judge advocate
noun
1
: an officer assigned to the judge advocate general's corps or department
2
: a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander
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The judge advocates general have overall responsibility for a wide array of legal matters within their respective service; topics range from the military’s court-martial system to determinations about permissible use of force by troops, whether deployed domestically or overseas.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Two of Griffin’s absentee ballot requests came while he was deployed as a captain and a judge advocate general in the North Carolina Army National Guard.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2025
DeSantis, a Navy judge advocate general who is a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve, would easily win confirmation, the GOP source said.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The governor was a Navy judge advocate general officer, a position that took him to Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
—Thomas Beaumont, Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Two of Griffin’s absentee ballot requests came while he was deployed as a captain and a judge advocate general in the North Carolina Army National Guard.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2025
DeSantis, a Navy judge advocate general who is a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve, would easily win confirmation, the GOP source said.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The governor was a Navy judge advocate general officer, a position that took him to Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
—Thomas Beaumont, Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Judge advocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judge%20advocate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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