New guidance on discharge upgrade applications related to mental health, TBI,...
The Department of Defense has issued a new guidance on discharge upgrade applications based on mental health conditions, traumatic brain injury, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. In the past few...
View ArticleTrump issues policy instruction for ban on transgender troops
In the past few days, several developments have occurred in the ongoing story of President’s Trump’s reinstatement of the ban on transgender troops serving openly. Our August 1 post noted that there...
View ArticleMLTF’s ‘Challenging Military Sexual Violence’ guide gets update and promotion...
MLTF’s memo “Challenging Military Sexual Violence: A Guide to Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Policies in the U.S. Armed Forces for Servicemembers, MSV Survivors and Their Advocates” has been...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense issues new CO instruction
By Bill Galvin On July 12 the Department of Defense issued a new regulation for the adjudication of conscientious objector applications (DODI 1300.06). The new regulation is essentially the same,...
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Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for Gi’s
Download “Deployed to the Border” deployed-to-the-border.pdf – Downloaded 174 times – 317 KB Use the button to download a PDF version of this memo for offline reading/printing. Download and print...
View ArticleNew Military Policy on Harassment
By Kathleen Gilberd | On February 8, 2018, the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness issued a new overarching DOD policy prohibiting harassment. DoD Instruction 1020.03, “Harassment...
View ArticleCountering Military Recruitment
By Libby Frank In 2003, in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, our son, who was a senior at the time, approached us about the presence of military recruiters in the school. They had always been there...
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Book review: ‘Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed...
By Matthew Rinaldi Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War Ron Carver, David Cortright, and Barbara Doherty, editors New Village Press, 2019 320 pages • 8.5 x 11 inches...
View ArticleActivist Training: What to say to National Guard Members facing orders to...
What Do You Say to National Guard MembersWho Don’t Want to Deploy Against Anti-Racist Protesters?Where Do You Send Them for Counseling and Legal Support? The Military Law Task Force of the National...
View ArticleCLE Training: Help National Guard members avoid deployment against...
NOTE: This CLE (continuing legal education) seminar is free to watch at the link below. If you wish to receive a certificate showing you completed the course and CLE credits for attorneys (see below...
View ArticleMilitary Patients Rights
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD Counselors and attorneys hear many accounts about denial of military medical care and inadequate care—soldiers whose serious health problems are never evaluated, incorrectly...
View ArticleNEW 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 16, 2019. While the CO administrative process remains basically the same,...
View ArticleTransgender Ban Update
By Jeff Lake On January 25, 2021, after years of confusion and litigation, the ban on military service by transgender individuals was lifted by executive order1 of President Biden. In conjunction with...
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Free speech in the military – the case of Cpt Alan Kennedy
by James M. Branum See update. In the messaging put out by US military recruiters, one common theme is that the military “protects freedom,”[1] but unfortunately the military itself does a poor job of...
View Article‘In-Service Transition for Transgender Servicemembers’ policy updated
By Jeff Lake As discussed in the last issue of On Watch, the President has issued an Executive Order which allows transgender individuals to enlist and serve openly in the military. This article will...
View ArticleMinor Changes on Milpersman Reveal Navy Bias Against Conscientious Objectors
By Bill Galvin In December the Navy issued new conscientious objector regulations, Milpersman 1900-020. It is essentially the same as the previous version, with some reorganization and minor changes in...
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Military patients’ rights
Military patients’ rights 1 file(s) 305.97 KB Download Updated September 2021 By Kathleen Gilberd Counselors and attorneys hear many accounts about denial of military medical care and inadequate...
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White supremacy and racism in the military
White supremacy and racism in the military 1 file(s) 435.55 KB Download White supremacy and racism in the military By Kathleen Gilberd Memo compiled from On Watch articles and updated, September 2021...
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Responses to reprisals for sexual assault reports
Responses to reprisals for sexual assault reports 1 file(s) 472.31 KB Download December 2019 By Sabrina Merold Sexual assault has continued to be a serious problem in the armed forces and rates of...
View ArticleMLTF announces 2022 training series: Advocacy & Activism through Military Law
The MLTF is launching a year-long series of monthly trainings that will serve as an introduction to military law for lawyers as well as non-lawyer advocates. All instruction will be conducted live via...
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