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2024 Annual Meeting of the Members

The AMLA Annual Meeting of the Members was held after the Golf Scramble at Bowlero-Charlottesville on June 9, 2024. Pictures are at JAG Legal Administrators | Facebook.

The membership voted, and the votes were counted. The Board of Directors-Elect are:

Q Parker
Natalie Thompson
Jim Bertotti
Anton Allsop
Hector Colon
Frank Castellanos

The next Board meeting is Saturday, July 29, 2024, at 1500 Eastern time at https://meet.google.com/mvj-nwuv-yrg

#AMLA #TCML – Teach, Coach, Mentor, Lead!

The Association of Military Legal Administrators (#AMLA) was officially founded on 9 June 2016. #AMLA is a 501(c)(3) public charity incorporated in the State of Virginia and supports all military Legal Administrators, past and present, the organizations they served, and their families through the core values of Teach, Coach, Mentor, and Lead through Service – #TCML

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Honorary Warrant Officer of the Corps

CW4(R) Jeff Osler was named Honorary Warrant Officer of the Regiment at the Worldwide CLE in  September 2023. #TeachCoachMentorLead

CW4(R) Dennis McCormick – 1990-1994
CW4(R) Joseph Egozcue – 1994-1998
CW4(R) Carl Black – 1998-2002
CW5(R) Mike Lanoue – 2002-2007
CW4(R) Donnie Hughes – 2007-2013
CW4(R) Sarah Turner – 2013-2018
CW5(R) Sam Manickam – 2018-2023
CW4(R) Jeff Osler – 2023 – Present

AMLA Awards

Awards for the Judge Advocate Warrant Officer Advanced Course

2023 McGriff Leadership Award and Rickert Distinguished Graduate Award Winner CW2 Quo’Vadis Parker with Honorary Warrant Officer of the Regiment CW5(ret) Sam Manickam

The CW3 (Retired) Carl Rickert Distinguished Honor Graduate Award
2017 – CW2 Raphael Johnson
2018 – CW2 Brent Vestering
2019 – CW2 Latoya Cooper (AMLA Life Member)
2020 – CW2 Monica Heuer (AMLA Life Member)
2021 – CW2 Melanie Sellars
2022 – CW2 Beatriz Hendricks (AMLA Life Member)
2023 – CW2 Quovadis Parker

The CWO4 (USMC) Derwin McGriff Leadership Award
2017 – CW2 Van Cannon
2018 – CW2 Jessica Marresette
2019 – CW2 Qnette McCoy
2020 – CW2 Brandon Grace
2021 – CW2 Elizabeth Taylor
2022 – CWO2 Ryan Cole, USMC
2023 – CW2 Quo’Vadis Parker


Awards for the Judge Advocate Warrant Officer Basic Course

Brigadier General Bobby Christine, Assistant to the Chief Counsel, National Guard Bureau and the National Guard Advisor to The Judge Advocate General presents the AMLA DHG Award to WO1 David Wilson May 25, 2023.

The CW2 Robert ‘Bob’ Babinski Distinguished Honor Graduate Award
2017 – WO1 Monica Heuer (AMLA Past President)
2018 – WO1 Marquita Givens (AMLA Chief Admin Officer)
2019 – WO1 Blaise McPhearson
2020 – WO1 Amiah Derbe
2021 – WO1 Appolinaire Kombassere
2022 – WO1 Ryszard Pela
2023 – WO1 David Wilson

CW5(ret) Charlie Hooah Polton, President of #AMLA, presents the AMLA WOBC Leadership award to WO1 Stephanie Thimothe, May 25, 2023.

The CW5(Retired) Charlie “Hooah” Poulton Leadership Award
2017 – WO1 Charles Martinez IV (AMLA Life Member)
2018 – WO1 Marquita Givens (AMLA Chief Admin Officer)
2019 – WO1 Quo’Vadis Parker
2020 – WO1 Sean White
2021 – WO1 Appolinaire Kombassere
2022 – WO1 Francisco Castellonos (AMLA Vice President)
2023 – WO1 Stephanie Thimothe