The Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act¹ (SCRA) “postpones or suspends certain civil obligations to enable Service members to devote their full attention to duty and relieve stress on their families.”² This includes various financial safeguards for active-duty Service members, including protections against default judgments in civil cases, provisions to prevent foreclosures, and mechanisms to reduce interest rates on pre-service loans.³

Until recently, Drafting Libraries – Wills (DL Wills) was the U.S. Army’s will drafting software of choice. This program, which appeared to have been created at the same time as Duck Hunt¹ with an interface that mirrored the Choose Your Own Adventure² book series, enabled an experienced legal assistance attorney or paralegal to draft a will for any state in less than fifteen minutes. A central permissions authority needed to grant individual users access to the software.³

This is the third article in a series by Michael Jones concerning legislative affairs. The first piece in the series, A Primer for Judge Advocates on the National Defense Authorization Act, can be found in issue 3, 2022. The second piece in the series, The Army’s Legislative Proposal Process: Advancing Army Initiatives Through Law, can be found in issue 1, 2023.

Today, no nation can find lasting security without addressing the climate crisis. We face all kinds of threats in our line of work, but few of them truly deserve to be called existential. The climate crisis does.¹

With the 2024 Fall Classic (i.e., World Series) recently behind us¹ and this year’s passing of legendary actor James Earl Jones,² my mind—as a lifelong baseball fan—has been drawn to baseball and the movie Field of Dreams.