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  Figure 1-1. Four constants of the Army legal profession
  ROLE OF THE ARMY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPS
  1-4. A role is the broad and enduring purpose for which the organization or branch was established
  (ADP1-01). Within the context of Army doctrine, an organization can only have one role. The JAG Corps’
  role is to provide principled counsel and premier legal services to the Army across the range of military
  operations. This role is fulfilled through the delivery of legal support to all echelons by judge advocates,
  civilian attorneys, legal administrators, paralegals, and civilian paraprofessionals to support Army operations.
  These individuals are collectively known as JALS personnel, and they are responsible for providing legal
  services to the individual Soldier all the way to the Chief of Staff of the Army, across the competition
  continuum, and in any geographic location Soldiers deploy on behalf of thenation.
  1-5. Acore competencyis an essential and enduring capability that a branch or an organization provides to
  Army operations (ADP 1-01). A functionis the broad, general, and enduring role for which an organization
  is designed, equipped, and trained (JP-1, Volume 1). The JAG Corps provides principled counsel and premier
  legal services to the Army through two core legal competencies:
  (cid:122) Legal support to the Army
  (cid:122) Legal support to Soldiers and Family members
  1-6. The legal support to the Army competency includes all legal support provided to the Army as an
  institution, to include commanders and staffs of individual organizations. It features the following legal
  functions: administrative and civil law, contract and fiscal law, military justice, and national security law.
  Table 1-1illustratesmany of the major legal tasks subordinate to applicable legal functions.