Photo By Chuck Cannon | Maj. Gen. Stuart W. Risch, Army Deputy Judge Advocate General, addresses the Fort Polk...... read more read more
By ANGIE THORNE
Guardian staff writer
FORT POLK, La. — Maj. Gen. Stuart W. Risch, Army Deputy Judge Advocate General, and other JAG senior staff visited Fort Polk April 24 to give the State of the Corps brief as part of an article 6 visit to Fort Polk’s Judge Advocate General staff at Showboat Theatre.
Article 6 is a requirement under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the Judge Advocate General or his representatives to make frequent inspections or visits in the field to supervise the administration of military justice.
The brief is JAG’s way of telling those in attendance what’s going on at JAG headquarters and explain the leaderships’ priorities, cares and concerns. “The brief also measures the status of Fort Polk’s JAG by discussing your needs, best practices and what we can learn from you to share with others,” said Risch. “This is your chance to tell us about the amazing work folks in your sections are doing that we don’t normally get to see.”
Risch said he and his team are proud of Fort Polk’s work.
“The feedback we get is excellent. We are here to thank you for what you do each and every day,” he said.
The focus is on making JAG even better. Risch told Fort Polk JAG personnel that even though the majority of their time is taken up helping clients, sometimes they have to step back to see the big picture to include long-range threats to the Army and the JAG Corps.
Risch said it’s time to look beyond the influence of counter terrorism of the last 17 years in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world.
“Now we must also deal with peer competitors like China, Russia and North Korea,” he said. “We have to prepare with multi-domain operations — taking the fight to space, cyber, air, sea and land.”
Risch touched on the JAG mission and vision:
• Mission — to provide principled counsel and premier legal services, as committed members of the legal and Army professions, in support of a ready, globally responsive and regionally engaged Army.
• Vision — to remain the most highly trained and values-based corps of legal and Army professionals who are ready to perform Joint Force and Army missions in a legally dynamic and complex environment at home and abroad, both today and against emerging threats.
“The mission is what we aspire to, the vision is what we do every day,” he said.
In the course of performing their duties while fulfilling JAG’s mission and vision, Risch said the three Cs are important.
“You must have character, competence and commitment. That’s what we are all about,” he said.
Risch encouraged attendees to further their training, education, reading, writing and speaking to continue improving on a personal and professional level.
“These are all things you can do to be mission ready while leading with integrity in a legal and ethical way,” he said.
Risch ended the brief by saying the two days they spent at Fort Polk were beneficial.
“We hope you learned a lot, but more importantly, that you’ve had a say in the future of the JAG Corps,” said Risch.
| Date Taken: | 04.25.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 04.25.2019 16:12 |
| Story ID: | 319527 |
| Location: | FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, US |
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