Secretary Hegseth has announced that he is convening a special review panel to conduct a comprehensive, long-term, department-wide review of every aspect of the military legal system impacting our servicemembers.
This panel will enhance trust, strengthen our force, drive real reform, and help ensure our warfighters receive the world-class military legal system they deserve.
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Our commanders and our warriors need and deserve a world-class military legal system that sharpens their combat effectiveness.
We must deliver reliable advice, better investigations, fair military justice, and better support across the board so that commanders can lead decisively and our warriors can fight with confidence.
Our judge advocates deserve the best legal training —well-resourced organizations, and a warrior-focused leadership culture to fully contribute to mission success.
That’s why today I’m signing a memorandum directing Earl Matthews, General Counsel of the Department, to convene a special review panel.
This panel will conduct an ongoing, long-term, department-wide review of all aspects of the military legal system as it affects our— warriors.
They’re gonna go deep, evaluating every service program, comparing them across the services, benchmarking against the Department of Justice and the best state criminal justice systems.
This review will result in concrete recommendations to cut bureaucracy, strengthen training and culture, and make our legal professionals far more effective.
This is not about tearing anything down.
It’s about strengthening and modernizing the system so that our vital Judge Advocate General Corps can better support the warfighter, uphold the rule of law, and deliver the absolute best legal services that our troops have earned.
Our men and women who wear the uniform place themselves in harm’s way every day.
Our job is to have their back in every way. They deserve nothing less.
This review will drive real reform, enhance trust, and strengthen our fighting forces.
Today, I am convening a special review panel to conduct a comprehensive, long-term, department-wide review of every aspect of the military legal system impacting our servicemembers.
This panel will enhance trust, strengthen our force, drive real reform, and help ensure our… pic.twitter.com/9O0SYcAhLT
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) May 11, 2026
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— STARRS (@STARRSmission) May 21, 2026
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