text: Judge Advocate General’s Corps Support to Operations
  3-54. Arunning estimateis the continuous assessment of the current situation used to determine if the current
  operation is proceeding according to the commander’s intent and if planned future operations are supportable
  (ADP 5-0). Running estimates include facts and assumptions, mission readiness, goals and requirements, and
  other information that impacts current and future operations. OSJA elements maintain a running estimate to
  monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of current legal support and the status of legal risks, constraints,
  assumptions, and issues. The legal running estimate variesdepending on the supported unit task organization
  and operations.Potential legal running estimate data may include—
  (cid:122) Location and activity of JALS personnel supporting operations (the legal support laydown).
  (cid:122) Special ROE or targeting constraints relevant to the operation.
  (cid:122) Number of personneland units trained in the ROE.
  (cid:122) List and status ofno-strike entities.
  (cid:122) Legally significant actions.
  (cid:122) Pending requests for informationand legal opinionsfrom staff and subordinate units.
  (cid:122) Assumptions that could impact the delivery of legal services, and requests for information pending
  update from higher echelon headquarters.
  (cid:122) Command relationships and authorities.
  (cid:122) Number, type, and status of legal investigations.
  (cid:122) Number of foreign claims intakes and payments.
  (cid:122) Military justice actions by type and offense.
  (See Appendix Dfor an example of a legal running estimate. See FM5-0for more information on running
  estimates.)
  3-55. During the MDMP, the staff develops two lists of information requirements for the commander:
  priority intelligence requirements (known as PIRs), and friendly force information requirements (known as
  FFIRs). Information requirements which the commander deems essential to decision making and successful
  execution of the operation are designated as commander’s critical information requirements (known as
  CCIRs). Legally significant actions are events that occur during operations having legal significance and
  require action by the OSJA element. Legally significant actions may be included in friendly force information
  requirements or designated as commander’s critical information requirements if deemed essential. (See
  FM6-0 for more information on priority intelligence requirements and friendly force information
  requirements.)
  3-56. Aconstraintis a restriction placed on the command by a higher command or authority. A constraint
  dictates an action or inaction, thus restricting freedom of action of a subordinate commander (FM 5-0). Many
  constraints are created by statute, regulation, or policy categorizing them as legal constraints imposed on
  commanders. Commanders and staff expect JALS personnel to understand, track, and apply legal constraints
  to ensure planning and execution of the mission adheres to the conditions imposed by the higher echelon
  headquarters, institutions, or civilian elected officials.
  3-57. A planning assumption is a supposition on the current situation or a presupposition on the future course
  of events, assumed tobe true in the absence of positive proof, and necessary to enable the commander in the
  process of planning to complete an estimate on the situation and decide on the course of action. A legal
  assumption is a supposition or presupposition that a potential legal constraint does or does not apply. When
  application of the law under the facts or circumstances surrounding the unit’s mission is ambiguous, a legal
  assumption is made to facilitate further planning. JALS personnel must resolve ambiguity through research,
  analysis, and consultation with higher headquarters technical chain of supervision. (See FM 6-0 for more
  information on planning assumptions.)
  3-58. Risk management is incorporated into MDMP by all staff sections to account for hazards within their
  functional areas. Risk is probability and severity driven chance of loss, caused by threat or other hazards
  (ATP 5-19).Hazards are conditions with potential to cause injury, illness, or death of personnel; damage to
  or loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation. Legal risks are those concerned with mission
  degradation resulting from consequences of unlawful, or the perception of unlawful, conduct by a unit.
  Consequences for the conduct do not typically result in operational failure, but they reduce theeffectiveness
  of leaders and units if not adequately considered prior to execution. Common examples of legal risks include
  failure to cooperate with inspections of facilities by the International Committee of the Red Cross, failure to