Commandant of Cadets of the United States Air Force Academy

The Commandant of Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy is the officer in charge of the Cadet Wing. Under the Superintendent, the Commandant oversees all of the cadets' military training at the academy. The position of Commandant has traditionally been filled by an active duty Air Force brigadier general, although occasionally, the office holder has been a major general. Since reorganization from October 1994 through August 2006, the Commandant was "dual-hatted" as the commander of the 34th Training Wing. In August 2006, the 34th Wing was redesignated Commandant of Cadets, a named organization.^[1]

List of commandants of cadets[edit]

No.	Commandant of Cadets		Term			Class Year	Notes and Reference
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Term length
1		Major General Robert M. Stillman	1954	1958	~4 years	USMA 1935	[a][2]
2		Major General Henry R. Sullivan Jr.	1958	1961	~3 years	USMA 1939	[b][3]
3		Major General William Seawell	1961	1963	~4 years	USMA 1941	[4]
4		Major General Robert William Strong Jr.	1963	1965	~2 years	USMA 1940	[5]
5		Brigadier General Louis T. Seith	1965	1967	~2 years	USMA 1943	[6]
6		Brigadier General Robin Olds	1967	1971	~4 years	USMA 1943	[c][7]
7		Brigadier General Walter T. Galligan	1971	1973	~2 years	USMA 1945	[8]
8		Brigadier General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr.	1973	1975	~2 years	USMA 1951	[9]
9		Brigadier General Stanley C. Beck	1975	1978	~3 years	USMA 1954	[10]
10		Brigadier General Thomas C. Richards	1978	1981	~3 years	Virginia Tech 1956	[11]
11		Brigadier General Robert D. Beckel	1981	1982	~1 year	USAFA 1959	[d][13]
12		Brigadier General Anthony J. Burshnick	1982	1984	~2 years	USAFA 1960	[14]
13		Brigadier General Marcus A. Anderson	1984	1986	~2 years	USAFA 1961	[e][15]
14		Brigadier General Sam W. Westbrook III	1986	1989	~3 years	USAFA 1963	[16]
15		Brigadier General Joseph J. Redden	1989	1992	~3 years	USAFA 1964	[17]
16		Major General Richard C. Bethurem	1992	1993	~1 year	USAFA 1966	[18]
17		Brigadier General Patrick K. Gamble	1993	1994	~1 year	Texas A&M 1967	[19]
18		Brigadier General John D. Hopper Jr.	1994	1996	~2 years	USAFA 1969	[f][20]
19		Brigadier General Stephen R. Lorenz	1996	1999	~3 years	USAFA 1973	[g][21]
20		Brigadier General Mark A. Welsh III	1999	2001	~3 years	USAFA 1976	[h][22]
21		Brigadier General S. Taco Gilbert III	2001	2003	~2 years	USAFA 1978	[23]
22		Brigadier General Johnny A. Weida	2002	2005	~2 years	USAFA 1978	[24]
23		Brigadier General Susan Y. Desjardins	2005	2008	~3 years	USAFA 1980	[i][25]
24		Brigadier General Samuel D. Cox	2008	2010	~2 years	USAFA 1984	[26]
25		Brigadier General Richard M. Clark	2010	2012	~2 years	USAFA 1986	[j][27]
26		Major General Gregory J. Lengyel	2012	July 2, 2014	~2 years	Texas A&M 1985	[k][28][29]
27		Brigadier General Stephen C. Williams	July 2, 2014	~May 15, 2017	~2 years, 317 days	USAFA 1989	[l]
28		Brigadier General Kristin E. Goodwin	May 15, 2017	April 29, 2019	1 year, 349 days	USAFA 1993	[m]
29		Major General Michele C. Edmondson	May 31, 2019	May 27, 2021	1 year, 361 days	University of Florida 1992	[n]
30		Brigadier General Paul D. Moga	May 27, 2021	June 21, 2023	2 years, 315 days	USAFA 1995	[30]
31		Brigadier General Gavin P. Marks	June 21, 2023	Incumbent	290 days	USAFA 1996	[31]

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