The Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps mission statement requires Judge Advocate Legal Services (JALS) personnel to operate “in support of a ready, globally responsive, and regionally engaged Army.”

News & Notes 2025 Issue 1

The second half of my thirty-nine-year military career was divided between, on one hand, serving as the legal advisor to colonel-, brigadier general-, and major general-level commanders and, on the other, consuming legal advice as a brigadier general- and major general-level commander. 

The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps has more than 9,700 active duty, Reserve, National Guard, and civilian attorneys, legal administrators, and paralegals.

Keith Nightingale’s Phoenix Rising is a compelling account of the planning, training, and execution of Operation Eagle Claw. As the deputy operations officer of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Nightingale provides a first-hand account of the operation through personal journal entries.

The following members of our Regiment, in alphabetical order, passed away in 2024.

On a sunny May afternoon in 1960, Governor Bert T. Combs stood on the grounds of Fort Knox, dedicating a new grave marker for Abraham Lincoln’s grandmother, Bathsheba Lincoln.