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Area Defense Counsel

Mission 

Our primary duty is the representation of individual clients. We owe our clients the utmost in professional defense competence, tenacity and loyalty, limited only by the bounds of law, ethics, and good judgement.

We provide legal advice if you've been advised of your rights under Article 31 UCMJ. We also represent clients in courts-martial, Article 15 proceedings, discharge boards, LOR's, reports of survey, line of duty investigations, OPR/EPR referrals, and promotion/demotion actions.

You can call us at: DSN: 276-3627
Commercial: (805) 606-3627

For our on-base members you will find additional information on Vandenberg's Base Intranet.

Current as of October 14, 2021