Cmdr. Kadlec is an active-duty Navy Judge Advocate and military professor in the Stockton Center for International Law. His prior assignments include Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for National Security Law, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Hawai'i; Assistant Fleet Judge Advocate, U.S. 5th Fleet, Bahrain; and Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435, Afghanistan. He has also served at the Pentagon, Washington Navy Yard, and Naval Station Norfolk in various legal assignments. He holds an LL.M. from Georgetown Law, M.A. from the U.S. Naval War College, J.D. from California Western School of Law, and B.A. from the University of California at Davis.