JP 3-33, Joint Task Force Headquarters - Defense Innovation ...
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1. Responsibilities<br />
ANNEX B TO APPENDIX C<br />
PERSONAL STAFF: STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE<br />
a. The JTF SJA is the principal legal advisor to the CJTF and is responsible for the<br />
training, equipping, and employment of legal personnel assigned or attached to the JTF. The<br />
SJA provides the full spectrum of legal services to the CJTF and staff and coordinates with<br />
the supported CCDR’s SJA to optimize legal support. The SJA should have direct access to<br />
the CJTF. The advice should not be filtered through an intermediary. General<br />
responsibilities include:<br />
(1) <strong>Task</strong> organize the SJA’s office to meet the JTFs mission-specific requirements.<br />
The office must be joint and provide the appropriate mix of legal subject matter experts<br />
necessary to fully support the CJTF. The task organization will vary depending on the JTF<br />
mission.<br />
(2) Provide legal advice and support to the CJTF and staff.<br />
(a) International and operational law (including law of armed conflict, ROE,<br />
RUF, rule of law operations, law of the sea, airspace law, intelligence law, cyberspace<br />
operations, detention operations, international agreements, concepts and regional issues<br />
concerning national sovereignty, and general international law).<br />
(b) Military justice (including uniform policies to maintain good order and<br />
discipline, disposition for misconduct, and supervision of military justice process).<br />
(c) Claims (including Personnel Claims Act, Military Claims Act, Foreign<br />
Claims Act, SOFA claims, tort claims, admiralty, solatia payments, Article 139 claims, and<br />
affirmative claims).<br />
(d) Legal assistance.<br />
(e) Administrative law (including environmental law, federal employment law,<br />
investigations, Freedom of Information Act, and Privacy Act).<br />
(f) Contract and fiscal law.<br />
(3) Provide legal advice to the entire JTF staff.<br />
(4) Serve as a single point of contact for component SJAs regarding legal matters<br />
affecting forces assigned or attached to the JTF.<br />
(5) Serve as a CJTF point of contact with non-DOD agencies, IGOs, and NGOs in<br />
the execution of rule of law operations.<br />
(6) Provide assistance with drafting command policies, orders, and international<br />
agreements.<br />
C-B-1