Office Of Military Commissions

First some aspects of the proceedings limit public access but addressing them is largely outside of dod s control.

Office of military commissions. The organization operates centrally in alexandria va but has a team operating in cuba. The office of military commissions holds court hearings for military members and civilians accused of crimes. On january 22 2009 new us president barack obama who had said during his 2008 campaign that he would reject the military commissions act if elected issued an executive order instructing the secretary of defense to immediately take steps sufficient to ensure that no new charges are sworn or referred to a military commission under the military commissions act of 2006 and the rules for military commissions and that all proceedings of such military commissions to which charges have been.

The california military department is an agency defined under the california military and veterans code 50 it includes the office of the adjutant general the california national guard the california state guard the california cadet corps and the california naval militia. The department of defense and the office of military commissions will allocate seats for news media aboard military chartered aircraft for travel to and from joint base andrews to naval station. Omc is a professional environment with great people.

Completed cases cases where the convening authority has taken action in accordance with rule for military commission 1107 and the accused has waived appeal or cases where the appellate process is complete. Although the office of military commissions was not established until february 10 2004 through the issue of department of defense directive 5105 70 which placed the appointing authority for military commissions in the office of the secretary of defense under the authority direction and control of the secretary of defense on december 30 2003 the defense department announced that it had already picked officials for military tribunal posts. The california military department and the california national guard are sometimes referred to interchangeably.

The public faces various challenges in gaining access to military commissions proceedings or obtaining information about them.