Navy Times: Navy, Coast Guard to offer legal advisers for sex assault victims
Navy Times reports:
The Navy is establishing a program to provide additional support and legal counsel to to victims of sexual assault.
The Navy Victims’ Legal Counsel Program will provide alleged sex assault victims a JAG to guide them through the military legal process, according to a letter from Vice Adm. Nanette DeRenzi, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, to leaders in the JAG Corps.
A captain and a civilian executive director will manage 29 lieutenant commanders or senior lieutenants who will serve as counselors, the letter said.
