David M. Brahms

David M. Brahms
David M. Brahms
David M Brahms - USMC - retired.jpg
BGen David M. Brahms, USMC (retired)
Born 1938 (age 72–73)
New York City, New York
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1961-1988
Rank Brigadier General
Commands held Director, Judge Advocate Division
Battles/wars Vietnam War
Awards Legion of Merit
Bronze Star with Combat "V"
Other work Attorney

David M. Brahms (born 1938)[1] is a retired Brigadier General who served in the United States Marine Corps.[2]

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Military career

Brahms, a 1959 Harvard College graduate (B.A. Psychology), had taken a Platoon Leaders Course, while a student at Harvard Law School, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1961.[2] Brahms graduated from Harvard Law School in 1962. He completed Basic Officer training, and training in military law in 1963, and then served as a military lawyer in the 2nd Marine Division from November 1963 to June 1965, during which time he served in the Dominican Republic during an incursion there.

By 1969, he had been promoted to major and was sent to serve with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Da Nang, Vietnam.

In 1976 and 1977 he attended the National Law Center George Washington University, where he studied law psychiatry and criminology, and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

Brahms was promoted to Brigadier General in 1985, prior to serving as Director, Judge Advocate Division, for the final three years of his active military career. In 1988 he retired from active military service.

Awards

V
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Legion of Merit Bronze Star w/ V device
Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal Navy Unit Commendation National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 service stars
Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon Vietnam Gallantry Cross unit citation Vietnam Civil Actions unit citation Vietnam Campaign Medal

Post-military career

Since his retirement from the Marine Corps, Brahms has been in private practice of law in Carlsbad California.[3] Brahms is also on the board of directors of the Judge Advocates Association.

Brahms served as a technical consultant for the Hollywood movie A Few Good Men.[4]

Open letter to President Bush of September 7, 2004

On September 7, 2004 Brahms and seven other retired officers wrote an open letter to President Bush expressing their concern over the number of allegations of abuse of prisoners in U.S. military custody.[5] In it they wrote:

"We urge you to commit – immediately and publicly – to support the creation of a comprehensive, independent commission to investigate and report on the truth about all of these allegations, and to chart a course for how practices that violate the law should be addressed."

Scalia recusal

On March 28, 2006 Brahms, and five other retired officers, called on US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from considering Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.[6] On March 27, 2006 comments Scalia had made on the Guantanamo detainees and whether they were entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions were widely republished.[7] The officers felt that Scalia's comments showed he had already prejudged the merits of Hamdan's case before hearing the arguments in court.

The Washington Post observed that, while a Justice was required to recuse himself or herself when they had a conflict of interest, the decision as to whether recusal was necessary was left to the discretion of the Justice in question.[6]

Representation in Haditha Incident

Mr. Brahms is currently representing one of the seven Marines accused of a war crime in the Iraqi city of Haditha. Brahms has argued that the conditions his client has been held in are subpar to even Saddam Hussein's prison conditions in Iraq, and likened the situation to that of a federal Supermax prison facility.

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