News & Notes
2020 Issue 6
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PFC Rajea Money and PFC Josephine Embola fold the flag at the conclusion of the reenlistment of SSG Giselle Solis, NCOIC, General Crimes, Combined Eighth Army/2ID Military Justice. A CH-47 from 2 CAB flew members of the 2ID and Eighth Army OSJAs to the top of Pinnacle Four near Asan-si, Korea, to conduct the reenlistment, hovered in the background during the ceremony, and then flew back to Camp Humphreys.
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The Resolute Support/U.S. Forces-Afghanistan OSJA hosted Commander Christopher Scheuren, German Navy judge advocate and legal advisor to Train Advise Assist Command-North, during his visit to Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. From left to right, MAJ Katharine Adams, COL Joseph Mackey, CDR Scheuren, and Capt Melissa Fowler.
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CPT Rudy Dambeck, Military Justice Advisor, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, became the first Army judge advocate to earn the Expert Soldier Badge during testing between 4 and 8 October 2020. CPT Dambeck was one of only 46 Soldiers—a passing rate of 16%—to successfully complete 34 individual Soldier tasks, including weapons qualification and maintenance, a 12-mile road march, land navigation, combat lifesaver skills, and an APFT. A true warrior-lawyer, he also completed two administrative separation boards and processed courts-martial actions while in the final phase of his training for this event. He was mentored by SGT Matthew Clark from 2-2 SBCT, who was the first paralegal in the Army to earn the ESB last year. CPT Dambeck’s wife, Amanda, proudly pinned the ESB on his chest after a demanding week of Army readiness challenges.
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Hardworking JBLM TDS gets in a hike during the monthly TDS Social Day! Top row L to R: SPC La Rosa, SPC Clarno, CPT Baek, CPT Bowyer, Mr. Parker. Bottom L to R: CPT Harnish, CPT Kim, CPT Hall, CPT Hanzeli, CPT Deel, and SGT Mortimer.
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Soldiers from the 82d Airborne Division and the Mission Command Training Program gathered to conduct an AAR in the hangar at Holland Drop Zone to discuss Warfighter 21-1 and legal issues that arose during the exercise. Top row L to R: COL Jeffrey Thurnher, CPT Sean Duffy, SGT Geoffry Starke, CPT Robert Clopton, MSG Marvin Kauger. Bottom row L to R: COL Robert Manley, CPT Danielle Curtin, SSG Alina Zamora, CPT Hayley Boyd, CPT Stephen Esposito. Not pictured: MAJ Justin Nottingham.
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MAJ Greg Vetere, Senior Defense Counsel at Fort Stewart, presents Army Achieve - ment Medals to two TDS paralegals, PFC Trevor Tamashiro and PFC Michelle Wilson, for their outstanding performance and commitment to duty. These two junior paralegals effectively implemented TDS 2.0 under challenging COVID-19 circumstances, prior to the arrival of the field office’s NCOIC.
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Judge advocates and paralegal Soldiers in the U.S. Army Reserve Command OSJA, joined by NCOs from JFKSWCS’s legal office, honed their skills in leadership, lethality, and operating in an ambiguous environment at Fort Bragg’s Leadership Reaction Course. The office’s NCOs planned and executed the training, to include opening, running, and closing the range.
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CPT Jeri D’Aurelio, Trial Defense Counsel, TDS West Region (Alaska), competes in the Finals of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior. To qualify for the finals, CPT D’Aurelio placed in the top four of all female competitors nationwide. During the finals, only one woman went further on the obstacle course.
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The OSJA at Fort Wainwright, AK, enjoyed the beautiful Alaskan scenery by climbing Birch Hill before the snow and the skiers.