BRIGADIER GENERAL KENNETH M. HALTOMBrig. Gen. Kenneth M. Haltom is State Judge Advocate for Delaware Air National Guard in New Castle, Delaware. Colonel Haltom was commissioned through Army ROTC in 1989. He earned his airborne wings at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1988 as a cadet. Colonel Haltom served from 1989 to 1992 on active duty in the United States Army in Arizona, Germany, Iraq and Kuwait. His unit, the Second Armored Division (FWD), rounded out the First Infantry Division in the first Gulf War. From 1999 to 2000, as an Army Reservist, he served a nine month tour in Bosnia. Colonel Haltom served with Task Force 134 in Baghdad in the summer of 2006. Colonel Haltom attended JSOC in 2001 and completed SOS, ACSC and War College through correspondence.
EDUCATION
1989 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland
1996 Juris Doctor in Law, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania
2003 Squadron Officer School (SOS), by correspondence
2009 Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), by correspondence
2014 Air War College (AWC), by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 2000 - June 2011, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, 512th Air Wing, Dover AFB, DE
2. June 2011 - April 2019, State Judge Advocate, Delaware ANG
3. March 2020 - Present, Chief of Staff, JFHQ DE, New Castle, Del.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Army Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 bronze service stars
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with “M” device
Overseas Service Ribbon
NATO Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal-Kuwait
Kuwait Liberation Medal -Saudi Arabia
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain Oct. 6, 1999
Major Oct. 6, 2006
Lieutenant Colonel July 10, 2011
Colonel Nov. 7, 2016
Brigadier General March 8, 2020
(Current as of March 2020)