22 Jan 2016
Carns enlisted into the United States Air Force in November 1994 and was assigned to Tink AFB, OK, as an Airborne Air Surveillance Technician on the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control Systems. He deployed overseas several times and accumulated over 2,000 flying hours.
Carns separated from the Air Force in 2005 to pursue graduate degrees in law and business. In the fall of 2006, he was accepted into the Graduate Law Program and joined the AFROTC Detachment 675 at the University of Oklahoma. He graduate from the University of Oklahoma Andrew M. Coats College of Law with a Juris Doctor and the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business with a Masters in Business Administration in 2008. He was commissioned in Octboer 2008 and promoted to Captain on June 5, 2009.
Since commissioning, Carns has served as an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate around the world including assignments in Germany and Korea. In 2012, he deployed to Combined Joint Interagency Task Force (CJIATF) 435, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Rule of Law Field Force, Afghanistan operating out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Joyce, Kunar Province, with the 2-12IN, 4ID. While there, he advised local Afghan judiciary officials on Rule of Law (RoL) and Evidence Based Operations, assisted the Battle Space Owner (BSO) with Governmental and Developmental operations, and focused on RoL efforts on governmental stability and legitimacy.