COMMANDANT'S ANNUAL REPORT 1965 - 1966 The Judge Advocate General's School United States Army Char\ollcsvillc, Virginia "Since] visited your school ...• I have been filled with admiration for the splendid work you are doing. Our numbers in Australia are too small to permit our undertaking a similar systcm of edu" cation-at least on the comprehensive scale of Charlottesville. How­ ever, my visit broadened my horizon as to the role of the military lawyer. and as a result our training programme for RAAF lawyers and reservists has widencd considerably. ]n addition. J draw heavily on the wealth of experience which ] ;'1m able to find in writing!S emanating from your school. ... "Your school has lifted the slUdy of military law to a standard hitherto unknown, and I assure you that 1 am most grateful to be able to share the resultant knowledge which YOLI are so generously making available to me." PHILIP II. N. OPAS The J !ldge Advocate CI'neral Royal Australian Air Force. "'Ve note with justifiable pride that the School continues to magnificently accomplish its assigned mission." CHRISTI NO S. CARREON Lieutellant Colollel, JAGS Execu.tive Officer The Judge Advocate General's Office Armed Forces of the Philippines "The School is probably the only purely graduale law school in the United. States .... Its curriculum probably covers a much wider range than the graduate department of any regular law school, because it gives advanced courses, not only in the ordinary branches of the law, but also in numerous phases of military law as well as some aspects of foreign law.... "Unforlunately. the public generally and the legal profession in particular are not sufficiently aware of the outstanding work done in the School. ..." ALEXANDER HOLTZOFF United States District fudge United Stales District Court for the District of Columbia FOREWORD 1966 marks the fifteenth consecutive year of continuous operation of The Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia. This annual Report is published as a chronicle of the development and activities of the School. Its purpose is not only to describe operations during the past fiscal year and the various courses of instruction offered here, but also to serve as a record of the School, its Staff and Faculty, students. and enlisted personnel. As an additional purpose, this Report serves to inform military lawyers of the services available at the School. We at the School are ever mindful that the continued success of the School to a large extent depends upon the support of military lawyers in the field. It is our hope that this unstinting support will continue in the future as it has in the past. To this end, your suggestions. criticisms. and comments on how the School may better accomplish its missions are earnestly solicited. ~cra~ "JOHN W. BURTCHAELL Colonel, fACC Commandant ii COMMANDANT'S ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 1966 Table of Contents Page Section I-History of The Judge Advocate General's School ___________________________________________________ _ Section Il-Organization of The Judge Advocate General's School ____________________________________________________ 3 The Academic Department __________________________________________ 3 The Nonresident Training Department 3 The Plans and Publications Department__________________ 4 The Office of the School Secretary ___________ . ______ ._____ ._____ 5 Section III-Academic Activities _____________________________________________________ 6 General _______________________________ .___ ._. __ .________________ ... ______________ .__ 6 Judge Advocate Officer Career Course ________ ._____________ 7 Judge Advocate General (Special) Course ___ .. _____________ 12 Procurement Law Course _____________________________________ .. _____ 14 Military Justice Course ______________________ .____________________ .__ 14 International Law Course __ .___ .________________ . ____ ._____________ 15 Civil Law Course .. _. _____ .__________________________________ .__ .__________ 16 Foreign Law Course _________________ .. ____________________ .______________ 16 Military Affairs Course ____ .________________________________ .__________ 16 Law Officer Seminar _________ .. __________________ .. ____________ .. _________ 17 Judge Advocate Officer (Reserve Component) Course __ ._____________ .. __________ 18 Guest Speaker Program ___________________________________ .__________ 18 Text Preparation Program ________ ._______________ .___________ ._____ 18 Thesis Lending Library ___________________________________ .__________ 20 Foreign Student Orientation Program _____ ._______________ 20 III Section IV-Nonresident Training .................................................. 21 General ............................................................................. 21 Extension Course Division .......................................... 21 Individual Training and Career Management Division .............................. 23 Nonresident Materials Preparation Division ............................................ 25 Section V-Plans and Publications ................................................ 27 General ............................................................................ 27 Publications .................................................................... 27 Special Activi ties ......................................... ................. 3I Section VI-Administration ................ .............................. .................. 35 General ............................................................................ 35 Facilities of the School .................................................. 35 Quarters ............................................................................ 37 Messing ............................................................................ 37 Officers' Open Mess ..................................................... 37 Bookstore ....................................................._.................. 38 Logistical Support ....................................................... 38 Adjutant's Office ............................................................ 38 Medical and Dental Facilities ...................................... 39 Athletic Facilities .......................................................... 39 The Alumni Association ............................................. 39 Section VII-Combat Developments Command, .J udge Advocate Agency ........................................ 40 Section VIII-Appendices ...................................................................... 41 Appendix I (Organization Chart) ............................ 41 Appendix II (Organizational Roster of the School) ........................................................ 42 IV Appendix III (Changes in Military Personnel, FY ] 966) ............................................. 44 Appendix IV (Background Statements of Officer Personnel) .. ................ ..... .... .............. 47 Appendix V (FY ] 966 Course Cycle Chart) ......................................................... 4R Appendix VI (Resident Students, FY ]966) ................................................................. 49 Appendix VII (FY 1967 Course Cycle Chart) .......................................................... 50 Appendix VIII (Thesis Topics) ................................ 5R Appendix IX (Awards) ............................................. 65 Appendix X (Guest Speakers) .................................. 67 Appendix Xl (Distinguished Visitors) .................... 73 Appendix Xll (Text Book Program) ...................... 74 Appendix XIII (Visits to Reserve Units) .................. 76 Appendix XIV (Lectures Outside TJAGSA) ............................................... 79 v MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT H. MCCAW The Judge Advocate General, U. S. Army COLONEL JOHN \N. BURTCHAELL Commandant, The Judge Advocate General's School HISTORY OF THE JUDCE ADVOCATE CENERAL'S SCHOOL Although judge advocates have served the United States Army since 1775, no effort was made to provide them with formal training in military law until the opening days of World War II. In preced­ ing years, newly appointed judge advocates were trained empirically, but the Army's swift expansion soon emphasized the need for instructing attorneys entering- the Corps in the manifold aspects of their new specialty. In February 1942, as the uniformed lawyer's biwden increased in complexity, specialized and refresher training courses for active duty personnel were commenced at the National University Law School, Washington, D. C. In August 1942, operations were transferred to The Judge Advocate General's School, physically located at the Uni­ versity of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and commanded by Colonel Edward H. Young, JAGC. In the follow­ ing months, hundreds of officers were trained at Ann Arbor. By June 1944 over two-thirds of the active duty streng-th of the Judge Advocate General's Corps were graduates of the School. The end of the war, however, substantially reduced the need for trained military lawyers, and in 1946 the School, which had been initiated only on a temporary basis, was discontinued. Nevertheless, plans were soon being devised in the Office of The Judge Advocate General to implement the recommendation of a committee, appointed in 1946 to study the administration of military justice, that provision be made for the training of Army lawyers in military law. The passage of the Unifm'm Code of Military Justice and the coming of the Korean conflict accentuated the need for judge advocate trall1ll1g