News May 2018

Female Service Members Speak to NYU Council During Fleet Week

May 31st, 2018

NEW YORK — For the third year in a row, service members from the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard participated in an event to help provide insight into the experience of being a woman in the military. Members and guests of New York University’s Women’s Initiative listened to officers and senior enlisted females at the council’s “An Insider View of Women in the Military” event held during Fleet Week New …

Navy JAG Corps Leaders Break New Ground with U.K. Partnership

May 23rd, 2018

The Navy JAG Corps publicly announced on May 23, 2018, the establishment of a new partnership with the U.K. Royal Naval Legal Services Office. The Navy JAG Corps publicly announced on May 23, 2018, the establishment of a new partnership with the U.K. Royal Naval Legal Services Office.

The U.S.-U.K. Bilateral Legal Partnership is a cooperative effort between Navy legal communities from the two allied nations, which promotes the exchange …

Legalman Earns Law Degree Through JAG Corps In-Service Procurement Program

May 18th, 2018

Legalman 1st Class Sharon Soileau, Region Legal Service Office Hawaii, graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law, earning her Juris Doctor on May 13. Legalman 1st Class Sharon Soileau, Region Legal Service Office Hawaii, graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law, earning her Juris Doctor on May 13.

Soileau is the first legalman to earn a …

RLSO SE Hosts First Ever THRIVE Seminar

May 16th, 2018

Region Legal Service Office Southeast (RLSO SE) command services staff judge advocates (SJAs) and legalmen gathered at Naval Air Station Jacksonville to participate in the first ever Training Handoff Recognizing Issues, Vision, and Ethics (THRIVE) Seminar, April 5-6. RLSO SE command services personnel unable to travel also participated in the event remotely through Adobe Connect. The THRIVE Seminar’s mission was to grow and strengthen core command services components by personally …

Judge Advocates Participate in Sixth Fleet Maritime Exercise

May 11th, 2018

Region Legal Service Office Europe, Africa, SW Asia (EURAFSWA) sent two first tour judge advocates, Lt. j.g. John O. Wilson and Lt. j.g. Derek Kandt, on an exercise with U.S. Sixth Fleet in March 2018. During the two-week Juniper Cobra 2018 exercise, they supported Sixth Fleet Force Judge Advocates in providing legal advice to commanders and operators. sent two first tour judge advocates, Lt. j.g. John O. Wilson and Lt. …

National Security Law (Code 10)

May 8th, 2018

Washington  –

The Office of the Judge Advocate General International and Operational Law Division (Code 10) provides legal services in diverse areas involving law of the sea; law of armed conflict; international agreements and negotiations; foreign criminal jurisdiction; and international maritime environmental law affecting U.S. Navy and Department of Defense interests.

Personnel within Code 10 have a broad range of experience derived from operational deployments, assignments to numbered Fleets, and …

IWC Day Promotes Professional Development

May 4th, 2018

At Region Legal Service Office Naval District Washington (RLSO NDW), we recently recognized two outstanding members of our JAG community – Lt. Becky Cohen and Legalman 1 At Region Legal Service Office Naval District Washington (RLSO NDW), we recently recognized two outstanding members of our JAG community – Lt. Becky Cohen and Legalman 1st Class Victoria Thompson – for their outstanding contributions to our professional development program. It may …