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David H. Huntoon

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David H. Huntoon Jr.
Huntoon in 2010
58th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy
In office
July 19, 2010 – July 16, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byFranklin L. Hagenbeck
Succeeded byRobert L. Caslen
Personal details
Born (1951-10-27) October 27, 1951 (age 73)
Germany[1]
Alma materUnited States Military Academy
Military career
Allegiance United States of America
Service / branch United States Army
Years of service1973-2013
Rank Lieutenant General
CommandsSuperintendent of the United States Military Academy, Commandant of the United States Army War College
AwardsDistinguished 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

David Holmes Huntoon Jr. is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as the 58th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from 2010-2013.[2]

Early life

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Huntoon is a 1973 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.[2]

Military career

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Huntoon is promoted to lieutenant general by his family at the U.S. Army War College on January 25, 2008.

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 was 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, South 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. Huntoon remained the Convening Authority for West Point while he was under investigation, when he was convicted and when he was censured.[citation needed]

Dates of rank

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Insignia Rank Component Date
Second Lieutenant Regular Army June 6, 1973
 First Lieutenant Regular Army June 6, 1975
 Captain Regular Army June 6, 1977
 Major Regular Army October 1, 1984
 Lieutenant Colonel Regular Army January 1, 1991
 Colonel Regular Army September 1, 1995
 Brigadier General Regular Army November 1, 1999
 Major General Regular Army January 1, 2003
 Lieutenant General Army of the United States January 25, 2008[7]
 Lieutenant General Retired List 2013

Awards and decorations

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Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Army Distinguished Service Medal[8][9] with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Silver oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit[8][9] with silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star[10][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Register of Graduates and Former Cadets, United States Military Academy". 6 March 1986. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d U.S. Army Officer Record Brief, October 31, 2013
  3. ^ "Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr. Becomes New Superintendent of West Point". Fox News. 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., USA (Ret.)".
  5. ^ "Naval Postgraduate School Board of Advisors" (PDF). Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Whitlock, Craig (14 June 2013). "West Point superintendent misused his office, IG says". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ Zimmerman, Tom (February 5, 2008). "Huntoon promoted, set to direct Army staff". www.army.mil. U.S. Army. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., USA (Ret.)".
  9. ^ a b "David Huntoon - Recipient -". valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  10. ^ "Huntoon becomes 58th superintendent at West Point".
Military offices
Preceded by 58th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy
2010–2013
Succeeded by