text: Chapter 3
  Judge Advocate General’s Corps Support to Operations
  This chapter describes where JAG Corps personnel are assigned when supporting
  Army operations. It also discusses the roles and responsibilities of JALS personnel,
  outlines the primary missions of the legal sections, and identifies resources necessary
  to provide legal support at various echelons.
  ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
  3-1. Chapter 2 of this field manual outlines the Army’s operational concept. While the Army adjusted the
  way it trains and prepares, focusing on large-scale combat operations, its mission has not changed, nor has
  the JAG Corps’ mission. To accomplish this mission, judge advocates, legal administrators, paralegal
  Soldiers, civilian attorneys, and paraprofessionals work together proactively, professionally, and fully
  integrated with their respective staffs. To this end, JALS personnel at every level of command forge and
  maintain strong working relationships with each other.
  3-2. Army regulations require JALS personnel to comply with military and civilian codes of professional
  responsibility and ethics that govern licensure and the practice of law. Judge advocates and civilian attorneys
  are prohibited from providing legal support in any way that violates an applicable rule of legal ethics. Judge
  advocates may not, for example, engage in conflicts of interest. These conflicts may arise when a uniformed
  or civilian attorney who represents the Army is asked to give legal advice to Soldiers or other individuals. In
  cases of ethical conflict, an additional judge advocate or DOD civilian attorney is consulted. This and other
  rules of professional responsibility govern both attorneys and the legal administrators and paralegals who
  assist them. Judge advocates are subject to professional discipline from their bar licensing organizations for
  violations of any applicable rule, on the part of the judge advocate or the paralegalsor legal administrators
  they supervise, even in an area of operations. Judge advocates identify and explain to their commanders any
  issues of legal ethics that may affect operations. JALS personnel also inform and consult their technical
  supervisory chain regarding any matters of professional legal ethics.(See AR 27-26 for more information on
  the rules of professional conduct for lawyers.)
  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE STAFF
  JUDGE ADVOCATE PERSONNEL
  3-3. OSJApersonnel have specific tasks and responsibilities. The personnel consist of the SJA, the deputy
  staff judge advocate (DSJA), division chiefs, subordinate judge advocates, the legal administrator, command
  or chief paralegal noncommissioned officer (NCO), paralegal NCOs, paralegal Soldiers, a senior civilian,
  civilian attorney, and civilian paraprofessionals.
  THE OFFICE OF THE STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE
  3-4. The Office of the Staff Judge Advocate(OSJA)provides legal support to commanders, staffs, Soldiers,
  and other eligible individuals supported by a given command. Army units at division level and above are
  supported by organic OSJAs.
  THE OFFICE OF THE STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TASKS
  3-5. The OSJA performs numerous legal and non-legal tasks. The tasks involve both core legal
  competencies and generally encompass all legal functions except for TDSs. As appropriate and necessary,
  and independent from the trial defense mission, the OSJA also provides support to the TDS legal function.