What say you?
This lady Doc is in your corner of the desert. Especially see Post 46 and Post 63
“of course, one will be provided for her to shepherd her through the Article 32 investigation and beyond, but that JAG won’t help”
Maybe thin skin on my part, but I’d change that to “that JAG CAN’T help” in the civil action. My experience with Trial Defense Services (maybe a new name now) is that they’re very good, and very independent. As a former USAF Area Defense Counsel and Circuit Defense Counsel, I can attest that we were GLEEFULLY independent - and probably took a little more perverse pleasure in jacking the command chain around (appropriately) than we should have!
On substantive issues for this doc, I agree that she’s exposed to a number of UCMJ charges and specs, which will likely prevail at the trial court level if it goes that far. A good defense counsel will file an appropriate, and fully researched, motion to dismiss, but the judge won’t grant it in the 39a, he or she will let the appeals court deal with it. As is appropriate, if it’s going to have any precedential value.
From the morale/good order and discipline angle, I’m not sure how helpful it’ll be for those in the AOR already.
Colonel, USAFR