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- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the US military’s legal corps after firing the top judge advocates general in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, arguing that military lawyers have become bureaucratic “roadblocks” to commanders. His plan would shift civilian attorneys toward administrative tasks while focusing uniformed judge advocates general—which he calls “jagoffs”—on operational and combat-related legal advice. (The Atlantic)
