Donald P. Dunbar

Maj. Gen. Donald P. Dunbar
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	Wisconsin Air National Guard
Years of service	1983–2019
Rank	Major general
Commands	Adjutant General of the Wisconsin National Guard
Awards	Legion of Merit

Major General Donald P. Dunbar is Wisconsin's former Adjutant General. He commanded the Wisconsin National Guard and is in the United States Air National Guard. Dunbar was responsible for Emergency Management in the state. He also served as Wisconsin's Homeland Security Advisor, chairs the Homeland Security Council, and served as the senior state official for cyber matters. Dunbar also served on the executive committees of the Governor's Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) and the Adjutants General Association of the United States (AGAUS), and is a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council. With the retirement of Major General Thaddeus J. Martin of the Connecticut National Guard on June 30, 2018, General Dunbar became the longest serving Adjutant General in the United States. At the request of Governor Tony Evers, Dunbar resigned his post in the Wisconsin National Guard on December 9, 2019, for intentionally ignoring orders requiring outside investigations into claims of sexual assault and harassment as required by state and federal law and U.S. Department of Defense regulations.

Career

Dunbar joined the Air Force in August 1983 and trained at Reese Air Force Base. Later he would compile over 3,000 flying hours, flying in a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Fairchild C-26 Metroliner, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Cessna T-37 Tweet, Northrop T-38 Talon, and Cessna T-41 Mescalero. He first came to Wisconsin in March 2005 to command the 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard. Following a tour of duty in the Iraq War, Dunbar was named Adjutant General of Wisconsin by Jim Doyle in 2007. Dunbar resigned following a report that the Wisconsin National Guard did not properly investigate sexual assault complaints.

Awards Dunbar has received include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Award, the Air Force Organization Excellence Award the Combat Readiness Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster and two bronze oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Recognition Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal with service star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two service stars, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal with four bronze service stars, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Air Force Overseas Ribbon, the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold border and three oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Longevity Service Award with oak leaf cluster, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass device and mobilization device with a 7 award numeral, the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, the Air Force Training Ribbon, and the NATO Medal.

Education

• B.D., College of Insurance
• M.B.A., City University of Seattle
• J.D., University of Maryland School of Law
• Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School
• Graduate, Air Command and Staff College
• Distinguished Graduate, National War College
• M.S., National War College
• Fellow, CAPSTONE Military Leadership Program

Dates of rank

From 1984 to present, Dunbar has achieved eight different rank promotions.

Insignia	Rank	Date
	Second lieutenant	January 13, 1984
	First lieutenant	January 12, 1986
	Captain	January 12, 1988
	Major	April 1, 1996
	Lieutenant colonel	April 3, 2000
	Colonel	February 27, 2004
	Brigadier general	August 1, 2008
	Major general	August 5, 2010