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We train Sea Service leaders and legal support personnel in the legal aspects of command and staff duties and train uniformed and civilian legal professionals to deliver quality legal services and promote justice.
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If you want to distinguish your career in law by changing the world, start with America’s Navy. From assisting Sailors with wills and powers of attorney, to negotiating international agreements, the Navy offers world-influencing career possibilities for law school graduates, as well as positions that earn college credit for those interested in the legal profession.
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Although the JAG Corps no longer prints a quarterly magazine, you can visit our blog to share the latest information about the adventures of judge advocates, legalmen, and our civilians.
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U.S. NAVAL BASE GUAM - Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Metropoulos, a native of Princeton, Illinois, is serving in the U.S. Navy at Commander, Joint Region Marianas on the island of Guam.
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More than 70 Navy staff judge advocates, legalmen, and civilian legal professionals gathered at Naval Air Station Pensacola, April 23 to 25, for the 2024 Southeast JAG Corps Training Symposium.
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Luis Martin Mesa is a Spanish attorney for the installation assisting U.S. service members, civilian employees, retirees, and dependents on legal matters during their time in Spain. He also provides legal counsel on Spanish issues to NAVSTA Rota and tenant commands.
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Welcome to the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps YouTube channel sponsored by the Navy JAG Corps. This page is intended to provide updated videos from and about the Navy JAG Corps. Visit our official website at www.jag.navy.mil The Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps provides solutions, from a military perspective to legal issues involving military operations, organization, and personnel, wherever and whenever such solutions are required, with a primary focus on operations, accountability, Sailor legal readiness, and Navy legal readiness.
JAG Talk is a podcast series featuring Navy JAG community experts. Listen to in-depth discussions about different legal fields and hear insights and lessons learned from practitioners across our enterprise. The personal viewpoints expressed are the speaker's alone and are not the viewpoint of the Department of Defense or Department of the Navy.
The Navy’s new Office of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) is a team of experienced, specialized, and well-trained legal professionals. It independently oversees some of the Navy’s most complex criminal cases – those involving serious personal violence and sexual misconduct and harassment.
LT Megan Martino talks with CDR Abby Surbella and LN1 (now LTJG) Chelse Wilson about their experience with the Career Intermission Program. The Career Intermission Program allows Officers and enlisted Sailors the ability to transfer out of the active component and into the Individual Ready Reserve for up to 3 years while retaining full health care coverage and base privileges. UPDATE: NAVADMIN 089/22 announced a legislative revision that reduces the Career Intermission Program service commitment, specifically, that CIP participants will payback one month, instead of two, for every month of program participation. This applies to all applications made after 27 December 2021.
Chief Legalman Rebecca Duclayan talks with the finalist selected for the 2021 JAG Corps Legalman of the Year and Naval Legal Service Command Service Member of the Year competition.
In celebration of the Legalman Rating's 50th anniversary, LN1 Anderson talked with LNCM Brook Larkins and LNCM (ret) Jondell Ritchie.
In celebration of the Legalman Rating's 50th anniversary, LN1 Lauren Hawk and LNC Shamia Briscoe discuss Legalmen Around the Fleet.