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Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces () is the title of the senior legal officer who oversees the administration of military justice in the
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and provides legal advice on military matters to the
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, the minister of national defence, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. The office is defined in section 9 of the ''
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''. The 16th and current holder of the office is Brigadier-General Rob Holman, since June 28, 2023.


Office of the Judge Advocate General

The office consists of 159
regular force In the Canadian Armed Forces, a Regular Force unit or person is part of the full-time military, as opposed to being part of the Primary Reserve which has more flexibility. There are many bases and wings across Canada, and factors like trade, caree ...
legal officer positions and 64
reserve force A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional ma ...
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
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(RMC) in
Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario. It is at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River, the south end of the Rideau Canal. Kingston is near the Thousand Islands, ...
* Deputy Commander-in-Chief North American Aerospace Defence Command Headquarters (in
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, 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 # Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Mowat Biggar, 1918-1920 # Brigadier Reginald John Orde, 1920-1950 # Brigadier-General William J. Lawson, 1950-1969 # Brigadier-General Harold A. McLearn, 1969-1972 # Brigadier-General James M. Simpson, 1972-1976 # Major-General John Patterson Wolfe, 1976-1982 # Brigadier-General Frank Karwandy, 1982-1986 # Brigadier-General Robert L. Martin, 1986-1990 # Commodore Peter R. Partner, 1990-1993 # Brigadier-General Pierre G. Boutet, 1993-1998 # Major-General Jerry S.T. Pitzul, 1998-2006 # Brigadier-General Ken Watkin, 2006-2010 # Major-General B. Blaise Cathcart, 2010-2017 # Rear-Admiral Geneviève Bernatchez, 2017-2023 # Brigadier-General Rob Holman, 2023-


See also

* Courts martial of Canada United Kingdom *
Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces In the United Kingdom, the Judge Advocate General is a judge responsible for the Court Martial process within the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. As such the post has existed since 2006; prior to this date the Judge Advocate General ...
* Judge Advocate of the Fleet United States *
Judge Advocate General's Corps The Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG or JAG Corps) is the military justice branch or specialty of the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy. Officers serving in the JAG Corps are typically called judge advocates ...


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* {{Canadian Armed Forces Canadian Armed Forces Legal history of Canada Legal occupations in the military
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