David H. Huntoon

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]

David H. Huntoon, Jr.
Born (1951-10-27) October 27, 1951
Germany[1]
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1973-2013
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands heldSuperintendent 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

Early life

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

Military career
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.

Dates of rank
InsigniaRankComponentDate
 Second LieutenantRegular ArmyJune 6, 1973
  First LieutenantRegular ArmyJune 6, 1975
  CaptainRegular ArmyJune 6, 1977
  MajorRegular ArmyOctober 1, 1984
  Lieutenant ColonelRegular ArmyJanuary 1, 1991
  ColonelRegular ArmySeptember 1, 1995
  Brigadier GeneralRegular ArmyNovember 1, 1999
  Major GeneralRegular ArmyJanuary 1, 2003
  Lieutenant GeneralArmy of the United StatesJanuary 25, 2008[7]
  Lieutenant GeneralRetired List2013

Awards and decorations
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

References
  1. "Register of Graduates and Former Cadets, United States Military Academy". 6 March 1986. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. 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. "Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., USA (Ret.)".
  9. "David Huntoon - Recipient -". valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  10. "Huntoon becomes 58th superintendent at West Point".
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