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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.
The 16th and current judge advocate general is Brigadier-General Rob Holman, since June 28, 2023.




Office of the Judge Advocate General


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:

National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa
Eight Assistant Judge Advocate General (AJAG) offices: Esquimalt, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, NORAD HQ (USA), and Germany.
Ten Deputy Judge Advocate (DJA) offices across Canada
Four Regional Military Prosecutor (RMP) offices across Canada
Canadian Forces Military Law Centre at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario
Deputy Commander-in-Chief North American Aerospace Defence Command Headquarters (in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States)
with CF contingents deployed overseas
in training with CF formations and units participating in major national and international exercises.




List of judge advocates general


Major-General Henry Smith, 1911-1918
Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Mowat Biggar, 1918-1920
Brigadier Reginald John Orde, 1920-1950
Brigadier-General William J. Lawson, 1950-1969
Brigadier-General Harold A. McLearn, 1969-1972
Brigadier-General James M. Simpson, 1972-1976
Major-General John Patterson Wolfe, 1976-1982
Brigadier-General Frank Karwandy, 1982-1986
Brigadier-General Robert L. Martin, 1986-1990
Commodore Peter R. Partner, 1990-1993
Brigadier-General Pierre G. Boutet, 1993-1998
Major-General Jerry S.T. Pitzul, 1998-2006
Brigadier-General Ken Watkin, 2006-2010
Major-General B. Blaise Cathcart, 2010-2017
Rear-Admiral Geneviève Bernatchez, 2017-2023
Brigadier-General Rob Holman, 2023-




See also


Courts-martial of Canada
United States

Judge Advocate General's Corps
United Kingdom

Judge Advocate of the Fleet
Judge Advocate General (United Kingdom)




References






External links


Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces

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