The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head of the Department of the Navy,a military department within the United States Department of Defense.
The Judge Advocate General's Corps,also known as the "JAG Corps" or "JAG",is the legal arm of the United States Navy. Today,the corps consists of a worldwide organization of more than 730 commissioned officers serving as judge advocates,30 limited duty officers (law),500 enlisted members and nearly 275 civilian personnel,all serving under the direction of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy.
William Harrison Standley was an admiral in the United States Navy,who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1933 to 1937. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1941 until 1943.
Naval Board of Inquiry and Naval Court of Inquiry are two types of investigative court proceedings,conducted by the United States Navy in response to an event that adversely affects the performance,or reputation,of the fleet or one of its ships or stations.
The Judge Advocate General of the Navy (JAG) is the highest-ranking uniformed lawyer in the United States Department of the Navy. The Judge Advocate General is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations on legal matters pertaining to the Navy. The Judge Advocate General also performs other duties prescribed to him under 10 U.S.C. § 8088 and those prescribed under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Bruce Edward MacDonald is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who last served as the 40th Judge Advocate General of the Navy from July 2006 to August 2009. Prior to that,MacDonald served as Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy from November 2004 to July 2006.
Lisa M. Schenck is an American lawyer,academic,and judge of the United States Court of Military Commission Review. She has served as the associate dean for academic affairs at the George Washington University Law School since 2009. In March 2010,Schenck was appointed as a professorial lecturer in law,and teaches military justice. Prior to her career in academia,Schenck served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps for more than 25 years.
The Naval Justice School (NJS) is an educational institution of the United States Navy whose mission is to instruct Navy,Marine Corps,and Coast Guard officers and enlisted personnel in the fundamental principles of military justice,civil and administrative law,and procedure. In addition to being licensed attorneys in any state or territory of the U.S.,all attorneys in the Judge Advocate General's Corps must undergo training either in this institution,or in the complementary institutions of the United States Army and the United States Air Force,allowing them to act as trial or defense counsel at military courts-martial.
Jesse Rink Wallace was a United States Navy Rear admiral and the Governor of American Samoa. He served as governor for a period of only ten days from July 30,1940,to August 8,1940. After his brief time as governor,Wallace served with the Office of Judge Advocate General of the Navy until August 1944,when he was ordered to the Pacific Theater as Commanding officer of the Amphibious command ship Eldorado. He led that ship during the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns while serving as flagship of Vice admiral Richmond K. Turner.
Michael Martin Gilday is a retired United States Navy officer who last served as the 32nd chief of naval operations from August 22,2019 to August 14,2023. Gilday commanded two destroyers,served as Director of the Joint Staff,commanded the Tenth Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command,and led Carrier Strike Group 8.
James Michael Byrne is an American lawyer who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs from August 2018 to February 2020. He previously served as the general counsel for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Thomas B. Modly is an American businessman and former government official who served as acting United States Secretary of the Navy from November 24,2019,to April 7,2020. He resigned as acting Secretary in the wake of his firing and berating Brett Crozier,the captain of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt,for allegedly going outside his chain of command in calling for help to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak onboard. Later,Modly traveled to the ship at port in Guam,where he addressed the crew in a manner that was perceived as disrespectful. He was subsequently widely criticized,and submitted a letter of resignation.
Thomas W. Harker is an American government official who has served in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the United States Department of Defense. Harker was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as an assistant secretary of the Navy and was confirmed on December 20,2017 and sworn in on January 2,2018. He was designated as the acting United States under secretary of defense (comptroller) on June 26,2020.
Earl G. Matthews is an American government official and attorney who held senior positions within the Department of the Army and at the White House during the administration of President Donald Trump. Matthews was a member of Trump's Department of Defense transition team and was appointed as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense,James N. Mattis on January 20,2017. Matthews was subsequently appointed as the Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Army on June 21,2019. He served as Acting General Counsel of the Army from June 21,2017,until James E. McPherson was sworn in as General Counsel on January 2,2018.
Directive-type Memorandum-19-004,"Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria",was a memorandum issued by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) prohibiting most transgender individuals from serving or enlisting in the United States Armed Forces and the DoD. The DTM took effect on April 12,2019,under the presidency of Donald Trump,signed by David Norquist. Originally scheduled to expire on March 12,2020,it was extended until September 12,2020. Before it expired,it was replaced by Department of Defense Instruction 1300.28,which took effect on September 4,2020,signed by Matthew Donovan.
Rear Admiral Walter Browne Woodson,U.S. Navy (Ret.) (1881-1948),was Judge Advocate General of the Navy under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,serving from 1938 to 1943.
Brett Elliott Crozier is a retired captain in the United States Navy. A United States Naval Academy graduate,he became a naval aviator,first flying helicopters and then switching to fighters. After completing naval nuclear training,he served as an officer on several aircraft carriers. In spring 2020,he was commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt when COVID-19 broke out among the crew. He was relieved of command by then-acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly after sending a letter to Navy leaders asking that most of the crew be taken ashore which was subsequently leaked to the press. Crozier himself was also later diagnosed with the virus. He was reassigned to a shore position and retired in March 2022.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic,was detected on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in March 2020 while she was at sea. Affected crew members were evacuated and the ship was ordered to Guam. The captain,Brett Crozier,wanted most of the crew to be removed from the ship to prevent the spread of the disease,but his superiors were reluctant. After several days Crozier e-mailed three of his superior officers and seven other Navy Captains,outlining a plan for the ship to be largely evacuated because the virus could not be contained on board. The letter leaked to the press,and the next day the Navy ordered most of the crew to be taken ashore,but the captain was relieved of command by Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly. Modly's order was controversial,and his later speech to the crew aboard Theodore Roosevelt was criticized. Modly resigned a few days later. By mid-April hundreds of crew members including Crozier had tested positive for the virus,and one had died.
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