The NCSCJ recognized the top graduates of the 65th Military Judges Course during the investiture ceremony held on July 1, 2022, at the Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Va. Major Tyler Musselman, U.S. Air Force, and Major James Baehr, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, tied for top honors in the rigorous training program conducted annually for new military judges.
Recognizing the top graduate of the Military Judges Course started during the year that Colonel (USAF, Ret.) Rodger Drew chaired the National Conference of Specialized Court Judges. The recipient of the recognition is selected by the School and Chief Trial Judges through graded exercises, course work, judicial writing, and class participation during the course. Trial and appellate judges from all the U.S. service branches, and select military judges from allied nations, attend the course which focuses on honing skills of the military justice experts newly appointed to be judges by their respective services.