David H. Huntoon
David H. Huntoon, Jr. | |
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 LTG David H. Huntoon, Jr. | |
| Born | October 27, 1951 Germany[1] |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1973-2013 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Commandant of the United States Army War College |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit (with five oak leaf clusters), Bronze Star, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachute Qualification Badge, Ranger tab |
Lieutenant General David Holmes Huntoon, Jr., is an American former military officer who served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.[2]
Early life[]
Huntoon is a 1973 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1973.[2]
Military career[]
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General Huntoon served as an Infantry Officer in a series of command and staff assignments in the United States and Germany. Following attendance at the Command and General Staff College and the School for Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he was assigned to XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. There he deployed as a Senior War Plans Officer for Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield[3] and Operation Desert Storm.[4] He commanded a mechanized infantry battalion at Camp Casey, Korea, and served in Combined and Joint Plans for the Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command in Seoul. He was the Army's National Security Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He then took command of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). Following his service as the Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, he was selected as an Army brigadier general.[2] His general officer assignments were as Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; leadership of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College;[5] Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy for the US Army; Commandant of the U.S. Army War College; and Director of the Army Staff in the Pentagon.[2]
In 2012 the Pentagon's Office of Inspector General found that Huntoon had misused his office while at West Point by asking subordinates to perform personal tasks for him.[6] According to the Washington Post, the Inspector General and the Army kept the information confidential until required to release it after a Freedom of Information Act request shortly before he retired in 2013.[6]
Dates of rank[]
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| Insignia | Rank | Component | Date |
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Second Lieutenant | Regular Army | June 6, 1973 |
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First Lieutenant | Regular Army | June 6, 1975 |
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Captain | Regular Army | June 6, 1977 |
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Major | Regular Army | October 1, 1984 |
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Lieutenant Colonel | Regular Army | January 1, 1991 |
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Colonel | Regular Army | September 1, 1995 |
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Brigadier General | Regular Army | November 1, 1999 |
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Major General | Regular Army | January 1, 2003 |
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Lieutenant General | Army of the United States | January 25, 2008[7] |
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Lieutenant General | Retired List | 2013 |
Awards and decorations[]
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 Bronze Star[9]
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 Defense Meritorious Service Medal
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 Joint Service Commendation Medal
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 Army Commendation Medal
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 Joint Service Achievement Medal
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 Joint Meritorious Unit Award
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 Superior Unit Award
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 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
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 Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
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 Korea Defense Service Medal
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 Army Service Ribbon
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 Overseas Service Ribbon
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 National Order of Merit (France), Knight
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 Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
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 Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
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 Expert Infantryman Badge[10]
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 Basic Parachutist Badge
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 Ranger tab
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 Joint Chiefs of Staff Badge
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 United States Army Staff Identification Badge
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 XVIII Airborne Corps Combat Service Identification Badge
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 Canadian Jump Wings
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See also[]
- List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents)
References[]
- ^ "Register of Graduates and Former Cadets, United States Military Academy". 6 March 1986. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d U.S. Army Officer Record Brief, October 31, 2013
- ^ "Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr. Becomes New Superintendent of West Point". 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., USA (Ret.)".
- ^ "Naval Postgraduate School Board of Advisors" (PDF). Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ^ a b Whitlock, Craig (14 June 2013). "West Point superintendent misused his office, IG says". Washington Post.
- ^ Zimmerman, Tom (February 5, 2008). "Huntoon promoted, set to direct Army staff". www.army.mil. U.S. Army. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., USA (Ret.)".
- ^ "Huntoon becomes 58th superintendent at West Point".
- ^ "Stocks".
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