Dana K. Chipman

Who is Dana K. Chipman?

Lieutenant General Dana Kyle Chipman, USA is an American military lawyer who is served from 2009 to 2013 as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.

LTG Chipman was born in Inglewood, California and graduated from high school in Houma, Louisiana. He then attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a Bachelor of Science degree and commissioning as an infantry officer in 1980. He later earned a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School in 1986. He also holds a Master of Laws degree from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School and a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.

LTG Chipman’s first assignment was with 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, where he served as a Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer until 1983. Upon completion of the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program, he was assigned as a Legal Assistance and Claims Attorney, and as a Trial Counsel with the 3d Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany. In 1991, he was assigned to the U.S.