{"id":9149,"date":"2018-04-11T19:08:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T19:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=9149"},"modified":"2018-04-11T19:08:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T19:08:43","slug":"raf-legal-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/04\/11\/raf-legal-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF Legal Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Legal-Branch.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;left&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Branch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon<\/strong>: In front of a Terrestrial Globe Argent\/Azure a representation of the figure of Lady Justice blindfolded Or<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link<\/strong>: Lady Justice, who can be traced back to Roman times is internationally recognised as a symbol of law. She is depicted blindfolded to represent objectivity and holding the scales of truth and fairness. Her double-edged sword symbolises that law can be wielded for or against any party. The terrestrial globe represents Air Command, where the Branch is based and the worldwide dispersal of legal officers. The motto captures the principal purpose and mission of a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Issue<\/strong>: October 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto<\/strong>: Latin: <em>Fortius si iuste<\/em> \u2013 The stronger for being just<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong>: Legal Branch formed on 1 October 1948 and remains current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong> Wing Commander Andrew McKendrick (1997-2013) and dedicated to legal officers went before and will come after me.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Branch Blazon: In front of a Terrestrial Globe Argent\/Azure a representation of the figure of Lady Justice blindfolded Or Link: Lady Justice, who can be traced back to Roman times is internationally recognised as a symbol of law. She is depicted blindfolded to represent objectivity and holding the scales of truth and fairness. Her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9151,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9149\/revisions\/9151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}