Editing UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps

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The '''UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps''' ('''JAG Corps''') is the legal branch of the [[United Nations Space Command]],<ref name="ll6">''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', p. 8</ref> headed by a [[Judge Advocate General]]. The Judge Advocate General's Corps is charged with enforcing the [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]].{{Ref/Reuse|hss167}} JAG officers serve as armed forces legal advisors and investigate crimes involving UNSC personnel;{{Ref/Reuse|ll6}} they also serve in [[court-martial|courts-martial]] and on [[Board of inquiry|boards of inquiry]].{{Ref/Reuse|he}}

==History==
[[Captain]] [[Maria Gilliam]] was an officer of the Judge Advocate General Corps, serving in [[2492]] as the resident JAG officer at the [[Luna OCS Academy]]. She sat in on the [[board of inquiry]] to [[JAG Incident Report (local) 475-A|investigate]] the series of events that led to the impregnation of [[Admiral]] [[Konrad Volkov]]'s daughter, [[Inna Volkov|Inna]]. [[Preston Cole]] was one of the questioned cadets.<ref name="he">"[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]" – ''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''</ref>

After [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]] was left stranded on the desolate world of [[Netherop]] by the "[[Castoffs]]" in [[2526]], the Judge Advocate General's Corps opened a court of inquiry to investigate. [[Lieutenant]] [[J. Stone]] represented the interests of Petrov, while Lieutenant Commander [[B. Nett]] represented the young Castoffs who claimed that Petrov chose to be left behind on Netherop. The inequality in the ranks of the two JAG officers indicated that now-[[Vice Admiral]] Cole had intentionally favored the Castoffs over Petrov. Ultimately, the court of inquiry was closed in favor of the Castoffs.<ref name="oblivion ep">''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'', Epilogue</ref>

During [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] in [[2553]], JAG officer [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] was sent to investigate a series of murders on [[Gao]] and to ensure that anti-[[Unified Earth Government]] radicals on the planet did not plant false evidence on the crime scenes to frame the UNSC for the murders.{{Ref/Reuse|ll6}}<ref>''Halo: Last Light'', p. 26</ref>

==JAG protocols==
*[[JAG 4465/LHG]], authorizes punishment for violation of code-word classification confidentiality.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 122</ref>
*[[JAG 490-0UU]], requires special-circumstance recipients of highly-classified material to be searched of any undeclared devices beforehand.<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]</ref>
*[[JAG 7556-L]], authorized the punishment of offenders who committed [[treason]] and violated the [[Cole Protocol]].<ref name="for">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', p. 160 (2010)</ref><ref name="enc">''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]'', p. 70 (2011)</ref>
*[[JAG 845-P]], authorized the punishment of offenders who committed treason and violated the Cole Protocol.{{Ref/Reuse|for}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}
*[[MIL JAG Order TR-19428-P]], allowing the command of a ship to be transfered to the lead officer.{{Ref/Reuse|he}}
*[[UNSC-JAG ORD: 8-PD-3861]], used to seal the file of Preston Cole's testimony before a Board of Inquiry in 2492.{{Ref/Reuse|he}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
**''[[Solace (TV Series)|Solace]]''

==Sources==
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