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2026 | Volume 37
- MLTF On Watch 2026.1 37.1
- In this issue:
- The Collapse of International Law in the Western Hemisphere: The US vs Venezuela
- MLTF Statement on Venezuela
- Congress Orders Overhaul of Selective Service Registration
- Trump Fails to Deploy National Guard
- Personnel Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026
- Event: Draft Counselor Training Program
- MLTF Announcements and Notes
- About the Authors
- About the MLTF
2025 | Volume 36
Fall 2025 – Issue #4
- MLTF On Watch 2025.1 36.4
- In this issue:
- Editor’s Note: On deployments and other extraordinary action by the Trump Administration
- Military Deployed to U.S. Cities – by Jeff Lake
- Hegseth’s Monstrous Military Makeover – by Kathleen Gilberd
- Trump and Hegseth Try to Erase Women from the Military – by Chris Lombardi
- Future of Selective Service Remains Undecided – by Edward Hasbrouck
- A Recruiting Crisis on the Horizon – by Rick Jahnkow
- MLTF Announcements and Notes
Summer 2025 – Issue #3
- MLTF On Watch 2025.3 36.3
- In this issue:
- Trump Administration Deploys the Military in Support of its Immigration Policies – by Jeff Lake
- MLTF Statement on the Use of the National Guard and Active-Duty Troops to Control the Opposition to I.C.E. and D.H.S. Attempts to Remove Undocumented Workers
- Supporting Conscientious Resistance – by Chris Lombardi
- MLTF Statement on U.S. bombing of Iran
- Article 138 – Servicemember’s Tool for Redress – Kathy Gilberd and Aaron David Frishberg, Esq.
- In honor of Ann Fagan Ginger at Age 100 – by Peter Goldberger
- A Note on Changing Military Equal Opportunity Regulations – Kathleen Gilberd
- Why I do Military Law – by David Gespass
- Remembering Dan Siegel – by Howard J. DeNike
- MLTF Announcements and Notes
Spring 2025 – Issue #2
- MLTF On Watch 2025.2 36.2
- In this issue:
- MLTF Response to Supreme Court Ruling on Transgender Service
- With SCOTUS’ Help, President Trump Restores Military Transgender Ban – by Jeff Lake
- Trump 2.0: Erasing Justice at DoD – by Chris Lombardi
- DOGE gets access to Selective Service Registration Database – by Edward Hasbrouck
- Project 2025: Department of Defense Chapter Highlights – by Libby Frank
- Current Trends of Conscientious Objectors – by Bill Galvin
- Upcoming Events
- MLTF Announcements and Notes
Winter 2025 – Issue #1
- MLTF On Watch 2025.1 36.1
- In this issue:
- Message from the MLTF Steering Committee regarding the new Trump administration
- MLTF Statement on Life in the Second Trump administration
- Trump isn’t hiding plan to use military to quash protests and deport immigrants – by Marjorie Cohn
- Military Extremism: It starts at the top – by Chris Lombardi
- NDAA 2025: Turning back the clock? – by Chris Lombardi
- A Five-Decade retrospective on Coast Guard SASH reform – by Denise Krepp
- Heritage Foundation Projects wants to weaponize Selective service registration against Immigrants – by Edward Hasbrouck
- NLG Resolution on deported military veterans
2024 | Volume 35
Fall 2024 – Issue #4
- MLTF On Watch 2024.4 35.4
- In this issue:
- RIDING 2024’S ANTI-WAR WAVE – By Chris Lombardi
- U.S. MILITARISM IS A LEADING CAUSE OF THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE – by Marjorie Cohn
- FIGHTING INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE FOR ‘CONDITION NOT A DISABILITY’ – by Kathleen Gilberd
- MILITARY ANTI-EXTREMISM REGULATIONS UPDATE – by Chris Lombardi
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MINOR’S ENLISTMENT CASES – by Matthew Rinaldi
- PORT CHICAGO – NAVY EXONERATION IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE – by Jeff Lake
- MLTF CLE AT NLG CONVENTION
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer 2024 – Issue #3
- MLTF On Watch 2024.3 35.3
- In this issue:
- Appeal For Redress v.2: SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETS WEAVE A RIBBON OF HOPE – by Chris Lombardi
- DOZENS QUITTING U.S. MILITARY OVER GAZA IN PROTEST – by Mike Prysner
- STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE FOR LGBTQ+ SERVICEMEMBERS – by Jeff Lake
- SIBLING RIVALRY: AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD SETTLES JOHNSON CLASS ACTION, COMPARABLE TO RECENT ARMY AND NAVAL DRB SETTLEMENTS – by Ana Maria Bondoc
- SELECTIVE SERVICE BILLS DEAD FOR THE YEAR IN CALIFORNIA, BUT MOVING AHEAD IN CONGRESS – by Edward Hasbrouck
- RULE CHANGE AFFECTS VA ELIGIBILITY FOR LESS-THAN-HONORABLY DISCHARGED SERVICEMEMBERS — KEY TAKEAWAYS AND TIPS – by Ana Maria C.B. Bondoc
- MILITARY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE UPDATE – by Jeff Lake
- NLG CONVENTION PREVIEW – by Jeff Lake
- Announcements
Spring 2024 – Issue #2
- MLTF On Watch 2024.2 35.2
- In this issue:
- GAZA CEASEFIRE NOW – AN ON WATCH EDITORIAL
- AARON BUSHNELL – REMEMBER HIS MESSAGE – by Chris Lombardi
- UPDATE ON HAMILL CLASS ACTION ADVOCACY FOR ‘BAD PAPER’ VETERANS – By Ana Maria Bondoc
- AN ACCOUNT OF RECRUITER ABUSE – by Chris Lombardi
- TRANSGENDER INCLUSIVITY IN THE MILITARY AND THE VA – by Shiloh Emelein and Siri Margerin
- AMENDING STATE LAWS LINKING SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION TO DRIVER’S LICENSES – by Edward Hasbrouck
- MLTF STATEMENT OPPOSING CALIFORNIA SB 1081
- WEST POINT SUED REGARDING ADMISSIONS POLICY – By Jeff Lake
- A READINESS OF OUR OWN – by Chris Lombardi
- THE BRASS WEIGHS IN: EX-RANKING OFFICERS MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AT THE US SUPREME COURT ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY – by Aaron David Frishberg, Esq.
- Announcements
Winter 2024 – Issue #1
- MLTF On Watch 2024.1 35.1
- In this issue:
- HOW CONGRESS’ BIG MILITARY BILL DANCES WITH ITS CULTURE-WAR FEARS – by Chris Lombardi
- 2024 NDAA PERSONNEL PROVISIONS – by Kathleen Gilberd
- THE NEW MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL AND YOU: A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE IMPORTANT CHANGES – by Ryan Gunderman
- FROM BITTER LEMONS, A FEW DROPS OF LEMONADE? – RECENT SUPREME COURT CASES AND IMPACT ON MILITARY CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS – by Deborah H. Karpatkin
- ANNUAL “DEFENSE” BILL LEAVES SELECTIVE SERVICE IN LIMBO – by Edward Hasbrouck
- MILITARY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE UPDATE – by Jeff Lake
- MLTF ANNUAL MEETING REPORT – by Jeff Lake
- MLTF SUBMITS ANTIWAR RESOLUTION TO NLG
- Why we do military law – by Dan Mayfield, Jane Kaplan, James M. Branum, Katleen Gilberd, Jeff Lake, and David Gespass
2023 | Volume 34
Fall 2023 – Issue #4
- PDF Download: MLTF On Watch 2023.4 34.4
Summer 2023 – Issue #3
- PDF Download: MLTF On Watch 2023.3 34.3 (PDF Download)
- Web Version: MLTF OnWatch 2023.3 34.3
Spring 2023 – Issue #2
Winter 2023 – Issue #1
2022 | Volume 33
2021 | Volume 32
MLTF On Watch 2021.4 32.4 (coming soon)
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2020 | Volume 31
- Limits of the Illegal Orders Defense and Possible Alternative Protections Under Military Law
- DoD Covid-19 Policy Changes
- New DoD Military Equal Opportunity Instruction and How to Use It Effectively
- Recognizing and Challenging Racism Within the Military – Trump Strikes Back
- What’s in Store for the Armed Forces Under President Biden?
- Time to Act Against Selective Service Registration
- Transgender Ban Update
- NLG Convention Report
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2019 | Volume 30
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2018 | Volume 29
- Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for Service Members
- Military Equal Opportunity Policies
- New Navy Policy on ‘Other Designated Physical and Mental Conditions’
- Army Captain Under Scrutiny for Tweeting Facts About U.S. Military
- Update on Military Transgender Policy
- Report from 2018 NLG Convention in Portland
- Member News
- Rescuing 17 Year Olds from Military Enlistment Contracts
- NNOMY Counter-Recruitment Summit Report
- Report on Selective Service Commission Hearings: Chicago
- Personnel Provisions of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act
- Thinking About MLTF’s Future
- Members’ Thoughts on MLTF Future Priorities
- Understanding And Dealing With Defenses, Mitigation, Extenuation And Aggravation For US Military Absence Offenses – Part 2
- Opportunity For Increased Discharge Review Fairness And Transparency Under Review Board Supplemental Guidance
- Commission On Selective Service Holds Hearings
- Transgender Service Ban – Continuing Attempts To Discriminate
- Report: Gi Rights Network Annual Meeting
- Opinion: Use Of The Military In The Age Of Trump
- Obituary: Jeffrey Segal
- Understanding and Dealing with Defenses, Mitigation, Extenuation And Aggravation for US Military Absence Offenses – Part 1
- New Military Policy on Harassment
- Countering Military Recruitment
- Using Social Media in the Military
- Update on Military Transgender Policy
- Personnel Provisions of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act
- The Vital Congressional Hearing on the Endless War That Probably Nobody Watched
2017 | Volume 28
- Veterans and the Trump Resistance
- DoD Updates Instruction on Conscientious Objection
- Updated MLTF Guide to Challenging Military Sexual Violence
- MLTF Update on Transgender Service Ban
- Guidance on Servicemember Dissent
- On Watch 40 Year Retrospective
- Concerns About Ken Burns PBS Vietnam War Series
- Book Review: Dangerous Grounds
- NLG Convention Report
- Hazing and Bullying in the Military
- New Air Force CO Instruction
- DOD Transgender Policies To Be Delayed?
- Chelsea Manning Released – Rejoicing Tempered By Reality
- Report On GI Rights Hotline Annual Conference
- MLTF Contingency Planning For Warfare
- In Memory of Teresa Panepinto
- MLTF Members Recognized As “Champions Of Justice”
- MLTF Resources Updated
- What Does a Trump Administration Mean for the GI Rights Advocacy Community?
- 2017 National Defense Authorization Act Personnel Provisions
- The Injustices of Manning’s Ordeal
- Book Review: Court-Martial: How Military Justice Has Shaped America
- Announcements
2016 | Volume 27
- New Military Transgender Policy
- 2016 NLG Convention Report
- GI Rights Network Conference 2016
- Chelsea Manning Update
- Trends in Conscientious Objector Cases
- Hobby Lobby and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act: New Arguments for Military Conscientious Objectors?
- Cushing v. Tetter: Still a Good Tool in the Box
- It Is Time to Abolish Draft Registration and Restore Full Rights to People of Conscience
- Women in Combat: A historical and political analysis of “change” in the U.S. Armed Forces
- Military Sexual Assault Policy Updates
- MLTF Resources on Military Sexual Violence
- When the Mother’s Military Status Punishes the Child (FERES doctrine)
- The Military after Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
2015 | Volume 26
- Born in VietNam: MLTF History
- DES Changes
- Chelsea Manning Update
- MLTF NLG Convention Preview
Archive
2014
On Watch 25.4 Dec 2014
- Secularism the new face of CO
- Adjustment disorder discharges
- News & Notes
- Op-Ed: Modernizing Nukes
- 2014 NLG Convention Report
- Stopping militarization of public schools
On Watch 25.3 Sept 2014
- Military Justice Reform Letter (see our earlier web announcement about this letter)
- Career Ender: Filing MSV complaints still ends careers
- Discharge Upgrading – An Outline for Beginners(this is part of our Basics of Discharge Upgrading memo, which was revised in June 2014)
- Amnesty Report on Civilian Deaths by US/NATO in Afghanistan (see Amnesty press release)
- NLG: Investigate War Crimes in Gaza (see NLG press release)
- MLTF’s 2014 NLG Convention Schedule (see NLG convention page)
On Watch 25.2 Jun 2014
- Non-Judicial Punishment( Soon to be a new MLTF memo)
- Regional News
- Conscientious Objector Law Update
- VA Reform Legislation Passed
- Fort Hood Report
- Op-Ed: Convening Authority and Military Sexual Violence
- Report from GI Rights Network conference
On Watch 25.1 Mar 2014
- A Day with JROTC: Training ‘Gangsters for Capitalism’
- Regional News
- Under the Hood turns five with new board and projects
- Military Law and the New NDAA
- Senate blocks Gillibrand sexual assault bill
- The truth about defense cuts
2012
On Watch 23.4 Dec 2012
- Advocacy to address sexual assault in the military
- Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) update
- Update on Bradley Manning trial
- Counseling servicemembers in involuntary separations
- Coffee Strong to become first worker center for servicemembers
- MLTF news and notes
- MLTF at 2012 NLG Convention
On Watch 23.3 Sept 2012
- Representing members of the Armed Forces in Federal Court
- Fifth Annual GI Rights Network Conference
- Swords to Plowshares helps medic
- Book Review: The Passion of Bradley Manning
- Support actions at Obama campaign offices Sept. 6
- MLTF events at 2012 NLG convention
- MLTF launches online book store
- MLTF news and notes
On Watch 23.2 Jun 2012
- ‘Other Designated Physical and Mental Conditions’ Discharges
- Disability evaluation process changes
- Karen Detamore obituary
- Ninth Circuit halts vets VA case
- New On Watch feature assists digital reading
- Save the date for NLG annual convention
- MLTF news and notes
On Watch 23.1 Mar 2012
- Analysis of new policies on sexual assault
- PTSD suit settled, vets win benefits
- GI Rights counselors seeing more CO applications
- Bradley Manning update
- DoD changes re dissent and protest
- MLTF news and notes