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Air Force legal office offers assistance

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  • By Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Legal Office
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. --  The Air Force legal office provides assistance to all services on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Attorneys provide legal advice in connection with personal civil legal matters to support and sustain command effectiveness and readiness.

Eligible beneficiaries of legal assistance include members of the armed forces who are on active duty, reservists on federal active duty under Title 10 United States Code, retirees, spouses and children dependents. People who do not fall into one of the listed categories can call the legal office to determine their eligibility.

The legal team provides various services including, but are not limited to: wills, notaries, advanced medial directives, powers of attorney, domestic relations, adoption, Service Members' Civil Relief Act, consumer affairs and landlord-tenant issues. The legal office does not advise on civilian criminal matters or issues that could potentially involve the client in adverse actions under the UCMJ. Members should receive legal assistance from the appropriate military defense counsel for matters that involve adverse administrative or UCMJ action the member. The Air Force Area Defense Counsel can be reached at 754-2349. The Army Trial Defense Services' office can be reached at 562-3075.

The Army provides specific "gap" services that are not provided by the Air Force legal assistance office or the Army defense counsel. These appointment-only services include: line of duty investigations ; financial liability investigations of property loss; officer evaluation reports; non-commissioned officer evaluation reports; relief for cause reviews; bars to reenlistment; waivers to allow re-enlistment; security clearance revocations; suspension of favorable personnel actions; memoranda of reprimand; Article 138, UCMJ complaints; inspector general investigations; other investigations; expungement of military records; hardship discharges; compassionate reassignments; physical evaluation boards (initial review and referral services only); medical evaluation boards (initial review and referral services only); officer unqualified resignations by reason of pregnancy, and resignations in lieu of discharge because of failure to meet statutory or regulatory requirements; and correction of military records. The point of contact for these Army services is Evelyn Perez, 562-5781. Their hours of operation are between 8 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

"We care about your legal issues and we want to help," said Chris Huling. Joint base legal office chief legal assistant. "Some people come to us when their issues are too far along, like the repossession of a house. We want everyone to know we are willing and able to assist the joint base community."

The joint base Legal Office hours of operation for legal assistance matters are by appointment only Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Walk-in legal assistance hours are Tuesday between 9 to 11 a.m. Notaries and power of attorney services are from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 754-2010 to make an appointment.