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This important and up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides a set of vital Judge Advocate General (JAG) military justice documents, including the special report, Legal Lessons Learned During Military Operations 1994-2008. Contents include international and operational law, detention operations, human rights, law of war, legal basis for operations, civil law, administrative law, claims, legal assistance, military justice, multinational operations, interagency coordination, domestic and support operations, doctrine, and more. Forged in the Fire - Legal Lessons Learned During Military Operations is organized in the standard format for JAGC after action reports (AARs). The format is based upon the six core legal disciplines found in Field Manual 27-100, plus the emerging areas of our practice in multinational, interagency, domestic and domestic support operations, and the Joint Vision 2020 concept of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, and facilities (DOTMLPF) as it is used to translate emerging joint operational concepts into joint warfighting capabilities. The AAR format appears at the beginning of the International and Operational Law chapter. The framework provides a guide to JAs and other legal personnel as they capture specific lessons learned during the course of a deployment. Use of this format also permits the standardization of data collection in a way that provides an improved, systemic ability to cross-reference data trends across different organizations. The CLAMO database reflects the AAR format. The template as it exists now is merely a framework. The expectation is that, with your contribution and ideas, it will expand to include other legal issues and themes. The CD-ROM is packed with over 4,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of go