Colonel Brett Landry is the is the Staff Judge Advocate for Headquarters, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He is the principal legal adviser to the ACC Commander and headquarters staff on all legal issues involving military justice, operational and international law, and civil law. Colonel Landry provides professional guidance to over 600 active duty, reserve, and civilian attorneys and paralegals within ACC. His office establishes legal and policy oversight for 21 legal offices, providing legal services to over 157,000 active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel and their eligible dependents.
Colonel Landry was born in Belle Chasse, LA. During law school, Colonel Landry clerked for two years with the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana. He was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in October, 2004 and was commissioned by direct appointment that same month. Colonel Landry has previously served as the Deputy Lead Special Trial.
Counsel for the Department of the Air Force, the Chief of the Air Force's Trial Defense Division, as a Military Trial Judge, as the SJA for the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, SD, and as a deployed deputy SJA for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Colonel Landry and his wife, Natasha, have twin daughters, Julianne and Alexandra.
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2004 Bachelor of Civil Law, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2004 Juris Doctorate, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2004 Commissioned Officer Training, Maxwell AFB, AL
2005 Judge Advocate Staff Officer Course, Maxwell AFB, AL
2010 Squadron Officer School (Correspondence)
2012 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence)
2015 Air Command and Staff College, Distinguished Graduate (Residence)
2020 Air War College (Correspondence)
ASSIGNMENTS
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December 2004 – June 2006, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate (Chief of Civil Law),27th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, NM
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June 2006 – September 2007, Area Defense Counsel, Air Force Legal Services Agency, Cannon AFB, NM
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September 2007 – July 2010, Senior Trial Counsel, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Randolph AFB, TX
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July 2010 – July 2012, Instructor, Military Justice Division, Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School, Maxwell AFB, AL (June 2011 – December 2011, Deployed Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan)
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July 2012 – July 2014, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
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July 2014 – June 2015, IDE Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
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June 2015 – July 2017, The Chief Senior Trial Counsel, Government Trial and Appellate Counsel Division, Joint Base Andrews, MD
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July 2017 – July 2020, Staff Judge Advocate, 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD
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July 2020 – August 2022, Military Judge, Air Force Trial Judiciary, Western Circuit, Travis AFB, CA
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August 2022 – July 2024, Chief, Trial Defense Division, Military Justice and Discipline Directorate, Joint Base Andrews, MD
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July 2024 – July 2026, Deputy Lead Special Trial Counsel, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
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July 2026 – Present, Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with one oak leaf cluster Afghanistan
Campaign Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Overseas Ribbon - Short Tour NATO
ISAF Campaign Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain 7 May 2005
Major 1 September 2011
Lieutenant Colonel 1 January 2017
Colonel 14 December 2021
(Current as of July 2026)