual Ready Reserve, Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley AFB, Colo.
6. January 2004 - October 2005, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 455th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. October 2005 - May 2013, Staff Judge Advocate, 123d Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard Base, Louisville, Ky. (November 2006 – January 2007 and November 2007 – January 2008, Judge Advocate General, 601st Air and Space Operations Center, NORAD/NORTHCOM, CAOC, Tyndall AFB, Fla.)
8. May 2013 - October 2017, State Staff Judge Advocate, JFHQ Kentucky National Guard, Boone National Guard Center, Ky.
9. October 2017 - January 2022, Chief of Staff-Air, JFHQ Kentucky National Guard, Boone National Guard Center, Ky.; dual-hatted, February 2021 – January 2022, Director, Office of Complex Investigations, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.
10. January 2022 - June 2023, Director, Office of Complex Investigations, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va.
11. July 2023 - Present, Air National Guard Assistant to The Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2015 Major General Robert I. Gruber Excellence in Teaching Award
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 4, 1991
First Lieutenant May 4, 1993
Captain May 4, 1995
Major Oct. 1, 2005
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 5, 2009
Colonel Jan. 24, 2014
Brigadier General Oct. 25, 2017
Major General Jan. 14, 2022
(Current as of July 2024)
