judge advocate

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“The Coast Guard has teams that are specially trained to come down and take control of vessels like this,” said William Baumgartner, former judge advocate general and chief counsel for the Coast Guard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Geoffrey S. Corn, a retired judge advocate general lawyer and former Army senior adviser for law-of-war issues, stated the obvious to the Times: That selling a dangerous product is different from an armed attack:

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

She’s former active duty judge advocate in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

DeSantis served when he was younger as a Navy “JAG,” or judge advocate general, deploying to Iraq.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024

Names of the members, and dates of their commissions, to be given in immediately to Major Lyon, deputy quarter master general, acting judge advocate.

From An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. by Willyams, Cooper