The Judge Advocate General's Corps also known as the "JAG Corps" or "JAG" is the legal arm of the United States Air Force.
Garrison Barkley Coverdale was a United States Army Officer. General Coverdale is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.
Major General Enoch Herbert Crowder, USA was an American Army lawyer who served as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1911 to 1923. Crowder is most noted for implementing and administering the United States Selective Service Act of 1917, under which thousands of American men were drafted into military service during World War I.
William Kent Suter is an American jurist who served as the 19th Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, a position he held for twenty-two years. Prior to this, he was a major general in the United States Army; at the time of his retirement in 1991, he had served for over a year as the acting Judge Advocate General.
Lieutenant General Scott C. Black is a retired American military lawyer who was the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from October 1, 2005, to October 1, 2009. He was the first lieutenant general to hold that position. He is currently vice president and general manager of global mission solutions at BAE Systems Support Solutions.
The United States Marine Corps' Judge Advocate Division serves both to advise the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) and other officials in Headquarters, Marine Corps on legal matters, and to oversee the Marine Corps legal community. The head of the Judge Advocate Division (JAD) is the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant.
William McKee Dunn was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
Major General John Liu Fugh was the first Chinese American to attain general officer status in the U.S. Army. He was of Manchu descent. He was the 33rd Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army.
James Edwin McPherson is an American government official and retired United States Navy rear admiral. He served as the General Counsel of the Army from January 2, 2018 to March 24, 2020. He served as the United States Under Secretary of the Army from March 25, 2020, to January 20, 2021, and in acting capacity from July 23, 2019, to March 24, 2020. He served as Acting United States Secretary of the Navy from April 7, 2020, to May 29, 2020, following the resignation of Thomas Modly.
Ronald M. Holdaway is a former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and retired United States Army brigadier general.
Charles D. Ablard is a United States lawyer who served as General Counsel of the Army from 1975 to 1977, and who has been an administrative judge in the United States Department of Defense since 2003. He retired in 2009 and has since been involved in volunteer activities in fields of diplomacy and historic preservation in Washington DC and Alexandria, Virginia.
Richard Adrian Scholtes is a retired United States Army major general who served as the first commander of Joint Special Operations Command. Scholtes' experience as the commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force 123 during the United States invasion of Grenada made him an important figure in the reorganization of the US special operations community. After his tenure as JSOC commander, Scholtes retired from active service so he could candidly testify in August 1986 before Congress about the perceived need for a separate, four-star, special operations command. Then-Senator William Cohen described Scholtes' testimony as vital in the decision of Congress to create the United States Special Operations Command.
Major General Michael Joseph Nardotti Jr., USA is an American lawyer and retired Army officer. He served as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1993 to 1997. He is a 1969 graduate of the United States Military Academy with a B.S. degree and received his J.D. degree from Fordham University in 1976. Nardotti is a partner at the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs, serving as the co-managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office.
Walter Augustus Bethel was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I, he attained the rank of major general and was most notable for his service as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1923 to 1924.
Fred Hissong Jr. is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He served as deputy executive director for conventional ammunition and deputy commanding general of the United States Army Materiel Command.
Vincent Eugene Falter is a retired major general in the United States Army. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army Military Personnel Center. He enlisted in the Army in May 1953 and was commissioned in May 1954 after graduating from Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He later completed a B.Ed. degree in military science at the University of Nebraska Omaha in 1963 and earned a M.P.A. degree from Shippensburg State College.
William Ewing Cooper Jr. is a retired major general in the United States Army who served as Deputy Director for Foreign Intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He was commissioned through ROTC at The Citadel in 1951, graduating with a B.A. degree in history. Cooper also holds an M.A. degree in history from the University of Miami and an M.A. degree in international affairs from Georgetown University. He is a 1962 graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and a 1964 graduate of the Defense Intelligence School.
James Franklin McCall is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as Comptroller of the United States Army from 1988 to 1991. He is a 1956 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School. McCall later earned a master's degree in military science from the Army Command and General Staff College and an M.B.A. in comptrollership from Syracuse University. He is also a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
