NAFUSA member Bobby Christine has been named the Judge Advocate General of the
United States Army. As such, he is the senior uniformed lawyer in the United States Army serving as a legal advisor to the military branch and representing its personnel in legal matters. He is a Major General in the Army National Guard and was called up to military service in February of this year, maintaining his role as a district attorney for Columbia Judicial Circuit, Evans, Georgia. President Trump nominated Christine for the U.S. Judge Advocate General post on June 19 and, upon confirmation by the Senate, he assumed the office on July 1, 2025.

Christine served as the United States Attorney for the Sorthern District of Georgia from
November 2017 to February 2021. He was previously an Assistant District Attorney in
Augusta, Georgia; a former magistrate judge in Columbia County, Georgia; and partner at the law firm of Christine and Evans, LLC. On February 1, 2024, Christine was promoted to the two-star rank of major general, making him the first reserve component officer in the JAG Corps to achieve this rank since the Corps’ inception in 1775.