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Office of the Canadian Forces concerned with legal and judicial affairs
The judge advocate general of the Canadian Forces (JAG ;
French : juge-avocat général des Forces canadiennes ) is the senior legal officer who superintends the administration of military justice in the
Canadian Armed Forces , and provides legal advice on military matters to the
governor general , the
minister of national defence , the
Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. The office is defined in section 9 of the
National Defence Act .
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The 15th and current judge advocate general is Rear Admiral
Geneviève Bernatchez , since June 28, 2017.
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Office of the Judge Advocate General
The office consists of 159
regular force legal officer positions and 64
reserve force legal officer positions. Regular force legal officers are deployed as follows:
National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa
Eight Assistant Judge Advocate General (AJAG) offices: Esquimalt, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, NORAD HQ (USA), and Germany.
Ten Deputy Judge Advocate (DJA) offices across Canada
Four Regional Military Prosecutor (RMP) offices across Canada
Canadian Forces Military Law Centre at the
Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in
Kingston, Ontario
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
North American Aerospace Defence Command Headquarters (in
Colorado Springs, Colorado , United States)
with CF contingents deployed overseas
in training with
CF formations and units participating in major national and international exercises.
List of judge advocates general
Major-General Henry Smith, 1911-1918
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Lieutenant-Colonel
Oliver Mowat Biggar , 1918-1920
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Brigadier Reginald John Orde, 1920-1950
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Brigadier-General William J. Lawson, 1950-1969
[3]
Brigadier-General Harold A. McLearn, 1969-1972
[3]
Brigadier-General James M. Simpson, 1972-1976
[3]
Major-General John Patterson Wolfe, 1976-1982
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Brigadier-General Frank Karwandy, 1982-1986
[3]
Brigadier-General Robert L. Martin, 1986-1990
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Commodore Peter R. Partner, 1990-1993
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Brigadier-General Pierre G. Boutet, 1993-1998
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Major-General
Jerry S.T. Pitzul , 1998-2006
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Brigadier-General
Ken Watkin , 2006-2010
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Major-General B. Blaise Cathcart, 2010-2017
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Rear-Admiral Geneviève Bernatchez, 2017-
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See also
United States
United Kingdom
References
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