Judge Advocate General (Canada)
- Judge Advocate General (Canada)
The Office of the Judge Advocate General for the Canadian Forces provides legal advice to the bases and wings, defending an accused at a court martial, teaching courses to other CF members or advising a commanding officer in an operational theatre to uphold the ethical and legal principles established by both the Canadian Forces and the Government of Canada. The current JAG of the Canadian Forces is Brigadier-General Ken Watkin.
The office consists of 114 regular forces legal officer positions and 64 reserve force legal officer positions. Regular forces are deployed as follows:
* Department of National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa
* Eight Assistant Judge Advocate General (AJAG) offices, seven in Canada and one in Germany
* Ten Deputy Judge Advocate (DJA) offices across Canada
* Four Regional Military Prosecutor (RMP) offices across Canada
* Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium
* CF Joint Operations Group Headquarters and the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario
* Deputy Commander-in-Chief North American Aerospace Defence Command Headquarters (in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
* with CF contingents deployed overseas — during 2001–2002, at four locations in Bosnia, as well as in Afghanistan, the Gulf of Oman and at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida; and
* in training with CF formations and units participating in major national and international exercises.
List of JAG
* Brigadier-General Ken Watkin 2006-present
* Major-General Jerry S.T. Pitzul 1998-2006
ee also
United States
* Judge Advocate General's Corps
Britain
* Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Judge Advocate General (United Kingdom)
External links
* [http://www.forces.gc.ca/jag/office/default_e.asp Office of the JAG for Canadian Forces website]
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