– Templeton local Jacob “Max” Spalding recently completed the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course at The Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is currently serving as an Administrative Law Attorney at the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
15 FORT KNOX, Ky. With clear skies and the sun shining, a commissioned officer from DeWitt, Michigan, stood tall as his infantry branch insignia was removed and replaced with his new Judge Advocate General insignia. A moment that signified the beginning of a new career path made possible through the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program.
Capt. Zach Simons joins the 1st Theater Sustainment Command as its new administrative law attorney, after recently completing the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. For me, the ceremony really was the culmination of the last four years in the Army since I was selected for FLEP, attended law school, studied for the Washington, D.C. bar exam and completed the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course,” Simons said.