A student at the Judge Advocate General's School from September 2001 through June 2002, Major Charles Lozano then moved to Germany and assumed duties as chief of criminal law for the 1st Armored Division until August of the following year. "The big challenge," he said, was a managerial one. "I was going from being an individual attorney working on a case to being a supervisor with more of a global observation of cases and being responsible for them." Lozano also discusses the challenges that arose - between May and August 2003 - from being the chief of criminal law for what became the 1st Armored Division (Rear): he initially remained in Germany while the division was forward deployed to Iraq. Upon arriving in theater himself, Lozano became the legal advisor and chief of criminal law for 3rd Corps Support Command at Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda in Balad. He remained in this position until redeploying in February 2004. Reflecting on this latter assignment, he said: "The work was very challenging but it was rewarding as well. If I was making a recommendation to someone - especially Reserve commanders - I would ensure their leaders, officers or senior enlisted, receive more training in terms of counseling, Article 15s, military justice training and more training regarding fraternization." Lozano also suggests expanding investigative officer training and advises field grades on what types of legal responsibilities they may have placed upon them. Finally, from April 2004 to July 2005, he was at the Office of Military Commissions where he served as a prosecutor for Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "My specific and very narrow job," Lozano explained, "was to prepare cases for trial. We were assigned cases, we assisted in the investigation of cases, and we also did a lot of the legal research and a lot of the motions."

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