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The Army Lawyer | Issue 3 2025View PDF

News & Notes

Written By
Christian Phanthasy
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2025-12-19

News & Notes

Members of the 2nd Mobile Brigade Legal Office run through the jungle outside of Schofield Barracks, HI, on their way to train on the Air Assault obstacle course.

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Members of the 2nd Mobile Brigade Legal Office run through the jungle outside of Schofield Barracks, HI, on their way to train on the Air Assault obstacle course. (Credit: MAJ Ian P. Smith)

SPC Wyatt M. Weckman completes the sprint-drag-carry during the 2025 11th Airborne Division’s Paralegal Warrior Competition at Fort Wainwright, AK

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SPC Wyatt M. Weckman completes the sprint-drag-carry during the 2025 11th Airborne Division’s Paralegal Warrior Competition at Fort Wainwright, AK (Credit: SSG Angel W. Rodriguez)

SGT Gunnar Gransbery, a paralegal specialist assigned to the 71st Theater Information Operations Group with the Texas Army National Guard, participates in training during exercise Cyber Shield 2025 in Virginia Beach, VA.

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SGT Gunnar Gransbery, a paralegal specialist assigned to the 71st Theater Information Operations Group with the Texas Army National Guard, participates in training during exercise Cyber Shield 2025 in Virginia Beach, VA. (Credit: Jasmine McCarthy)

229th Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course.

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229th Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course. (Credit: Billie Suttles, TJAGLCS)

MAJ Jayne Leemon, Brigade Judge Advocate, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, applies camoflage as a convoy of brigade headquarters staff prepares to move early in the morning at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, LA.

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MAJ Jayne Leemon, Brigade Judge Advocate, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, applies camoflage as a convoy of brigade headquarters staff prepares to move early in the morning at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, LA. (Credit: Parker Seibold, The Colorado Springs Gazette, reprinted with permission)

SSG Prince Page participates in the 139th Legal Operations Detatchment annual training at Fort Campbell, KY.

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SSG Prince Page participates in the 139th Legal Operations Detatchment annual training at Fort Campbell, KY. (Credit: SFC Jessica Nolan)

Interns at the 82nd Airborne Division Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, rode along with members of the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, legal office during an airborne operation at St. Mere-Eglise Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, NC. From left to right: MAJ Andrew E. Nist, Ms. Quinn MacRae, Mr. Reid Hauenstein, and CPT Cal L. Burton.

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Interns at the 82nd Airborne Division Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, rode along with members of the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, legal office during an airborne operation at St. Mere-Eglise Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, NC. From left to right: MAJ Andrew E. Nist, Ms. Quinn MacRae, Mr. Reid Hauenstein, and CPT Cal L. Burton. (Credit: LTC Brian D. Lohnes)

MAJ Alexander E. Hernandez (seated, second from right), Brigade Judge Advocate, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division (2/11 IBCT(A)), supports assault command post operations on the move with his 2/11 IBCT(A) teammates during a Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center rotation in Hawaii.

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MAJ Alexander E. Hernandez (seated, second from right), Brigade Judge Advocate, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division (2/11 IBCT(A)), supports assault command post operations on the move with his 2/11 IBCT(A) teammates during a Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center rotation in Hawaii. (Photo courtesy of MAJ Alexander E. Hernandez)

SPC Vincent Valadez, Paralegal, 307th Division Engineer Battalion, pulls security in a freshly dug foxhole during Operation Panther Avalanche, Fort Bragg, NC.

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SPC Vincent Valadez, Paralegal, 307th Division Engineer Battalion, pulls security in a freshly dug foxhole during Operation Panther Avalanche, Fort Bragg, NC. (Photo courtesy of MAJ Andrew E. Nist)

CPT David A. Estes, a judge advocate with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, teaches a class on targeting principles to soldiers from the Tunisian Armed Forces during rule of law academics in Bouficha, Tunisia, during African Lion 25. The exercise brought together over forty nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands.

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CPT David A. Estes, a judge advocate with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, teaches a class on targeting principles to soldiers from the Tunisian Armed Forces during rule of law academics in Bouficha, Tunisia, during African Lion 25. The exercise brought together over forty nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands. (Credit: Tunisian Armed Forces)