DoD has reissued DoD Instruction 6495.02, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Program Procedures, dated March 28,...
GI Rights & Counseling
Self help for servicemembers, training for lawyers and lay counselors
CLE: US Army AWOL – Tips for civilian defense attorneys
The Military Law Task of the National Lawyers Guild along with the Southwest and Texoma regions of the National Lawyers Guild...
2013 NDAA: New Policies on Military Sexual Assault
by Kathleen Gilberd On January 2, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2013 (“NDAA”),...
Navigating the VA
A basic guide to how the VA system works and how to get earned benefits, along with practice pointers for vets and their...
Support actions for Bradley Manning requested as court-martial nears
After more than two and a half years in jail — some of that in solitary confinement under barbaric conditions — Bradley...
UN Official: Manning Subject to “Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment”
Op-Ed for MLTF by Marjorie Cohn Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning has been formally charged with 22 counts including...
Should we be worried?: Changes made in DOD Instruction “Handling Dissident and Protest Activities Among Members of the Armed Forces”
Discussion and commentary by James M. Branum, MLTF Chair On February 22, 2012, the Department of Defense made major changes to...
Op-Ed: Who is really on trial — Bradley Manning or America itself?
By James M. Branum Chair of the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild February 22, 2012 Growing up in...
New access to old discharge upgrade manual
The Connecticut Veterans Legal Center at Yale has put David Addlestone's Military Discharge Upgrading, and Introduction to...
Bay Area workshop on servicemembers’ rights to protest, Nov. 15
SAN FRANCISCO – On November 15, a workshop will be held on servicemembers’ right to protest and related issues. Sponsored by Bay Area Military Law Panel of the National Lawyers Guild, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, the GI Rights Hotline – SF, Courage to Resist, and Swords to Plowshares. Panelists will include Steve Collier, Teresa Panepinto, Rai Sue Sussman, and Jane Kaplan will serve as moderator.
Legal support for servicemembers, reservists and veterans participating in Occupy Wall Street actions
Download this brochure to read, print, distribute (PDF). The National Lawyers Guild has endorsed the Occupy Wall Street...
“AWOL in the Army” version 3 now available
The MLTF has released version 3 of James M. Branun’s “AWOL in the Army” memo. Branum is currently co-chair of the MLTF Steering Committee. The memo includes a flow chart and addendum on AWOL/UA policies for other branches
Military Tribunals, Commissions and Executions
Military commissions, newly re-established by the Military Commissions Act of 2006, are a type of extraordinary wartime...
Memo: Hardship and Dependency Discharges
This memo provides an overview of the criteria and procedures for hardship and dependency discharge, with some discussion of the differences among the services. Although it was written for counselors and attorneys, it may be of assistance to servicemembers and their families submitting discharge applications.
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