User:Geo Swan/United States Air Force: Colonel W. Thomas Cumbie

=BIOGRAPHY= U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E

COLONEL W. THOMAS CUMBIE
Colonel W. Thomas (Tom) Cumbie is the Chief Regional Military Judge, Atlantic Region, United States Air Force Trial Judiciary, stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. In addition to his duties as a trial judge, he supervises all courts-martial activity, and judiciary personnel within the Eastern Region, which includes military installations in the Eastern third of the United States.

Colonel Cumbie was born in Gainesville, Florida and raised in Quincy, Florida. He served as a Staff Attorney for the Senate of the State of Florida for three years after graduating law school. Colonel Cumbie was commissioned through the direct appointment program in August 1985 and entered active duty in September of that same year.

Supreme Court of Florida

1979 Bachelor of Arts degree in criminology, Florida State University, Florida 1982 Juris Doctor, Florida State University, Florida 1987 Squadron Officer School (Residence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 1995 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 1996 Air Command and Staff College (Residence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 2001 Air War College (Correspondence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama


 * 1) August 1985-August 1986, Chief, Civil Law, 834th Combat Support Group, Hulburt Field, Florida
 * 2) August 1986-April 1988, Area Defense Counsel, Hurlburt Field, Florida
 * 3) April 1988-May 1990, Circuit Defense Counsel, Travis Air Force Base, California
 * 4) May 1990-June 1993, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, South Carolina
 * 5) June 1993-July 1995, Chief Military Justice, Headquarters Second Air Force, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi
 * 6) July 1995-June 1996, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
 * 7) June 1996-July 1998, Staff Judge Advocate, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
 * 8) July 1998-July 2001, Military Judge, Travis Air Force Base, California