The Judge Advocate General's Corps also known as the "JAG Corps" or "JAG" is the legal arm of the United States Air Force.
The Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army,also known as the U.S. Army JAG Corps,is the legal arm of the United States Army. It is composed of Army officers who are also lawyers and who provide legal services to the Army at all levels of command,and also includes legal administrator warrant officers,paralegal noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted personnel,and civilian employees.
John D. Altenburg Jr. is a lawyer for the U.S. Army and a retired major general. In December 2003,Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld named Altenburg as the appointing authority for military commissions covering detainees at Guantanamo. He resigned,effective November 10,2006.
Colonel Frederic L. Borch is a career United States Army attorney with a master's degree in national security studies,who served as chief prosecutor of the Guantanamo military commissions. He resigned his commission in August 2005 after three prosecutors complained that he had rigged the system against providing due process to defendants. He was replaced by Robert L. Swann
Jon Ormond Newman is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
James Gooden Exum Jr. also known as Jim Exum is an American jurist who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1975 to 1994,and as chief justice from 1986 to 1994.
Margaret Ann "Meg" Ryan is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. She joined the court in 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. Her term expired on July 31,2020.
Martin Welker was a United States representative from Ohio for three terms from 1865 to 1871 and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1873 to 1889.
The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, also known as The JAG School or TJAGLCS,is a graduate-level division federal service academy located on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville,Virginia. The center is accredited by the American Bar Association to award the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Military Law. The center educates military,civilian,and international personnel in legal and leadership skills. The LL.M. curriculum includes courses in Administrative and Civil Law,Contract and Fiscal Law,Criminal Law,and National Security Law. The school serves primarily as the U.S. Army's law school for the Officer Basic Course (OBC) for initial-entry Judge Advocates,and as the graduate program for Judge Advocates of all services branches. It is the only ABA-accredited law school that only awards an LL.M. and not a Juris Doctor degree.
Wayne Edward Alley is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Timothy Belcher Dyk is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Moin ud Din Javed Buttar was a former justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan,retired on medical grounds.
Harold Raymond Vague was an American Air Force major general who was the Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force from 1973 to 1977.
The Judge Advocate General's Corps,also known as JAG or JAG Corps,is the military justice branch or specialty of the United States Air Force,Army,Coast Guard,Marine Corps and Navy. Officers serving in the JAG Corps are typically called judge advocates.
Kenneth John Gonzales is an American attorney and jurist,currently serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico and is a former United States Attorney from the same district,who served in Albuquerque.
Vincent Martin Bonventre is an American legal scholar.
Bradley Dean Jesson was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1995 to 1996.
Gregory J. Stoltenburg is an American lawyer,veteran,and current presiding judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in South Dakota.
Charles Nicholas Pede is a military lawyer and retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the 40th Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. Pede was promoted from the rank of brigadier general to the rank of lieutenant general,bypassing the rank of major general on July 26,2017.
Patrick Finnegan was a United States Army Brigadier General,and the president of Longwood University. Finnegan served 39 years in the U.S. Army,retiring in 2010 after serving as the 12th Dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Academy. Following his Army career,he was appointed as the 25th President of Longwood University in 2010. Finnegan stepped down as President in 2012 due to health reasons,and returned to private life.
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