Stories From the Field

The Air Force JAG Corps receives about seven applications for every available JAG commission. Many if not most of those selected will find themselves practicing an exciting brand of international law not in a carefully tailored suit, but with a helmet and flak vest – and with a weapon close at hand.

Injured AMC Airman credits training
for saving her life

by Capt. Amber Balken
Air Mobility Command Public Affairs

With Helmet and Flak Vest:
Practicing International Law in War Zones

By Brigadier General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF