Judge Advocate General (Canada)

The judge advocate general of the Canadian Forces (JAG; French: juge-avocat général des Forces canadiennes) is the senior legal officer who superintends the administration of military justice in the Canadian Armed Forces, and provides legal advice on military matters to the governor general, the minister of national defence, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.The office is defined in section 9 of the National Defence Act.[1] The 16th and current judge advocate general is Brigadier-General Rob Holman, since June 28, 2023.[2] The office consists of 159 regular force legal officer positions and 64 reserve force legal officer positions.Regular force legal officers are deployed as follows: United States United Kingdom
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