The defense secretary's moves illustrate a desire to make the military even less concerned about war crimes and civilians ...

The Department of Defense is long overdue for revitalization. The military exists to fight and win wars, not to serve as a ...

One Air Force JAG officer told Military.com the move harms those who wear the uniform by removing the institutional knowledge those top officers hold -- and could result in them being replaced ...

A court-martial convened on Monday for Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was sentenced last year in ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief sacked top military officers last week, the most startling firings were the lawyers, legal ...

New defense chief Pete Hegseth plans a fundamental overhaul of the military's legal system to give soldiers more leeway on ...

"It's incredibly disappointing to see our government behaving this way. It's not the America I believe in. It's not the America I grew up in," said former Air Force Secretary ...

In February, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force in a bid ... a “sweeping overhaul of the judge advocate general’s corps as part of an effort ...

The real concern is not personnel changes, but rather the politicization of the military justice system that occurred during ...

James Slife, the vice chief of the Air Force. He also said he was “requesting nominations” for the jobs of judge advocate general, or JAG, for the Army, Navy and Air Force. He did not identify the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he wants to remove roadblocks by replacing the military's top legal officers. The move could affect hard-fought reforms to military justice.

A former trial attorney in the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps, he also provides legal representation to military members worldwide.