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February 28, 2023
It has long been speculated that ingestion of legally purchased foods containing poppy seeds could result in a positive urinalysis for morphine or codeine. In 2023, the Department of Defense finally confirmed these suspicions and suspended reporting of codeine results on all urin...
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January 31, 2023
On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) into law. The NDAA contains important updates to military law including recission of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, expanded judicial review of court-martial conv...
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December 31, 2022
On 10 January 2023, the Secretary of Defense rescinded the requirement that U. S. service members be forced to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in order to serve in the military. While rescission of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate is certainly great news for service members pending exempt...
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December 30, 2022
It was an exciting, fast-paced, and ground-breaking year for MJA filled with battles won, grateful clients, and expansion into new and existing practice areas. In 2022, MJA fought victoriously for clients at courts-martial, administrative separation hearings, and military correcti...
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October 31, 2022
Article 138, UCMJ, allows service members who have been wronged by their commanding officer to petition a superior commissioned officer for relief. When used correctly, Article 138 complaints are a powerful tool to stop abusive commanders from unlawfully punishing or otherwise ad...
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September 30, 2022
“Barracks lawyers” on Facebook have been working overtime since the Camp Lejeune Justice Act was signed into law. Like the barracks lawyers you remember from active duty (salty Lance Corporal types who had been busted down multiple times and would offer “legal advice” at the smok...
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July 31, 2022
It’s no secret that the military has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to drug abuse, including the use of marijuana. What service members may not know, however, is that the military prohibits the use of any cannabis or hemp-derived products, even those sold commercially. Ser...
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July 27, 2022
Press Release – July 28, 2022Liberty-Life Media, a pro-military media outlet, reports that MJA will represent Marine veterans and their families harmed by Camp Lejeune Water Contamination. After years of denying justice to those harmed by the toxic water, Congress recently passed...
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June 30, 2022
Marines Defending Marines For over 30 years, Marines, their loved ones, and civilian contractors stationed and/or working at MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River were exposed to drinking water systems contaminated with industrial chemicals. Numerous types of cancer, Parkinson&rsqu...
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June 30, 2022
July 1, 2022 – Press ReleaseMJA is pleased to announce that Clare C. (Chip) Hodge, III has joined our military criminal defense team. Chip is an experienced trial attorney who retired from active duty in the U. S. Marine Corps in 2022 as a Lieutenant Colonel, having served as a ju...
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