BY KATHLEEN GILBERD The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)[1], which was signed into law on December 20, 2019,...
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Transgender Ban Update, Spring 2020
BY JEFF LAKE There have been a few new developments regarding the administration’s ban on military service by transgender...
The Afghanistan Papers
BY DAVID GESPASS Veteran civil rights activists often say, everything has changed and nothing has changed. That is the feeling...
Unlawful Orders memo series expands to include Middle East Wars
In November of 2018, MLTF published Deployed to the Border, a memo providing guidance to servicemembers being ordered to...
Facing War in the Middle East: A Test of Conscience for GI’s
Critical legal information for US servicemembers concerned about the legality and morality of deployment to and orders about...
Resources to address concerns about Selective Service registration and the draft
The current situation in Iraq/Iran is leading many people to wonder about the possible return of the draft. The National...
NLG releases statement on illegal U.S. actions in Middle East that violate international law
NLG's International Committee, with some imput from MLTF, crafted this statement on recent US actions in Iran, issued today by...
MLTF’s ‘Discharge Upgrades’ memo gets substantive update
The MLTF has updated its Discharge Upgrades memo to include important changes in Discharge Review Board and Board for...
Presidential Pardons Destroy Accountability for Criminal Behavior on the Battlefield
By David Gespass Donald Trump has put the issue of criminal behavior on the battlefield squarely before the world with his...
Winter 2019 Issue of On Watch
Vol. 30 No. 4
New Army Co Regulations
Military Patients’ Privacy Rights
When Reservists Live Distant From Their Unit (Update)
Policy Guidance For Discharge Review Boards And Boards For Correction
Opinion: President Trump And Military Accountability
Free Resources On Military Law
Waging Peace In Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers And Veterans Who Opposed The War [Book Review]
2019 NLG Convention Report
New Army CO Regulations
BY BILL GALVIN For the first time in 13 years, the Army issued new conscientious objector (CO) regulations (AR 60043) on May...
Military Patients’ Privacy Rights
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD Privacy and confidentiality of military medical records and information have long been of concern to...
When Reservists Live Distant from their Unit
Regulations defining reasonable commuting distance for reservists have changed. BY BILL GALVIN The Spring 2019 issue of On...
Policy Guidance for Discharge Review Boards and Boards for Correction
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD Recent memoranda from the Department of Defense have provided helpful guidance to the services’ review...
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