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Columbia County District Attorney Bobby L. Christine mobilized for military duty; DA’s office operations to continue

Columbia County Board of Commissioners — Management/Internal Services Committee & Proposed Development and Planning Services Committee · July 9, 2025

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Summary

District Attorney Bobby L. Christine notified the board in a written statement read at the July 8 meeting that he has been ordered to military duty as The Judge Advocate General (TJAG) and that his civilian office will remain in place during mobilization.

At the July 8 Management/Internal Services Committee meeting a commissioner read a written notice from District Attorney Bobby L. Christine stating that he has been ordered to military duty after being named the Judge Advocate General (TJAG) and that he will remain a mobilized member of the Georgia Army National Guard.

In the written statement Mr. Christine said that under federal and state law his civilian post is not vacated while performing ordered military duty and that he has taken steps to offset county expenses by utilizing unpaid state wages for assistant district attorney salaries. Christine reported filing his office’s 2024 performance report and said the office continued to operate without requesting additional county funding. A commissioner who read the email praised Christine’s service and asked that the message be entered into the record.

The transcript records the reading of the district attorney’s statement and public praise from commissioners; there was no formal board action recorded on personnel or compensation at the meeting.