Navy JAG Corps Judge Advocate General's Corps

In 2014, the Navy Office of Legislative Affairs opened the Navy Legislative Fellows (LEGIS) program to enlisted applicants. Chief Legalman Ronald Ratliff, a native of Elizabethton, Tenn., was selected as the first enlisted Navy legislative fellow to work on Capitol Hill. The following year, Chief Legalman Kevin Jaress, native of Tempe, Ariz., was selected as the second enlisted Navy legislative fellow. In 2014, the Navy Office of Legislative Affairs opened …

Vice Adm. Walter E. “Ted” Carter, Jr., Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, visited the Region Legal Service Office Midwest (RLSO MW), meeting with RLSO MW and Defense Service Office North Detachment officers, legalmen from both active and reserve components, and civilians on March 17, 2016.

Carter spoke in front of an “all-hands” audience in the RLSO MW courtroom. He discussed the development of training materials for future enlisted leaders, how value …

Officers from the Region Legal Service Office Midwest (RLSO MW) met with two United States District Court Judges for the Northern District of Illinois at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse in Chicago, Ill., February 11, 2016. Officers from the Region Legal Service Office Midwest (RLSO MW) met with two United States District Court Judges for the Northern District of Illinois at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse in …

Lt. Kimberly Rios, judge advocate, reconnected with her East Aurora High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) unit instructor, retired Chief Dental Technician Greg Fayfar. The reconnection occurred at her promotion to lieutenant at historic Building 1 onboard Naval Station Great Lakes, February 8, 2016. Lt. Kimberly Rios, judge advocate, reconnected with her East Aurora High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) unit instructor, retired Chief Dental Technician Greg …

The Navy JAG Community proudly nominated four attorneys and two commands for 2015 Distinguished Service Awards from the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel (LAMP). We are very pleased to announce that the LAMP Committee has acknowledged the Navy's outstanding legal assistance program by making the Navy the only Service to receive four 2015 LAMP Awards!  The following recipients have been selected for 2015 LAMP …