Legal office supports Team McConnell

Capt. Sam Kidd, 22nd Air Refueling Wing chief military justice, and Staff Sgt. Robert Ray, 22nd Air Refueling Wing adverse actions NCOIC, speak to Master Sgt. Christopher Phillips, 22nd Maintenance Squadron first sergeant Feb. 9, 2011, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The legal office assists first sergeants with issues in their squadron. The legal office is the legal advisor to the wing commander, and they work closely with McConnell’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program, Office of Special Investigations and other base agencies. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Katrina M. Brisbin)

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Legal office supports Team McConnell

McConnell’s legal office uses an embossed seal to notarize a document Feb. 8, 2011, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The legal office uses seals and stamps to notarize Team McConnell members’ documents, which saved clients more than $22,000 in notarization fees during 2010. Notarization insures that the party that signed the document was the person intended to sign it, and that no one else was impersonating them. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Katrina M. Brisbin)

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Legal office supports Team McConnell

Staff Sgt. Darren Dobelman, 22nd Maintenance Operations Squadron maintenance operations controller, and Tech Sgt. Ken Harrison, 22nd Communications Squadron installation spectrum manager, assist Team McConnell members with filing their tax returns Feb. 8, 2011, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Sergeant Dobelman and Harrison are certified under Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly program, to assist Team McConnell taxpayers with free tax return filing. McConnell’s legal office helps run the base tax center and gives legal advice to tax payers. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Katrina M. Brisbin)

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Legal office supports Team McConnell

Tech. Sgt. Amanda Staggers, 22nd Air Refueling Wing legal office NCOIC, speaks to Staff Sgt. Loree Flores, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron unaccompanied housing manager, about the job duties of a paralegal during a cross-training interview at the base legal office Feb. 8, 2011, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Paralegals, such as Sergeant Staggers, support all areas of the Air Force’s legal practice, including operations law, military justice, civil law and legal assistance. Enlisted members of the legal office are paralegals and officers are judge advocates. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maria A. Ruiz)

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Airman 1st Class Ian McCandless, 22nd Air Refueling Wing general law paralegal journeyman, gives a notarized document to Trisha Thompson, Team McConnell family member, at the base legal office Feb. 8, 2011, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The legal office assists Team McConnell members with powers of attorneys, legal consultations, wills, notarizations, advance medical directives and correspondence for clients. The legal office saved clients more than $1.82 million in legal costs during 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maria A. Ruiz)

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Staff Sgt. Robert Ray, 22nd Air Refueling Wing adverse actions NCOIC, reviews an Article 15 package at the base legal office Feb. 8, 2011, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. As the adverse actions NCOIC, Sergeant Ray drafts and reviews discharge, demotion and Article 15 packages for McConnell commanders. The Legal office has an available judge advocate on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in case of emergency legal assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maria A. Ruiz)

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Legal office supports Team McConnell

Published Feb. 9, 2011
By Public Affairs staff
22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

MCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- The 22nd Air Refueling Wing Legal provides McConnell with a variety of services from issuing power of attorneys, legal consultations, wills, notarizations, advance medical directives to providing tax assistance.