Institute on World Affairs – Cultivating Democracy – Military Justice in a Democracy
Patrick Reinert
Monday, 01 Nov 2004 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Colonel Patrick Reinert is a Military Judge assigned in the U.S. Army Reserves to the 150th JAG Detachment with duty in the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Germany and elsewhere. He previously served as the Article 32 officer in the court- martial of Sgt. Hasan Akbar, accused of a grenade attack on soldiers in the 101st Airborne on the eve of war in Iraq. He also served as the Article 32 Officer in the court-martial of Spc. Ryan Anderson, a Washington National Guard soldier on active duty accused of attempting to aid a terrorist organization. His civilian job is Deputy Criminal Chief for Drugs and Violent Crime in the US Attorney's office for the Northern District of Iowa.
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