evidence: Navy JAG Corps Hosts Change of Office WASHINGTON – Vice Adm. Christopher C. French has relieved Vice Adm. Darse E. "Del" Crandall, Jr. to become the 46th Judge Advocate General of the Navy. The change of office ceremony – presided over by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro – was held Sept. 5 at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.