Hegseth memo calls for sweeping, open-ended review of Pentagon's legal system

[rangerrebew]

Hegseth memo calls for sweeping, open-ended review of Pentagon's legal system
It’s the secretary's latest unusual move toward DOD’s military and civilian lawyers.
Thomas Novelly | May 15, 2026
Pentagon Personnel
   
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who last year gutted a Congressionally-created panel that oversaw his department’s legal community, is standing up a new one with a broader purview.

Hegseth’s latest unusual move comes three months after he ordered a “ruthless” review of military lawyers that some saw as an attempt to evade accountability.

On Monday, the secretary released a video in which he said the new panel would conduct an "ongoing, long-term, department-wide review of all aspects of the military legal system as it affects our warriors.”

Hegseth ordered up the panel in a May 8 memo to service secretaries, the Joint Chiefs staff, the military’s criminal investigation divisions, and the uniformed and civilian legal offices.

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/05/hegseth-pentagon-legal-system-reform/413587/?oref=d1-homepage-top-story

[rangerrebew]

54 years ago in bootcamp, we were informed we were no longer protected by the Constitution, we were now protected by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and there was no justice.  So maybe it is time they take a look at the UCMJ and it's practitioners.

[Cyber Liberty]

The military legal system needs revamping if they can't do anything about seditious punks like Captain Mark Kelly!

[libertybele]

The military legal system needs revamping if they can't do anything about seditious punks like Captain Mark Kelly!

You've not exactly been happy with him for awhile and understandably so.  These azzhats continuing to get away with their crappola only shows how corrupt things truly are. I would like to think that things are going to get better .... but I've been dreaming that dream for awhile now.

[Cyber Liberty]

You've not exactly been happy with him for awhile and understandably so.  These azzhats continuing to get away with their crappola only shows how corrupt things truly are. I would like to think that things are going to get better .... but I've been dreaming that dream for awhile now.

It's true, I can't stand either of Arizona's two Senators, Ruben Gallego or Mr. Mark Gifford!