text: *FM 3-84
  Field Manual Headquarters
  No. 3-84 Department of the Army
  Washington, D(cid:17)C(cid:17),(cid:19)1September 2023
  LEGAL SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE.................................................................................................................... iii
  INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... v
  Chapter 1 JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPS ............................................................. 1-1
  Mission, Vision, and Principles..................................................................................1-1
  Role of the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps..................................................1-2
  Roles of Judge Advocate General’s Legal Services Personnel................................1-3
  Chapter 2 ARMY OPERATIONS OVERVIEW ........................................................................... 2-1
  Large-Scale Combat Operations...............................................................................2-1
  Tenets and Imperatives.............................................................................................2-3
  Operational Approach and Operational Framework..................................................2-5
  Army Components.....................................................................................................2-9
  The Operations Process..........................................................................................2-14
  Targeting..................................................................................................................2-17
  Chapter 3 JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPS SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS ........... 3-1
  Roles, Responsibilities, and Working Relationships.................................................3-1
  Duties and Responsibilities of the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate Personnel....3-1
  Brigade Legal Section...............................................................................................3-4
  The Office of the Staff Judge Advocate—Brigade Legal Section Relationship.........3-6
  United States Army Trial Defense Service................................................................3-7
  OSJA—Trial Defense Service Relationship..............................................................3-7
  Legal Support to Large-Scale Combat Operations...................................................3-8
  Legal Support to Capabilities and Combat Power....................................................3-9
  Legal Support to the Operations Process.................................................................3-9
  Legal Support to the Military Decision-Making Process............................................3-9
  Targeting Process...................................................................................................3-17
  Current Operations..................................................................................................3-17
  Planning Considerations for Legal Support.............................................................3-18
  The Judge Advocate General’s Corps’ Materiel Requirements..............................3-19
  Chapter 4 LEGAL SUPPORT TO THE ARMY .......................................................................... 4-1
  Legal Function: Administrative and Civil Law............................................................4-1
  Legal Function: Contract, Fiscal, and Acquisition Law..............................................4-3
  Legal Function: Military Justice.................................................................................4-5
  Legal Function: National Security Law......................................................................4-7
  Chapter 5 LEGAL SUPPORT TO SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES ................................................ 5-1
  DISTRIBUTIONRESTRICTION:Approved for public release; distribution isunlimited.
  *Thispublication supersedesFM 1-04, dated 8 June 2020.