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BRIGADIER GENERAL DIXIE A. MORROW
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Selected for reassignment as Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Judge Advocate General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Photo pending.
Brig. Gen. Dixie A. Morrow is the Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
General Morrow received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Florida in 1979. She was commissioned at the end of her first year of law school and was awarded her law degree from the University of Florida in 1982. The general entered active duty in January 1983 and was first assigned to the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, 56th Combat Support Group, MacDill AFB, Fla., where she served as Deputy Chief of Military Justice and Chief of Claims. After 10 months of active duty, she was selected to become a Circuit Trial Counsel and ultimately transferred to the U.S. Air Force Judiciary Second Circuit, Maxwell AFB, Ala. She served as a fulltime prosecutor at 18 bases in the southeast and central America.
General Morrow was an instructor at the Air Force Judge Advocate General School prior to her return to the Second Circuit as Chief Circuit Trial Counsel. She separated from active duty in April 1991 and joined the Air Force Reserve. She has performed Reserve duty at center, numbered air force, and headquarters levels of the Judge Advocate General Corps, including service as Reserve Military Judge and Chief Reserve Military Judge. Prior to her current assignment, General Morrow was mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command. In her civilian capacity, she works as the Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Pensacola Division of the Northern District of Florida.
EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, University of Florida, Gainesville
1982 Juris Doctor degree, University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville
1983 Distinguished graduate, Judge Advocate Staff Officer Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1984 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1986 Department of Defense Academic Instructor School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1988 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1996 Air War College, by seminar
2003 Military Judges Course
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 1983 - March 1984, assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 56th Tactical Training Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla.
2. March 1984 - October 1986, Circuit Trial Counsel, Headquarters Air Force Trial Judiciary Second Circuit, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
3. October 1986 - May 1989, instructor, Civil Law and Military Justice divisions, Air Force Judge Advocate General School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
4. May 1989 - April 1991, Chief Circuit Trial Counsel, Headquarters Air Force Trial Judiciary Second Circuit, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
5. April 1991 - July 1999, assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga.
6. June 1995 - October 1996, Appellate Government Counsel, Air Force Legal Services Agency, Government Trial and Appellate Services Division, Bolling AFB, D.C.
7. July 1999 - July 2003, senior individual mobilization augmentee, Headquarters 19th Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas
8. July 2003 - June 2006, Reserve Military Judge, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Central Circuit U.S. Air Force Trial Judiciary, Randolph AFB, Texas
9. June 2006 - May 2007, Chief Reserve Military Judge, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
10. May 2007 - April 2008, senior individual mobilization augmentee, 9th Air Force/AFCENT, Shaw AFB, S.C.
11. April 2008 - October 2010, mobilization assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
12. October 2010 - present, Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
BAR ADMISSIONS
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Texas and Middle District of Georgia
States of Florida, Georgia and Texas
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 14, 1980
First Lieutenant Constructive
Captain Jan. 7, 1983
Major Feb. 1, 1989
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1999
Colonel June 1, 2004
Brigadier General Feb. 2, 2010
(Current as of October 2010)
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