Talk:Judge Advocate General's Corps

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I made a number of minor changes to this page, including 1) clarifying that there is no unified entity known as the "Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States," only the separate JAG Corps of each service; 2) clarifying that Air Force judge advocates are (technically, at least) line officers; 3) clarifying that judge advocates are not actually "members" of the court but only detailed to it - the members of the panel (non-JAGs) are the members of the court; 4) noting that the one third enlisted rule applies only upon request from an enlisted accused, and applies to special courts as well as general; 5) noting that an accused in a general court as well as a special court may request trial by military judge alone; and 6) noting that judge advocates must be "real" lawyers in addition to their specialized military training. --PubliusFL 02:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)