Provide timely expert legal advice and services to the total Army, strengthening readiness and maximizing the warfighter’s operational capacity across the competition continuum in support of our Nation’s strategic interests.
Decisive legal advantage delivered by a trusted, fit, adaptable, and highly trained team in an increasingly complex and dynamic world.
Major General Bobby L. Christine assumed duties as The Judge Advocate General of the Army on 1 July 2025. He is a graduate of Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, the University of Georgia, and Georgia Military College. He holds a Master’s in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College, and is a National Security Fellow of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, as well as a graduate of Harvard University’s Homeland Security Executive Seminar.
On 16 August 2024, Major General Robert Borcherding assumed duties as our Army’s 23rd Deputy Judge Advocate General. Originally from Chino Hills, California, Major General Borcherding graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1993 where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations and was commissioned as an officer in the Corps of Engineers. He served as a Platoon Leader and Logistics Officer, 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, before being selected for the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program, receiving his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law and transferring to the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps in 1999.
Chief Warrant Officer Five Carroll enlisted in the United States Army in January 1997, and completed Basic Combat Training at C Company, 1-46 Infantry, Fort Knox, KY, and Legal Specialist Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, SC. Chief Warrant Officer Five Carroll assumed the role of Chief Warrant Officer of the Corps on 14 August 2026.
Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Scotty Messer is a native of Fort Worth, TX, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1999. CSM Scotty Messer assumed the role of Regimental Command Sergeant Major on 14 August 2026.
The Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG Corps) is a different kind of law firm. Since its founding in 1775, the JAG Corps has retained its original mission to represent the legal interests of Soldiers and the U.S. Army with unmatched strength and courage, character and commitment, and unsurpassed knowledge of the law.
To find out more about our Corps, click on the following link for a series of available podcasts: The Quill and Sword Podcast - The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School - TJAGLCS (army.mil)
