The Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army is composed of Army officers who are also lawyers and who provide legal services to the Army at all levels of command. The Judge Advocate General's Legal Service includes judge advocates, warrant officers, paralegal noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted personnel, and civilian employees. The Judge Advocate General is a major general. All military officers are appointed by the President subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, but The Judge Advocate General is one of the few positions in the Army explicitly provided for by law in Title 10 of the United States Code, and which requires a distinct appointment. The Judge Advocate General, who is referred to as TJAG, serves a term of four years. Major General Scott C. Black, appointed in October 2005, is 37th TJAG. The first person to serve as Judge Advocate General was William Tudor, appointed by George Washington in 1775. The Judge Advocate General's Corps considers his appointment the birth of the Corps, making it the oldest of the judge advocate communities in the armed forces of the United States. Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School is located on the North Grounds at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Adjoining the University of Virginia School of Law, the Legal Center and School is authorized by Congress to award a Master in Law degree by Congress. Judge advocates from all five armed forces of the United States and international students attend the annual Judge Advocate Officer Graduate Course in which the Master's degree is awarded. The Legal Center and School also trains new judge advocates, provides continuing legal education for judge advocates and lawyers from throughout the United States Government, and trains paralegal noncommissioned officers and court reporters. The Judge Advocate General's School began in World War II at the University of Michigan to train new judge advocates as the Judge Advocate General's Department rapidly expanded. It was disestablished for a time after the war but, after a short stay at Fort Myer in Washington, D.C., was reestablished at the University of Virginia in 1951. Website Virginia. ... Founded Incorporated 1762   County Independent City Mayor David Brown Area  - Total  - Water 177. ...

Judge Advocates occupying the position of Staff Judge Advocate serve on the special and personal staff of general officers in command who are general court-martial convening authorities. Staff Judge Advocates advise commanders on the full range of legal matters encountered in Government legal practice and provide advice on courts-martial as required by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Subordinate judge advocates prosecute courts-martial, and others, assigned to an independent United States Army Trial Defense Service and United States Army Trial Judiciary, serves as defense counsel and judges. The almost 2,000 full-time judge advocates and civilian attorneys who serve The Judge Advocate General's Corps comprise the largest group of attorneys who serve the U.S. Army. Several hundred other attorneys practice under the Chief Counsel of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Command Counsel of the United States Army Materiel Command. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

Judge Advocates General of the Army

• Major General Scott C. Black, (2005 - present)
• Major General Thomas J. Romig, (2001 - 2005)