NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Muhs, a former Norfolk resident, recently participated in Yankee Operational Law Training (YOLT) while serving with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAGS) Corps.
YOLT is the Navy JAG Corps Reserve Component’s premier operational and international law training focused on relevant operational law and strategic warfighting issues facing the United States and its allies. Participants will directly enhance the warfighting readiness of the legal community, build interoperability and increase the lethality of the Joint Force.
“YOLT was a masterclass in strategic foresight and legal readiness,” Muhs said. “It pushed us beyond the black-and-white of statutes into the gray zones of modern conflict — operational law, great power competition and the dark arts of influence and deception. The sessions on China’s gray-zone warfare, legal authorities in a kinetic environment and the ethical tensions of modern military law were sobering and sharpening. It reminded me that the fight ahead may not always be on a battlefield, but in the courtroom, the command tent, or the information space. YOLT didn’t just expand my legal knowledge — it recalibrated my mindset as a warfighter in the legal domain.”…