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

Judge Advocate General (JAG) officers are called the “conscience of the military.” They are lawyers who serve in the armed ...

JAG officers deploy to battle zones and work closely with commanders to review target lists and operational plans, sometimes in the heat of combat. They’re widely regarded as a vital safeguard ...

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

Josh Fryday, Newsom’s chief service officer and previously a Navy JAG officer and mayor of the Northern California town Novato, outlined to POLITICO a campaign focused on expanding volunteer ...

In short, it sometimes means telling military officers or civilian military leaders no. A JAG might, for example, tell the president that he can’t deploy troops in Washington, D.C., with orders ...