The Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, Major General Scott C. Black, has selected Circuit Court Judge, John D. McAfee, to be a Military Trial Judge for the 150th LSO. Lieutenant Colonel McAfee has been assigned to the Senior Military Judge Position at Fort Campbell, Ky., home of the famed 101st Airborne Division. McAfee will serve a three-year term in a reserve capacity, and in lieu of typical weekend drills, he will be hearing courts-martials in the U.S. Army's 1st Judicial Circuit.
McAfee served on active military duty with the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C. including a combat tour of duty in Mogadishu, Somalia in the fall of 1993. He has served with various reserve and national guard units as a JAG officer since leaving active duty. Judge McAfee is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. and the Judge Advocate Basic and Advance Courses of the Judge Advocate General School in Charlottesville, Va.
McAfee's military awards include the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Reserve Commendation Medal, Army Reserve Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and the United Nations Medal. He has also earned the Parachutist Badge and the Air Assault Badge.
McAfee has served as the Circuit Court Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of Tennessee since Sept. 1, 2004. He previously served as Claiborne County's General Sessions Judge and Juvenile Court Judge from 1998-2004. He and his wife, Leigh Anne, live in New Tazewell with their two children, Thomas and Loren Grace