Aaron Glenn Johnson, J.D., LL.M.

Military Professor Stockton Center for International Law

Lt. Col., U.S. Army

Biography

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Aaron Johnson is associate director for land operations and a military professor at U.S. Naval War College (NWC) Stockton Center for International Law. The Stockton Center serves as the world’s premier research institute for the study of international law and military operations throughout the domains of land, sea, aerospace and cyberspace. Stockton Center faculty teach in the core curriculum and electives at NWC as well as in advanced international law courses around the world.

Contact Information

(401) 856-5933

Aaron.Johnson1@usnwc.edu

Areas of Expertise

Counterdrug Operations
Intel
International Law
Latin America
Middle East
Rules of Engagement

Professional Highlights

2019

Staff Judge Advocate, Special Operations Command South

Principal advisor to Commander and staff on legal aspects of special operations, including crisis response, security cooperation and assistance, military information support activities, and intelligence operations.

2017

Chief, Administrative Law, U.S. Army Central

Principal advisor to Commanding General and staff on administrative law issues, including command investigations, ethics and procurement integrity, employment law, and personnel actions.

2014

Chief of Intelligence Law and Legal Instruction, US Army Intelligence Center of Excellence

Senior intelligence law instructor and advisor, including intelligence oversight, interrogation, counterintelligence, and human intelligence to students at all experience levels in ranks from Private to Major General.

2013

Brigade Judge Advocate, 42D Military Police Brigade

2011

Trial Counsel/Brigade Judge Advocate, 201st Military Intelligence Brigade

2010

Administrative Law/Legal Assistance Attorney, I Corps and JBLM

2008

Executive Officer, Bagram Theater Joint Interrogation Facility

2003

Deputy Team Chief, Mobile Collection Team 3, Iraq Survey Group

Sensitive Site Survey Officer, lead Human Intelligence collector, and Arabic linguist for site survey team conducting Defense Threat Reduction Agency counter-WMD and radiological isotope recovery missions within the Iraq Survey Group.

2001

Counterintelligence Officer, Utah Army National Guard

Assignments include six years full-time Counterdrug duty as Spanish/Arabic linguist, assignment to the FBI’s North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force after Sept. 11, Officer in Charge of military security at Winter Olympic Venues, and interpreting missions to Egypt and Morocco.

1997

Arabic Interrogator, Utah Army National Guard

Education

LL.M., The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center And School

J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University

B.A., University of Utah, Mid East Studies (Arabic)

Related Credentials

Licensed to practice law in Utah.

Licensed before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the Utah Supreme Court.

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