On December 6, 2023, the Secretary of the Army, Ms. Christine Wormuth, fired Brigadier General (BG) Warren Wells, the Army’s chief prosecutor and head of the Office of the Special Trial Counsel (OSTC), for an email he had sent ten years prior while in a defense counsel role. This firing demonstrates that no military defense…
Continue reading ›Here’s an interesting piece in the Veterans Today. REPORT prepared for the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Military Law Committee Correction of Military Records and Judicial Review, has proven to be a shocker, and, should OUTRAGE every veteran ! Why you ask, well hold the phone. I would suggest this “report” is not news.…
Continue reading ›The August Army Lawyer is online. My initial look found this one article of potential interest to MJWonks. Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq, by LTC Nathan Sassaman. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Sassaman believes in winning.3 He won as West Point’s quarterback, and he preached the virtue of rising…
Continue reading ›A Fort Benning soldier has been sentenced to life in a military prison for the slaying of an Army trainee who was repeatedly stabbed with a knife in his barracks last year. Reports WDBJ7.com. A hearing will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Capt. Herbert “Mark” Hamilton III, who was charged Nov. 3 with…
Continue reading ›I have mentioned several times that I always look for MySpace, Facebook, and other social network accounts held by witnesses at a court-martial trial I have. In a number of instances I have found information, photographs, or leads to other information that has been useful for cross-examination at the court-martial. Google and other social network…
Continue reading ›Here’s the question, I think. Military.com, as with many other media outlets are reporting: Nidal Malik Hasan’s overly zealous religious views and strange behavior worried the doctors overseeing his medical training, but they saw no evidence that he was violent or a threat. The question, a legitimate question, has been raised about Major Hasan’s mental…
Continue reading ›Yes, of course John Galligan is getting that question. We get it all the time. How could you represent so-and-so at court-martial? Here is MichaelTomasky’sBlog. Banner CNN day: Wolf Blitzer apparently really distinguished himself yesterday by asking Nidal Hasan’s military lawyer, retired Colonel John Galligan, how on earth he could do such a thing[?] Many…
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