By Aaron Frishberg In 2017, the Department of Defense (DoD) conducted a “Workplace and Equal Opportunity Survey of Active Duty...
On Watch
The MLTF legal journal providing a “critical perspective on military law” since 1977.
2021 National Defense Authorization Act – Personnel Provisions
By Kathleen Gilberd The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2021, passed on January 1 over President Trump’s veto,...
In Memoriam: Reber Boult
By David Gespass Kelly-Ingram Park in Birmingham, across the street from the 16th Street Baptist Church and the Birmingham...
MLTF anti-racism committee
Challenging Military Racism and White Supremacy In recent months, public attention has been drawn to racism in the...
Justice delayed, but not denied: discharge upgrade for Vietnam vet
Part 1: JG’s Story, September 20, 1950 – May 20, 2020 By Deborah H. Karpatkin Here is the story of JG, a Vietnam combat...
I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters and Objectors to America’s Wars
Two-and-a-half centuries of dissension in the ranks New book chronicles the long tradition of dissent in U.S. armed forces I...
Review and update of the military transgender ban, Fall 2020
By Jeff Lake There are continuing developments in the struggle to overturn the transgender ban regarding military enlistment...
Trump’s Illegal Use of Military Against Anti-Racist Uprisings Portends Battles Ahead
Sidebar: See MLTF Statement on Use of National Guard for Anti-Racism Protests. BY MARJORIE COHN | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT...
US Military Response to COVID-19
BY DAWN BLANKEN AND JEFF LAKE On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the spread of the COVID-19...
Future of the Draft Goes to Congress after National Commission Recommends Expansion to Women
BY EDWARD HASBROUCK The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS)1 has released its final...
Immigration Update: Selected Provisions of National Defense Authorization 2020
BY ANA MARIA BONDOC Signed into law on December 17, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020...
Transgender Ban Update, Summer 2020
BY JEFF LAKE There has been a significant development concerning the ban on military service by transgender individuals...
Statement on Use of National Guard Against Anti-Racist Protests
The Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild strongly condemns the use of National Guard and active duty troops...
Challenging Reprisals for Sexual Assault Reports
by Sabrina Merold Introduction Sexual assault has continued to be a serious problem in the armed forces, and rates of Service...
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