Brigadier General Thomas Patterson Maney

An ROTC graduate, General Maney served almost 37 years in the Army Reserve, including over eight years of active duty with service in Panama, Haiti, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. In Bosnia, he served at the Office of the High Representative, an international peace implementation organization established by the Dayton Peace Accord, ultimately serving as the acting chief of staff. In Afghanistan, he was the senior advisor for the political sector for the US Ambassador and held the diplomatic rank of attaché. After 17 months in the country, he was wounded in an IED blast and spent almost 20 months at Walter Reed Army Hospital. After a year as a patient at Walter Reed, a physician family friend suggested he try hyperbaric oxygen therapy. He credits HBOT with “giving him his life back” and allowing him to complete a fulfilling judicial career with service to fellow veterans, teaching him that, “Hard Times Bring Good Things”. Among his major military awards are the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart.

Maney currently serves as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (Florida-North) and on the Florida Supreme Court’s Steering Committee on Problem Solving Courts. As an Okaloosa County (FL) Court Judge, he served for six years on the Florida Supreme Court’s Task Force on Mental Health and Substance Abuse and previously served on the statutory Florida Defense Support Task Force and Florida's Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council. He was instrumental in establishing Florida's Veterans Treatment Courts and served four VA Secretaries for more than five years as a member of the VA Readjustment Advisory Committee.