The mission of the Judge Advocate General's Department is to provide professional legal services needed to accomplish the mission of the United States Air Force and maintain the highest degree of effectiveness and readiness. Specific duties and responsibilities in this regard fall primarily on the Judge Advocate General and on Staff Judge Advocates, the senior judge advocates serving on Air Force commanders' staffs worldwide. The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. ... This article is in reference to the U.S. JAG Corps. ...

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History

The United States Air Force became a separate military service in September 1947. On June 25, 1948, Congress established an office of the Judge Advocate General in the United States Air Force. On July 8, 1949, the Air Force Chief of Staff designated 205 attorneys Air Force Judge Advocates. Thus, ironically, there were Air Force Judge Advocates three months before there was an Air Force Judge Advocate General. Following the promulgation of enabling legislation, the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Department was established on January 25, 1949 by Department of the Air Force General Order No. 7 (as amended by General Order No. 17, May 15, 1949). While this event was clearly the birth of the Department, it really represented an interim step, providing the Air Force authority to administer its military justice system within the existing Air Force structure of the time until other legislation (what became the Uniform Code of Military Justice) could be developed and enacted. The department was originally a part of the Air Force Personnel Branch, but became a separate entity reporting directly to the Air Force Chief of Staff in February 1950. The first Air Force judge advocate general, Major General Reginald C. Harmon, believed it important for Air Force JAGs to remain a part of a functionally interconnected military department. For that reason, the concept of a separate corps was discarded in favor of the department that exists today. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Congress in Joint Session. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of more than 700,000 active-duty, National Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. ... An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | U.S. Dept. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), the foundation of military law in the United States, consists of Title 10, Chapter 47 of the United States Code. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ...

In 2003, the Judge Advocate General's Department was renamed to the Judge Advocate General's Corps by order of the Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. James Roche. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James G. Roche Dr. James G. Roche is the 20th Secretary of the Air Force. ...

In December 2004, the Air Force Judge Advocate General, Thomas Fiscus, accepted nonjudicial punishment under Article 15 of the UCMJ, for conduct unbecoming of an officer and obstruction of justice related to numerous unprofessional sexual relationships with subordinates. Upon his retirement, Fiscus was reduced two grades, to colonel. Since that time, the Deputy Judge Advocate General, Major General Jack Rives, has served as acting Judge Advocate General. It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Nonjudicial punishment in the United States military, is a form of military discipline authorized by Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. ... Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ...

External links

• http://hqja.jag.af.mil/ Air Force JAG Corps
• MG Fiscus' Article 15
• Report of the Inspector General on MG Fiscus' misconduct