10 USC § 7072 - Judge Advocate General’s Corps

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title: "10 USC § 7072 - Judge Advocate General’s Corps"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7072"
section_name: "Judge Advocate General’s Corps"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "THE ARMY"
part_number: "I"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 169, § 3072; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(q), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2104; renumbered § 7072, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7072. Judge Advocate General’s Corps

There is a Judge Advocate General’s Corps in the Army. The Judge Advocate General’s Corps consists of—

**(1)** the Judge Advocate General;

**(2)** the Assistant Judge Advocate General;

**(3)** commissioned officers of the Regular Army appointed therein; and

**(4)** other members of the Army assigned thereto by the Secretary of the Army.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 169, § 3072; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(q), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2104; renumbered § 7072, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3072 | 10:61–1 (1st sentence, less applicability to strength). | June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 308 (1st sentence, less applicability to strength), 64 Stat. 270. |

The words “authorized by sections 21f and 21h, respectively, of this title” are omitted as surplusage. The word “grade” is substituted for the word “rank”. The words “but the Secretary shall not assign to the Judge Advocate General’s Corps any officer who has been appointed and commissioned in some other special branch or in the Regular Army without specification of branch” are omitted as covered by .

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2016—Pars. (3) to (5).  redesignated pars. (4) and (5) as (3) and (4), respectively, and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: “three officers in the grade of brigadier general;”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .