The Judge Advocate of the Fleet was an appointed civilian judge who was responsible for the supervision and superintendence of the court martial system...
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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...
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The Judge Advocate General's Corps, also known as the "JAG Corps" or "JAG", is the legal arm of the United States Navy. Today, the corps consists of a...
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The Judge Advocate General's Corps also known as the "JAG Corps" or "JAG" is the legal arm of the United States Air Force. The United States Air Force...
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The Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army, also known as the U.S. Army JAG Corps, is the legal arm of the United States Army. It is...
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The judge advocate general of the Canadian Forces (JAG; French: juge-avocat général des Forces canadiennes) is the senior legal officer who superintends...
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Royal Navy officer rank insignia (redirect from Ranks of the Royal Navy)
officers. In 1891 the admiral of the fleet changed to a crown above two crossed batons within a wreath, similar to the badge of a field marshal. Also in 1891...
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Branch was the service police of the Royal Navy, excluding the Royal Marines, which had their own police force. The Judge Advocate of the Fleet was an appointed...
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Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
Secretary to The Admiralty in 1766 and appointed Judge Advocate of the Fleet in 1768. In this capacity he was largely responsible for the conduct of the court...
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Royal Navy (redirect from British Fleet)
for an English fleet. French plans for an invasion of England failed when Edward III of England destroyed the French fleet in the Battle of Sluys in 1340...
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oversee the Marine Corps legal community. The head of the Judge Advocate Division (JAD) is the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant (SJA to CMC). Judge advocates...
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Britannia Royal Naval College (category Training establishments of the Royal Navy)
the college. A large contingent of international and Commonwealth students are part of the student body. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary sends its officer cadets...
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Admiralty (United Kingdom) (redirect from Board of the Admiralty)
Naval Staff College". The Times. 18 October 1967. p. 12. Jellicoe of Scapa, Admiral of the Fleet Viscount. "The Crisis of the Naval War (1917)". Naval...
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(1934). Prince Louis of Battenberg: Admiral of the Fleet. London: Longmans, Green and Co. Mackay, Ruddock F. (1973). Fisher of Kilverstone. London: Oxford...
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Ewen Montagu (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
1945 to 1973 Montagu held the position of Judge Advocate of the Fleet. He wrote The Man Who Never Was (1953), an account of Operation Mincemeat that was...
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The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a Royal Navy formation that saw action against Japan during the Second World War. It was formed from aircraft carriers...
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Royal Navy Medical Service (redirect from Department of the Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets)
Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets in 1841, and was again changed in 1844 to Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy. In 1917...
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Royal Naval College, Greenwich (category History of the Royal Borough of Greenwich)
architect and engineer of the United States Navy Admiral of the Fleet Tōgō Heihachirō (1848–1934), Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral of the Fleet Lord Tovey (1885–1971)...
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Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom) (redirect from British Department of Naval Intelligence)
Commander-in-Chief Channel Fleet, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, when it was discovered that the captain heading the Trade Division had been supplying the latter with...
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Thomas Phinn (category Members of the Inner Temple)
Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet on 17 April 1854, and continued in that office until appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty...
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The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967,...
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Admiral of the Fleet is a five-star naval officer rank and the highest rank of the Royal Navy, formally established in 1688. The five-star NATO rank code...
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Royal Navy other rank insignia (category Military ranks of the Royal Navy)
formerly worn by CPOs. The CPOs added a wreath to their cap badge, making it similar to the earlier arm badge. In 1970 a new rank of Fleet chief petty officer...
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Rosyth Dockyard (category Port cities and towns of the North Sea)
National Archives of Scotland. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016. Brown, David K (2010). The grand fleet : warship design...
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Reginald Acland (category English justices of the peace)
junior counsel to the Admiralty in 1897 and subsequently was appointed Judge Advocate of the Fleet in 1904. Acland was appointed Recorder of Shrewsbury in...
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Royal Navy Submarine Service (category Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy)
are generally required to operate undetected. The service operates six fleet submarines (SSNs), of the Trafalgar and Astute classes (with two further...
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Crowder (died 1859), Judge Advocate of the Fleet from 1849 to 1854 Richard T. Crowder, Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative...
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The Fleet Commander is a senior Royal Navy post, responsible for the operation, resourcing and training of the ships, submarines and aircraft, and personnel...
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Reserve, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the Maritime Volunteer Service, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Navy branch of the Combined Cadet Force and the Volunteer Cadet...
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Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. Formed in August 1914 from the First Fleet and part of the Second Fleet of the Home Fleets, the Grand Fleet included 25–35...
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