Brigadier General
Flora D. Darpino assumed command as the Commander and Commandant of the Judge
Advocate General’s Legal Center and School on August 16, 2012.
Brigadier General
Darpino received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gettysburg College in
Pennsylvania, her Juris Doctor from Rutgers University in New Jersey, and her
LL.M. in Military Law from The Judge Advocate General’s School. She is a member
of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars.
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Darpino’s military education includes the Senior Service College Fellowship,
Department of Justice; the Army Command and General Staff College; the Judge
Advocate Officer Graduate Course; Combined Arms and Services Staff School; and
the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course.
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Darpino received a direct commission into the United States Army Judge Advocate
General’s Corps in January 1987. She has held a variety of positions, most
recently serving as the Commander of the United States Legal Services Agency,
Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Her other
assignments include Trial Defense Counsel and Chief, Civil Law Division, VII
Corps in Stuttgart, Germany; Training Officer and Assistant Operations Officer
for the U.S. Army Trial Defense Service and Litigation Attorney, Litigation
Division, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency; Chief, Administrative Law, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Assistant Executive
Officer, Office of The Judge Advocate General; Chief, Judge Advocate Recruiting
Office; Staff Judge Advocate, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas and
Tikrit, Iraq; Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, III Corps at Fort Hood; Chief,
Criminal Law Division, OTJAG; Staff Judge Advocate, V Corps, in Heidelberg,
Germany; and Staff Judge Advocate, United States Forces-Iraq, in Baghdad,
Iraq.
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Darpino’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit
with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with a
Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement
Medal, and the Iraqi Campaign Medal. Brigadier General Darpino has also earned
the Air Assault Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
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General Darpino is married with two daughters.