LTG (Ret.) Charles N. Pede

Lieutenant General Charles N. Pede graduated from The University of Virginia receiving a comission through R.O.T.C. He thereafter attended the University of Virginia Law School. Lieutenant General Pede holds a LL.M in Military Law and a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. He attended the Judge Advocate Officer Basic and Graduate Courses, the Army Command and General Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Lieutenant General Pede most recently served as the Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Law and Operations at Headquarters, Department of the Army in the Pentagon, Washington, DC. His previous assignments include: Trial Defense Counsel, Mannheim Field Office, Germany; Chief, Criminal Law, and Chief, Administrative & International Law, 21st Theatre Army Area Command, Mannheim, Germany and Army Forces-Turkey; Chief, Military Justice, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York and OPERATION RESTORE HOPE, Mogadishu, Somalia; Professor of Law, Criminal Law Department, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia; Assignments Officer, Officer of The Judge Advocate General; Assistant Executive Officer, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Washington DC; Staff Judge Advocate, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York and Joint Task Force Mountain and Combined Joint Task Force-180, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Baghdad, Iraq; Chief, Criminal Law Division, Office of The Judge Advocate General; Executive Officer to The Judge Advocate General of the Army, Washington, DC; Commander, United States Army Legal Services Agency and Chief Judge, United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and Commander of the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lieutenant General Pede's awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Meritorious Service Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters. He is also entitled to wear the Parachutist Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
Lieutenant General Pede is married and has one son.