text: Preface
  FM 3-84, Legal Support to Operations, is the Army’s manual for operational legal doctrine. This manual
  provides authoritative doctrine and practical guidance for commanders, judge advocates, legal administrators,
  paralegal Soldiers, and Department of the Army Civilian legal personnel across the range of military
  operations, during competition below conflict,crisis, and armed conflict. It outlines how the Judge Advocate
  General’s Corps isorganized in accordance with the Army’sforce design. It also discusses the delivery of
  legal support to the force.
  The principal audience for FM 3-84 is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of
  Army headquarters serving as a joint task force or multinational headquarters or serving as Army forces in
  support of joint or multinational forces, as well as individually assigned or attached JAG Corps personnel.
  Trainers and educators throughout the Army also use this publication.
  Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions and actions comply with applicable United
  States, international, and applicable host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their
  Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of armed conflict and any applicable rules of engagement.This
  manual does not address the law of armed conflict in detail. For a more comprehensive treatment of those
  areas, refer to the Department of Defense Law of War Manualand FM 6-27.
  Army leaders must understand joint doctrine and use it when operating as part of the joint force. JP 3-84
  establishes the baseline for legal support to operations for the joint force. Commanders and staffs of Army
  headquarters serving as a joint task force or multinational headquarters or serving as Army forces in support
  of joint or multinational forces should refer to applicable joint, multinational, and allied doctrine.
  FM3-84 applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States,
  and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.
  The proponent for this publication is the Future Concepts Directorate, The Judge Advocate General’s Legal
  Center and School, United States Army. Send written comments and recommendations on DA Form 2028
  (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to Commander, The Judge Advocate
  General’s Legal Center and School, United States Army, ATTN: ALCS-CTR-FC, 600 Massie Road,
  Charlottesville, VA 22903-1781. Send comments and recommendations by e-mail to usarmy.pentagon.hqda-
  tjaglcs.list.tjaglcsdoctrine@army.mil. Follow the DA Form 2028 format or submit an electronic DA Form
  2028.