I recently wrote about the false positive results being reported by Navy Drug Screening Laboratory Great Lakes.  The military urinalysis program began in 1974 after several studies established there was widespread drug use among the force in the Vietnam era.  I started handling these cases in 2006 and have compiled a list of the false […]

Any smart divorce lawyer representing a military spouse always seeks to add indemnification language to military retirement pay division orders – the order that divides the servicemember’s military retirement.  The indemnification aims to reimburse the spouse for any reduction in military retirement pay caused by the election of VA disability pay.  The provisions normally provide:

My folder dedicated to false positives and misconduct from the military’s urinalysis drug laboratories just got a few pages thicker.  As noted in this memorandum to the Navy’s Criminal Law Division (Code 20), Navy Drug Screen Laboratory (NDSL) Great Lakes has identified at least three false positives for methamphetamine and amphetamines.  To my knowledge, NDSL

About the author:  Attorney Patrick Korody is a former Navy judge advocate who specialized in Military Justice Litigation.  He is co-author of the book, Court-Martial Advocacy – Trying the Military Case, published by Thomson Reuters.  His law firm, Korody Law PA, handles military law matters worldwide. Old Statute . . . New Technology I recently

A change to the law has occurred that affects the manner in which court orders submitted to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) as part of an application for division of military retired pay pursuant to the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA) must be formatted. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of

When I first joined the Navy JAG, it was common to see courts-martial where the sole charge was a violation of Article 112a, UCMJ, for wrongful drug use.  We called these “single spec pop” cases because the case involved a single specification (charge) based on a positive urinalysis drug test (hence the “pop”).  Over the

I have handled dozens of BAH (basic allowance for housing) fraud (also sometimes called BAH theft) cases over the years.  They come in several varieties including: a) sham marriages (a marriage for the sole purpose of getting BAH or an increase in BAH) b) the member divorces but never updates his dependent application with personnel

I am constantly contacted by recent military retirees in Florida who want to know whether they can change the provision in their divorce judgment as it relates to division of a military pension with a former spouse. The common scenario is this:  military member gets married young and divorces some years later.  The military member

NROTC Performance Review Board (PRB) Guidance for Navy & Marine-Option Midshipmen An NROTC Performance Review Board (PRB) is one of the most consequential events in a midshipman’s career. The PRB evaluates a student’s performance, conduct, professionalism, and suitability to continue in the Navy or Marine-Option ROTC program. Because there is no separate “disenrollment hearing,” the