Jack L. Rives
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| Nickname(s) | Jack |
| Born | 1952 (age 64–65) |
| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1977–2010 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant general
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| Commands held | Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Air Force |
| Awards |
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal Air Force Commendation Medal |
| Other work | Executive Director, American Bar Association |
Jack L. Rives (born 1952) is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association, and a former TJAG ("The Judge Advocate General") of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps. In 2008, he became the first Judge Advocate General in any service to hold the rank of Lieutenant general. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1977 until 2010.
Rives grew up in Rockmart, Georgia, where his family were the only Jews in a town of 4,000. "We would go to [synagogue for] the High Holy Days... and there was curiosity among my classmates, curiosity about why I was getting out of school to go to Yom Kippur services or Rosh Hashanah." He either attended or taught Sunday school every week from the time he was 5 years old until high school.
He notes that his father was in the National Guard for a short time, but otherwise his family had no formal military "heritage."
Rives received an A.B. degree in political science from the University of Georgia in 1974 and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1976. He was a member of the Kappa Deuteron Chapter of The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. He has also been educated at the Air Command and Staff College (1983), Air War College (1990), and National War College (1993).
Rives received his commission through the Air Force ROTC program in 1974 and entered active duty in 1977 after receiving his law degree as Assistant Staff Judge Advocate at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. Between 1978 and 1983, he was stationed at Kunsan Air Base, Hellenikon Air Base, and Clark Air Base as a judge advocate and defense counsel. It was during his assignment at Hellenikon that he met Marie, the woman who would become his wife.
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