Counseling, Admonition, and Reprimand Defense for Military Members Facing Administrative Discipline

The Military Justice System Includes Many Different Disciplinary Actions and Adverse Actions That Could Seriously Harm The Career And Future Of Military Members

While general court-martial (and sometimes special court-martial) successes may result in more media attention and public recognition, there are many other military discipinary actions and adverse actions that could have a dramatically negatively impact on a military member’s career and future. Our defense attorneys handle these adverse military actions.

The different military service branches have various administrative disciplinary actions they can take for lower level and “minor” alleged misconduct. Such actions include letters of concern, counselings, admonitions, and reprimands.

While these adverse actions may not be as serious as an Article 15 or court-martial, they can still have a significant impact on a military member’s career (promotion and assignments) – and could even lead to administrative discharge/separation, particularly in this time of military drawdowns. Because of this, having an experienced and aggressive military defense attorney on your side is absolutely vital in these military cases.

Some of these cases could include:

Air Force:
Letter of Counseling (LOC), Letter of Admonition (LOA), Letter of Reprimand (LOR), Unfavorable Information File (UIF)

Army:
Negative Counseling, Letter of Concern, Commanding Officer Memorandum of Reprimand (COMOR) or General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand (GOMOR)

Marine Corps:
Negative Counseling (6105), Letter of Reprimand

Navy:
Negative Counseling, Letter of Concern, Letter of Reprimand

A more serious administrative disciplinary option is NonJudicial Punishment or Article 15. That action is addressed on page: Article 15 and NJP Actions

Administrative Discharge or Administrative Separation is addressed on page: Administrative Discharge or Separation

Our experienced military law attorneys defend military members facing administrative disciplinary actions, such as counseling, admonishment and/or reprimand. This includes written responses to the actions and appeals to have these actions removed from military personnel records. Our attorneys are civilian criminal defense attorneys and former active duty military JAG lawyers who exclusively practice military law and defend military members stationed around the world who are facing military trials, disciplinary actions, appeals, adverse actions, board hearings, and investigations.

If you’re facing a military administrative disciplinary action, don’t hesitate to seek the legal help you’re going to need. For a free initial case consultation, please contact us.