General Counsel of the Army

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General Counsel of the United States
Department of the Army

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Incumbent:
Brad Carson
First Karl Bendetsen
Formation 1949
Website [1]

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Seal of the General Counsel of the Army

The General Counsel of the Army (also known as the Army General Counsel, abbreviated AGC) is the General Counsel of the United States Department of the Army and the chief legal counselor of the United States Secretary of the Army. The Office of the General Counsel of the Army also provides legal advice to the Under Secretary of the Army and the five Assistant Secretaries of the Army, as well as other members of the Army Secretariat. The General Counsel of the Army also plays a role in supervising the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army and the Office of the Chief Counsel of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

U.S. law provides that the General Counsel shall be appointed from the civilian sector by the President of the United States and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.[1]

List of General Counsels of the Army (incomplete) [edit]

Name Assumed Office Left Office President Appointed By Secretary Served Under
Karl Bendetsen[2] 1949 1949 Harry Truman Gordon Gray
Francis Shackelford[3] July 24, 1950 August 25, 1952 Harry Truman Frank Pace
Bernard A. Monaghan[3] August 26, 1952 August 14, 1953 Harry Truman Frank Pace, Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
John G. Adams[3] October 1, 1953 March 31, 1955 Dwight Eisenhower Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
Frank Millard[3] April 1, 1955 February 28, 1961 Dwight Eisenhower Wilber Marion Brucker
Powell Pierpoint[3] 1961 1963 John F. Kennedy Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Cyrus Vance
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.[4] 1963 1964 John F. Kennedy Cyrus Vance
Alfred B. Fitt[5] 1964 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson Stephen Ailes, Stanley Rogers Resor
Robert E. Jordan III[6] 1967 1971 Lyndon B. Johnson Stanley Rogers Resor
Robert W. Berry[7] 1971 1974 Richard Nixon Robert Frederick Froehlke, Howard Callaway
Charles D. Ablard[8] February 25, 1975 January 19, 1977 Gerald Ford Martin Richard Hoffmann
Jill Wine-Banks[9] 1977 1980 Jimmy Carter Clifford Alexander, Jr.
Sara E. Lister[10] 1980 1980 Jimmy Carter Clifford Alexander, Jr.
Delbert Spurlock[11] 1980 1983 Jimmy Carter John Otho Marsh, Jr.
Susan J. Crawford[12] 1983 1989 Ronald Reagan John Otho Marsh, Jr.
William J. Haynes, II[13] 1990 1993 George H. W. Bush Michael P. W. Stone
William Thaddeus Coleman III[14] 1994[15] ca. 1999 Bill Clinton Togo D. West, Jr.
Charles A. Blanchard[16] 1999 2001 Bill Clinton Louis Caldera
Steven J. Morello[17] 2001 2004 George W. Bush Thomas E. White, Francis J. Harvey
Brad Carson January 17, 2012 Present Barack Obama John M. McHugh

References [edit]

  1. ^ 10 USC §3019(b)
  2. ^ Profile from Truman Library
  3. ^ a b c d e James E. Hewes, Jr., From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration (1975), pp. 381-382
  4. ^ Jessica Marcy, "Checking in with Joseph A. Califano, Jr.", Kaiser Health News, June 16, 2009
  5. ^ History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1998), p. 134
  6. ^ Jordan's Resume
  7. ^ Obituary
  8. ^ From Dept. of the Army History Site
  9. ^ Profile from the Chicago Network
  10. ^ See Martin Binkin & Mark J. Eitelberg, Blacks and the Military (1982), p. 90, n. 11
  11. ^ Nomination of Spurlock to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army
  12. ^ George H.W. Bush nominates Crawford to be Inspector General of the Department of Defense, Nov. 9, 1989
  13. ^ Bio from Dept. of Defense
  14. ^ Tamara Loomis, "Did Affirmative Action Really Hinder Clarence Thomas?", Law.com, 06/02/2008
  15. ^ He had served three and a half years as of March 28, 1998, according to "Army's Top Lawyer Cleared of Charges", Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1998
  16. ^ Blanchard Bio from Air Force website
  17. ^ Michelle Bates Deakin, "The U.S. Armed Forces: Diversity Starts at the Top", Diversity and the Bar, Jan./Feb. 2003
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