JAG Corps' 75th Anniversary

The Judge Advocate General's Corps 75th Anniversary seal

Welcome to the JAG Corps' 75th Anniversary Edition of
The JAG Reporter!

On June 25, 1948, Congress passed the Air Force Military Justice Act, thereby creating the Office of The Judge Advocate General. Air Force General Order #7, published on January 25, 1949, officially established The Judge Advocate General’s Department (renamed the JAG Corps in 2003). For the past seventy-five years, the JAG Corps has personified the values of wisdom, valor, and justice while executing the national security mission with integrity, excellence, and an unwavering commitment to service.

Lieutenant General Charles L. Plummer
The Judge Advocate General
United States Air Force

Special thanks to Lieutenant Colonel Toman for creating the 75th Anniversary logo. We asked him to explain the meaning behind the design.

In developing this logo I wanted to create a simple, bold, and cohesive design that was symbolically representative of the Department of the Air Force JAG Corps and its historic 75th anniversary. I had decided early in the process that a unique silhouette would be a nice contrast against traditional military and departmental seals in the event it was used in letterhead as many anniversary logos are. I also determined that a sans serif style typeface would represent the modernity and adaptive nature of the JAG Corps. Working through initial pencil sketches, it became apparent that the negative space of the number 75 could nicely accommodate both the Space Force delta and the Air Force roundel. Working from that idea, during the creation of the angular 75 numerals, I focused on the top arms of each, with the intent that they would represent two sides of balanced scales. Finally, with three colors the delta and roundel could represent their services and the 75 could stand alone, being equally applicable to both the Air Force and Space Force.

~Lt Col Toman

About the Designer

Lieutenant Colonel John P. Toman, USAF

(B.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California; LL.M., Czech and European Business Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) is Assistant Legal Counsel, Headquarters, U.S. Africa Command, Office of the Legal Counsel, Kelley Barracks, Germany.

TJAG

Beginning as a humble fourteen-attorney Army Air Forces team led by the Air Judge Advocate in Washington D.C., the Judge Advocate General's Corps has grown to a diverse law firm of over 4,500 Total Force judge advocates, paralegals, and civilians around the world.

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The JAG School

The 75th Anniversary Edition inevitably takes a thorough look at our past twenty-five years as a Corps and ensures we preserve our rich heritage. It also looks twenty-five years into the future to imagine and possibly even shape what our Corps will be like at one hundred years.

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The JAG Reporter

The collective effort and countless hours the writers and contributors from across the entire Judge Advocate General's Corps helped tell the important history of our Corps through vignettes, photographs, and documenting untold stories of trailblazers before us.

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