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News & Notes


2022 Issue 4

The U.S. Army Women’s Foundation recently inducted LTG (R) Flora D. Darpino and COL (R) M. Tia Johnson into the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame, Class of 2023. This is a high honor as the Foundation only inducts a few individuals annually. LTG Darpino (left) was the first female to serve as The Judge Advocate General of the Army. COL Johnson (right) was the first Black female to reach the rank of colonel in the Corps. COL Johnson now serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. (Credit: Fred L. Borch III)

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MAJ Bruce Nessler, SJA for the 32d AAMDC, was inducted into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara during the Saint Barbara’s Social at the Plaza Hotel in El Paso, TX. The Order of Saint Barbara is a tradition recognized by formal celebration and presentation of awards honoring Saint Barbara, the Patron Saint of Artillery. (Credit: SGT Ian Vega-Cerezo)

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SGT Yolanda Pinckney, a paralegal with the 369th Sustainment Brigade, poses for a photo inside a tent at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. SGT Pinckney is the editor-in-chief of Hellfighter Justice. (Credit: SPC Ryan Scribner)

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SSG Zhakira Moton, NCOIC of administrative law, 1st Cavalry Division, receives the Sergeant Eric L. Coggins Award of Excellence from Ms. Janice Waugh, the mother of SGT Eric L. Coggins, at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, VA. Ms. Waugh was also inducted as an honorary member of the JAG Corps for her dedication to the JAG Corps. (Credit: SGT Alex Romey)

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The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School hosted a panel, consisting of COL (Retired) Tania Martin, MSG (Retired) Lorri Jenkins, and Judge Tia Johnson, for Women’s History month. BG Alison C. Martin, Commander, of TJAGLCS, presented them with the Four Constants Compass, which represents the four constants of the Army JAG Corps: principled counsel, mastery of the law, stewardship, and servant leadership. (Credit: Billie Suttles, TJAGLCS)

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LTC Jessica Goffena (left) administers the oath of office to her sister, MAJ Caroline Durbin, 2d Theater Signal Brigade JA, during a promotion ceremony on 21 April 2023 at USAG Weisbaden, Germany. (Credit: Candy Knight)

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The 71st Graduate Course poses at the Gettysburg Battlefield, in front of the monument for the California Regiment. (Credit: MAJ Daniel Franco-Santiago, TJAGLCS)

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Jake Nist, Chief, Labor and Employment Law, USARC, leads a training discussion on employment law hot topics at the AGR workshop hosted by the USARC OSJA. (Credit: Wesley L. Martin)

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Ms. Sholanda Mason, Mr. Pat Nelson, Mr. Jeremy Tillman, and Ms. Stacy Wilhite, working on the protest for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL. (Credit: Thomas “Jeremy” Coburn)

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MEDCOM OSJA (Falls Church) Mobilized Team and axe throwing. This must be a medical thing. (Credit: Robert Rushakoff)

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The U.S. Army Women’s Foundation recently inducted LTG (R) Flora D. Darpino and COL (R) M. Tia Johnson into the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame, Class of 2023. This is a high honor as the Foundation only inducts a few individuals annually. LTG Darpino (left) was the first female to serve as The Judge Advocate General of the Army. COL Johnson (right) was the first Black female to reach the rank of colonel in the Corps. COL Johnson now serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. (Credit: Fred L. Borch III)

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MAJ Bruce Nessler, SJA for the 32d AAMDC, was inducted into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara during the Saint Barbara’s Social at the Plaza Hotel in El Paso, TX. The Order of Saint Barbara is a tradition recognized by formal celebration and presentation of awards honoring Saint Barbara, the Patron Saint of Artillery. (Credit: SGT Ian Vega-Cerezo)

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SGT Yolanda Pinckney, a paralegal with the 369th Sustainment Brigade, poses for a photo inside a tent at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. SGT Pinckney is the editor-in-chief of Hellfighter Justice. (Credit: SPC Ryan Scribner)

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SSG Zhakira Moton, NCOIC of administrative law, 1st Cavalry Division, receives the Sergeant Eric L. Coggins Award of Excellence from Ms. Janice Waugh, the mother of SGT Eric L. Coggins, at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, VA. Ms. Waugh was also inducted as an honorary member of the JAG Corps for her dedication to the JAG Corps. (Credit: SGT Alex Romey)

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The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School hosted a panel, consisting of COL (Retired) Tania Martin, MSG (Retired) Lorri Jenkins, and Judge Tia Johnson, for Women’s History month. BG Alison C. Martin, Commander, of TJAGLCS, presented them with the Four Constants Compass, which represents the four constants of the Army JAG Corps: principled counsel, mastery of the law, stewardship, and servant leadership. (Credit: Billie Suttles, TJAGLCS)

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LTC Jessica Goffena (left) administers the oath of office to her sister, MAJ Caroline Durbin, 2d Theater Signal Brigade JA, during a promotion ceremony on 21 April 2023 at USAG Weisbaden, Germany. (Credit: Candy Knight)

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The 71st Graduate Course poses at the Gettysburg Battlefield, in front of the monument for the California Regiment. (Credit: MAJ Daniel Franco-Santiago, TJAGLCS)

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Jake Nist, Chief, Labor and Employment Law, USARC, leads a training discussion on employment law hot topics at the AGR workshop hosted by the USARC OSJA. (Credit: Wesley L. Martin)

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Ms. Sholanda Mason, Mr. Pat Nelson, Mr. Jeremy Tillman, and Ms. Stacy Wilhite, working on the protest for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL. (Credit: Thomas “Jeremy” Coburn)

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MEDCOM OSJA (Falls Church) Mobilized Team and axe throwing. This must be a medical thing. (Credit: Robert Rushakoff)