Born in Dayton, Ohio, Maj Nuhn grew up a stone’s throw from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. After earning his undergraduate degree at the Ohio State University, he worked in natural resources management for seven years prior to returning to school to secure a law degree. In May of 2007, Maj Nuhn earned his J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law and was admitted to the Ohio bar that fall. He entered active duty in January 2008 by direct commission. Maj Nuhn earned his Environmental Law LL.M. degree with highest honors from George Washington University Law School in 2016.

USAFA is Maj Nuhn’s eleventh active-duty U.S. Air Force assignment in addition to three six-month combat zone deployments. He cohabitates with a mutt named Kiddo.

Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence (2018)

Master of Laws (LL.M.), Environmental Law, with Highest Honors, George Washington University, Washington D.C. (2015)

Squadron Officer School, by correspondence (2009)

Judge Advocate Staff Officer’s Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (2008)

Juris Doctor, cum laude, University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio (2007)

Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Resources Management, Honors Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1996)

Chief, Theater Legal Engagement / International Law, USSOUTHCOM, Doral, Fla. (July 2024 – 2026)

Chief of Administrative Law, HQ AFPC, JBSA-Randolph, Texas (August 2023 – June 2024)

Chief of Adverse Actions, HQ ARPC, Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. (April – October 2022, OCONUS Deployment, Deputy SJA, HQ Over the Horizon-Counterterrorism / SOJTF-C) (AFRC’s 2022 Kuhfeld Award nominee) (August 2020 – July 2023)

Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 87th Air Base Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (July 2018 – July 2020)

Environmental Liaison Officer for AFSPC & AFGSC, Peterson AFB, Colo. (June 2016 – June 2018)

AFIT Student, Environmental Law LLM program, George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C. (August 2015 – June 2016)

Chief of Training, Administrative Law Division, HQ USAFE-AFAFRICA/JA, Ramstein Air Base, Germany (July 2013 – August 2015)

Chief of Administrative Law, HQ Seventh Air Force, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea (August 2012 – July 2013)

Chief of Operations Law; General Law; Chief of Military Justice, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (December 2011 – June 2012, Deployed, Deputy Rule of Law, International Security Assistance Force HQ – Kabul, Afghanistan) (July 2010 – Aug 2012)

Chief of: General Law, Environmental Law, Claims, Legal Assistance, Operations Law, and Contract Law, 62d Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (April – November 2009, Deployed, TF 134 – Office of Criminal Investigations, Baghdad, Iraq) (May 2008 – July 2010)

AFRC’s 2022 Kuhfeld Award nominee

Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Joint Service Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Iraq Campaign Medal with one device

Afghanistan Campaign Medal with one device