The United States Army Reserve Legal Command headquarters held a second professional development training in Gaithersburg, Md. on Dec. 15, 2022, continuing the topic of the leader’s role in empowering their team, with a focus on building confidence in one’s professional abilities. Over 20 full time staff members consisting of various levels of seniority resonated with this topic. Soldiers shared a variety of strategies guidance they both experienced and used from leaders who entrusted them to work independently. The theme across the most positive experiences involved leaders identifying and presenting their team members with appropriate challenges to solve, trusting their capacity to perform from a people first, mission-oriented standard of excellence and professionalism. The diversity and inclusion of the room enabled sharing a multitude of perspectives, fostering understanding and inspiring others with their examples of nurturing potential among their teams. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Nancy Drapeza)

The United States Army Reserve Legal Command conducted professional development training on Nov. 30, 2022, with a focus on innovation and adaptability in leadership. Lt. Col. DeShun Eubanks, Deputy G-3/3, from Dallas, Texas, led Legal Command headquarters’ first Professional Development Program (LCPDP) on leadership empowerment. The LCPDP is a monthly opportunity that will provide Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians presentations on various topics such as strategic communication, diversity and inclusion, and historical teachings. This program supports the “Strategy of the Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) 2022,” developed by the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army: “The Army is people, and as the JAG Corps maintains readiness and looks to the future, people are its number one priority.”

Judge advocates and paralegals of the 151st Legal Operations Detachment (LOD) provided legal assistance to over 130 Army Reserve Soldiers of the 18th Field Hospital during their Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) event at the Fort Story Army Reserve Center Nov. 19-20, 2022. Capt. Tricia Nicewicz (left), 151st Legal Operations judge advocate general, assists a Soldier in preparing his will. Legal Operations Detachments provide services such as last wills and testaments, powers of attorney, and medical directives to Army Reserve Soldiers so they may take care of their loved ones in preparation for mobilization/deployment. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Nancy Drapeza)

A battlefield cross rests on display with a portrait of Staff Sgt. Travis J. Beck at the Memorial Chapel on Nov. 5, 2022, Fort Myer, Va. The 151st Legal Operations Detachment held a memorial ceremony in honor of Beck, who passed away from pancreatic cancer on Oct. 10, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Nancy Drapeza, U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command)

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Subretta L. Pompey, U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command, is briefed by aircrew with the New Jersey National Guard's 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 16, 2022. New Jersey Army aviation flew U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders on a tour of New Jersey military facilities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Contestants from the 335th Signal Command (Theater), 200th Military Police Command, and Army Reserve Legal Command, particate in the Combined Best Warrior/Best Squad competition in Tampa, Florida, March 11-19, 2022. The 335th Signal Command (Theater) proudly hosted this event in coordination with the Joint Communication Support Element Headquarters at Macdill, Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. The two finalists from each command, one enlisted and one noncommissioned officer, will then compete at the United States Army Reserve Headquarters, Fort Bragg, NC for the next level of competition. (U.S. Army Reserve video by SGT. Tarako Braswell)