The Prisoner of War Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on 8 November 1985. The United States Code citation for the POW Medal statute is 10 U.S.C. § 1128.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is an Article I court that exercises worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the United States Armed Forces on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The court is composed of five civilian judges appointed for 15-year terms by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The court reviews decisions from the intermediate appellate courts of the services:the Army Court of Criminal Appeals,the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals,the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals,and the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
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 Coast Guard Judge Advocate General oversees the delivery of legal services to the United States Coast Guard,through the Office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington,the Legal Service Command,offices in the Atlantic and Pacific Areas,nine Coast Guard Districts,the Coast Guard Academy,three training centers,and a number of other activities and commands. Legal services are delivered by Coast Guard judge advocates and civilian counsel in ten legal practice areas:criminal law/military justice,operations,international activities,civil advocacy,environmental law,procurement law,internal organizational law,regulations and administrative law,legislative support and legal assistance.
Robinson O. Everett was an American lawyer,judge and a professor of law at Duke University.
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.
Marc Warren is a senior counsel in Crowell &Moring's Aviation and Administrative Law &Regulatory practice group. From 2007 until joining Crowell &Moring in April 2014,Marc Warren was the Deputy Chief Counsel for Operations at the Federal Aviation Administration. He had been assigned to the US Army's Judge Advocate General office. He was at the Center for Military Law and Operations. He was a potential defendant in the proposed international war crimes prosecution for the Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay torture scandal,undertaken by the German national Wolfgang Kaleck.
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.
Andrew Samuel Effron is an American lawyer who serves as a Senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He took his judicial oath on August 1,1996,and became chief judge in 2006. His term expired September 30,2011.
Jack L. Rives is the executive director and chief operating officer of the American Bar Association,and a former TJAG of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps. In 2008,he became the first Judge Advocate General in any service to hold the rank of lieutenant general. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1977 until 2010.
The Judge Advocate General of the United States Army (TJAG) is the senior officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army. Under Title 10 of the United States Code,the TJAG is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate. Suitable candidates are recommended by the Secretary of the Army. By statute,TJAG serves a four-year term of officer 10 U.S.C. § 3037.
The General Counsel of the Army is the chief legal officer of the U.S. Department of the Army and senior legal advisor to the Secretary of the Army.
Gary Kim Wincup was United States Assistant Secretary of the Army from 1989 to 1992 and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) in 1992.
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.
Major General Sharon K.G. Dunbar is a retired United States Air Force general officer. She was the first female in Air Force history to serve as Commanding General of the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW),the Air Force component to the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region,and Commander of the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing,both headquartered at Joint Base Andrews,Maryland. In this unique dual-command position,Dunbar oversaw Air Force operations in the National Capital Region with specific responsibilities for organizing,training and equipping combat forces for aerospace expeditionary operations as well as for continuity of government associated with homeland security response,disaster relief,civil support operations,and national special security events. She was likewise the senior Air Force officer responsible for the execution of major ceremonial events such as the 57th Presidential Inauguration in 2013. As the AFDW Commander,Dunbar provided major command-level support for 60,000 military and civilian personnel assigned worldwide and was the Uniform Code of Military Justice authority for 40,000 Airmen.
Gordon Owen Tanner is an American lawyer who served as the General Counsel of the Air Force,the chief legal officer of the U.S. Department of the Air Force,from 2014 to 2017. Tanner also served as the Governor of Wake Island during the same period.
Major General Thomas E. Ayres is a retired American military lawyer who served as the 20th Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. On January 18,2018,President Donald Trump nominated him to become General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15,2018.
Carrie Frances Ricci is an American attorney and retired United States Army lieutenant colonel who serves as general counsel of the Army in the Biden administration.
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