The Pentagon announced several flag officer nominations and promotions on Friday, including the new commander of U.S. 6th Fleet and the next military deputy assistant to the Navy’s acquisition chief.
Rear Adm. Jeffrey Anderson is up for a third star and to lead the Europe-based U.S. 6th Fleet, which, if confirmed, he would take over from Vice Adm....
https://news.usni.org/2024/05/17/pentagon-announces-new-u-s-6th-fleet-co-jag
The U.S. Coast Guard announced recently that Rear Adm. Melissa Bert has been invested as judge advocate general and chief counsel of the Coast Guard. Bert is the service’s first woman to hold that office.
Bert was most recently the director of Governmental and Public Affairs for the Coast Guard, where she was responsible for external engagement with Congress, the media and other inter-governmental entities.
As judge advocate general and chief counsel, Bert leads a group of legal professionals who...
Rear Adm. Melissa Bert has been invested as judge advocate general and chief counsel of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Bert is the first woman to hold that office.
Bert most recently was the Coast Guard’s director of governmental and public affairs. Previous positions included supporting U.S. engagement with the International Maritime Organization as chief of the Maritime and International Law Office and serving as captain of the port for southeastern Alaska.
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Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer speaks during an all-hands call onboard U.S. Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka on July 12, 2018. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON – A review of the Department of the Navy’s legal system has expanded to include the Marine legal community, according to a memo from Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer obtained by USNI News.
“Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, in full coordination with the commandant of the Marine Corps, has directed an expansion of the...
After months of high-profile legal gaffes, the head of the Navy has ordered what officials are calling an operational pause for the Navy’s legal community.
The largest and most comprehensive review of the Navy’s legal system kicked off the day after President Donald Trump publicly admonished the JAG community for awarding medals to the lawyers who were responsible for the failed prosecution of Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Gallagher.
“Not only did they lose the case, they had difficulty...
https://news.usni.org/2019/08/05/navy-moving-ahead-with-unprecedented-review-of-jag-corps