(a) The senior force judge advocate of each force of militia of the state, or the delegate of the senior force judge advocate, shall make frequent inspections in the field in supervision of the administration of military justice in the force.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 26.05.385

  • code of military justice: means the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted by the adjutant general to implement this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
  • commander: includes only commissioned officers of the militia of the state and includes officers in charge only when administering a nonjudicial punishment under the code of military justice. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
  • convening authority: includes , in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being or a successor in command to the convening authority. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
  • military judge: means an official of a general or special court-martial described under AS 26. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
  • militia of the state: means the Alaska National Guard, the Alaska Naval Militia, and the Alaska State Defense Force. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
  • officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • senior force judge advocate: means the senior judge advocate of the commander of the same force of the militia of the state as the accused and who is that commander's chief legal advisor. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) A convening authority shall communicate directly with the authority’s judge advocates in matters relating to the administration of military justice. The judge advocate of a command is entitled to communicate directly with the judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command or with the state judge advocate.
(c) A person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness in a case may not later act as a judge advocate to an authority reviewing the same case.
(d) A person may not serve as a judge advocate under the code of military justice unless the person is a commissioned officer of the organized militia of a state or of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or another uniformed service of the United States, is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state, and is currently

(1) certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Corps or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the United States Coast Guard, or a reserve component of one of them; or
(2) certified as a nonfederally recognized judge advocate, under the code of military justice, by the senior judge advocate of the commander of the force in the component of the militia of the state of which the accused is a member, as competent to perform the military justice duties required by the code of military justice; if a judge advocate is not available, the certification may be made by the senior judge advocate of the commander of another force in the militia of the state, as the convening authority directs.
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