Mission

The mission of DSO North is to provide quality defense counsel services for the Department of Defense (DoD) active duty and reserve personnel, throughout continental Europe, the British Isles, Africa and Southwest Asia whenever required by law or regulation and authorized by the Judge Advocate General (JAG).  These services may include advice and representation in confinement, courts-martial, nonjudicial punishment or administrative discharge proceedings.  Defense counsel are also available to answer questions concerning JAG Manual investigations, mental health proceedings, Article 138/1150 complaints, fitness report and evaluation matters, interrogations following invocation of Article 31(b) rights, and other matters here appropriate. 

DSO North Website:  http://www.jag.navy.mil/legal_services/dso/DSO_North.htm