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judge advocate

NOUN
legal adviser to military commander
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He is also a veteran who served in the Navy as a judge advocate general.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Navy judge advocate general officer, and Michele Morrow, a former candidate for state superintendent, are also running for the Republican Senate nomination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

A lawyer and former Army judge advocate, she also teaches emergency management.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

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

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024

The deputy judge advocate held in contempt the net-work of the law, by which equitable rights are sometimes entangled: his was a court of request without appeal, and he took pleasure in asserting its finality.

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John




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