Special review panel to examine every aspect of military legal operations affecting servicemembers, with focus on accountability, trust, readiness, and modernization across the Department of Defense
WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday the creation of a special review panel tasked with conducting a sweeping, department-wide assessment of the U.S. military legal system, signaling what could become one of the most consequential Pentagon reform efforts in years.
In a statement released on social media, Hegseth said the panel would undertake a “comprehensive, long-term” review of every component of the military justice system impacting American servicemembers across all branches of the armed forces.
Today, I am convening a special review panel to conduct a comprehensive, long-term, department-wide review of every aspect of the military legal system impacting our servicemembers.
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) May 11, 2026
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