Operations

Legal Support to the Joint Task Force
(2) JTF Command and Staff Training. The JFC and the JTF HQ staff will
require training on the legal aspects of the JTF mission. The SJA typically provides training
on the following:
(a) Law of war;
(b) ROE/RUF (in a support role to the J-3 staff);
(c) Host country or applicable domestic law;
(d) Detainee operations, including point of capture procedures:
1. Evidence collection and exploitation,
2. Interrogation,
3. Detention center operations, and
4. Adjudication by tribunal, commission, or other system of justice;
(e) Ethics and standards of conduct;
(f) Procurement/fiscal law considerations and constraints;
(g) Claims process;
(h) Other legal issues identified in the mission analysis.
6. Equipping the Joint Task Force Staff Judge Advocate
a. A key component of the legal support to the JTF is the development of the equipment
and logistic requirements for the JTF SJA section. Although Service component SJA offices
often have organic equipment to perform their Service-specific legal support, a JTF SJA
section typically will not have the organic equipment that is necessary to perform the entire
joint legal support mission. The same factors that drive the manning requirements will affect
the JTF SJA determination of the section’s equipment and logistic requirements. The
mission, environment, composition of the joint force, size of the SJA section, JTF battle
rhythm, and location of the section personnel supporting the boards, centers, and cells, are
key factors affecting the equipment requirements. Individual and section research capability
requirements, as well as the necessity for SJA section participation in the CIE should be
considered to help determine equipment requirements. Considering these factors, the
equipment development process should:
(1) Identify equipment and facilities requirements relative to each JTF billet.
(2) Identify communications system requirements (e.g., video teleconferencing,
Defense Collaborative Services) with the CCDR’s SJA and component SJAs; Internet access
for legal research; local area network and telephone; digital sender, digital camera, and
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