Major Klinedinst serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law (DFLA) at the United States Air Force Academy. The DFLA team consists of 20 faculty and staff that engage in the design and teaching of 19 core and elective law courses, in scholarship across a variety of disciplines, in the legal support to the administration of the Cadet Honor System, and in the development of officers of character for the U.S. Air Force.

Maj Klinedinst received a direct commission as an Air Force judge advocate in September 2015 and entered active duty in October 2015. He is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Florida.

2005 – Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics, Old Dominion University, VA

2007 – Master of Education degree in TESOL, Regent University, VA

2014 – Master of Art degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of South Florida, FL

2015 – Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, FL

2018 – Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

November 2015 – July 2018, (Chief of Preventive Law, Separations, and Adverse Actions) 75th Air Base Wing, Hill AFB, UT

July 2018 – July 2019, (Chief of Civil Law), 18th Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan

July 2019 – July 2020, Area Defense Counsel, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan

July 2020 – June 2022, (Chief of Military Justice and Civil Law), 633d Air Base Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA

June 2022 – Present, Assistant Professor of Law, United States Air Force Academy, CO

Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters

AFLOA/ADC Pacific Circuit CGO of the 1st Quarter, 2020

633d Wing Staff Agencies CGO of the 4th Quarter, 2020

633d Wing Staff Agencies CGO of the 2nd Quarter, 2021