The Air Force JAG Corps Reporter Education and Outreach from The Judge Advocate General's Corps
By Lt Col Jason DeSon. Many military lawyers might believe they are only in the arena when they are in the courtroom. Nothing can be further from the truth—especially for the operational lawyer.
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Playing the MIDFIELD
By Col Jeremy Weber. Law plays a central role in national power, and pretty much every other area of life. It is time we recognize a legal instrument of power to better incorporate the legal domain into our strategic planning.
Read More »Administrative Investigations and Non-judicial Punishment in Joint Environments
By Capt Balaji Narain & Capt Dustin Banks. Intended to be an initial reference when conducting investigations or shepherding NJPs in a joint environment. By flagging the most salient distinctions between the services’ rules, our goal is to help the JAG practitioner keep an eye out for potential pitfalls.
Read More »Autonomous Weapons Need Autonomous Lawyers
By Col Walter “Frank” Coppersmith. Timely adoption of AI inside today’s U.S. Air Force legal practice will be essential for attorneys trying to keep pace with clients and organizations now operating at Internet speed and cloud computing scale.
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By Maj Megan Mallone and Capt Christine Seibert. Anticipatory self-defense has been recognized by the international community after it was first articulated in 1837 in the Caroline case. There are two types of anticipatory attacks in self-defense: pre-emptive and preventive. The distinction is nuanced and often misunderstood...
Read More »New Operations Law Training for a New Chapter in Colombian History
By Lt Col Steven Loertscher and Lt Col Jennifer Sanchez. On 27 June 2017, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the FARC) officially disbanded, handing over the last of 7,132 weapons, and giving the United Nations coordinates to more than 900 weapons caches spread around the country…
Read More »Enhancing Multi-Domain Command and Control: Attorneys and Paralegals Join the Fight in Exercise BLUE FLAG
By Col Michael Lewis, Maj Rodney Glassman, Maj Trenton White, and Capt John Kalis. While we dominate the air, space and cyber domains today, our adversaries have invested heavily in technologies to deny us the superiority we have come to rely upon.... We will need to integrate real-time information from…
Read More »We Better Get Ready: The Legal Landscape and Challenges of Unmanned Aerial Systems
By Col Stephen Shrewsbury. A new threat to Air Force operations is quickly emerging—the rapid advancement and use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by non-military users. Of course, the U.S. military has used unmanned aircraft since at least 1999 for surveillance and military operations in international and territorial...
Read More »GTMOCOM: The Time Has Come to Transfer JTF-GTMO’s Mission to A New, More Permanent Joint Subunified Command
By Maj Jeffrey Lorek and SMSgt Jacob Wolf. During former President Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House, it appeared as though JTF-GTMO would, in fact, eventually wind down…. However, with a new President in the White House… It does not appear that GTMO will be closing anytime soon…
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