News & Notes
2022 Issue 2
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The Office of the Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recently hosted the 2022 Combatant Command SJA Conference at the Pentagon, bringing together the 11 Combatant Command SJAs and legal representatives from the Department of Defense Office of General Counsel and the National Security Staff to discuss a variety of current and future national security issues affecting the Department and the United States Government. The Army JAGC is well-represented in these premier war-fighting commands!
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Members of the 174th Legal Operations Detachment converged for a MUTA 8 battle assembly April 7-10 at Headquarters, Miami. Day one consisted of a site visit to the Miami Coast Guard base organized by newly promoted CPT Robert Klock, a former Coastguardsman himself. Soldiers from all teams: Puerto Rico, Orlando, Saint Petersburg and Miami converged and had the unique opportunity to learn about these vessels from the experts themselves and gain a newfound respect for what the Coast Guard does every day. The tour culminated with lunch at the dining facility and a meet and greet with the newly promoted Commander.
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The V Corps OSJA (currently deployed to Germany) and members of the Ansbach Law Center visit the regional court (Landesgericht) in Ansbach on 8 April 2022 as part of their LPD program. Es wird gemacht! Victory!
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Combined Joint Task Force - OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE Union III Legal Team take a break and visit the swords in downtown Baghdad with the CENTCOM Historian (FWD) COL Leduc. From left to right, LT Gabriel Soto (USN), CPT Juan Mejia, COL Patrick Leduc, SGT David Lange, Squadron Leader Conor Donohue (New Zealand Air Force), and MAJ Marina Sacristan (Spanish Army).
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Staff Sergeant Jake Rotluff (second from left) received the 2022 Sergeant Eric L. Coggins Award of Excellence. Janice Waugh (center), Sergeant Coggins’ mother, presented Staff Sergeant Rotluff an Army Commendation Medal. The Judge Advocate General, Lieutenant General Stuart W. Risch (first on right), and the Regimental Command Sergeant Major, Michael J. Bostic (first on left), presided over the award ceremony. Staff Sergeant Rotluff was joined at the award ceremony by his wife, Ashley (second from right).