i dont want the wikipedia entry on it either... Any first hand experience with it?
2006-12-29 03:49:23 · 6 answers · asked by jefferson 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A JAG is basically a lawyer in the military. He/she does lawyer stuff (i.e. represents a soldier during a court martial since a solider who commits a crime on-the-job can't be tried in a civilian court)
2006-12-29 03:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by trer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was in the Navy (retired), and basically, an officer who becomes a lawyer is assigned to the Judge Advocate General's Corp (JAG Corp). So a JAG is basically a lawyer for the military.
However, the Judge Advocate General is the highest position in the JAG Corp (kind of like the Chief Justices).
2006-12-29 03:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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i dont want the wikipedia entry on it either... Any first hand experience with it?
2015-08-20 06:56:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure they don't live a high calibur exciting life as depicted in the TV series JAG, as I have known more than a few personally!
JAG's (Who are Officers as opposed to Enlisted) fill a variety of Legal roles on a base, defend, council, procecute, investigate etc. The term is a bit of a all purpose one.
2006-12-29 03:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by Middy S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JAG is a military lawyer
2006-12-29 05:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
JAG is the word for military lawyer. They do everything for a soldier that a civilian lawyer would do for the public.
2006-12-29 07:02:24 · answer #6 · answered by buddy95 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my dad is a JAG commander in the navy,he represents people in the military that are accused of a crime instead of going to a private court room it is dealt with in the government branch of the court.
2006-12-29 05:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by sch1308 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are military lawyers, they do the same thing a civilian lawyer does, except that they do military law primarily.
2006-12-29 07:59:43 · answer #8 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋