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ABOUT US

The Center for Law and Military Operations (CLAMO) is a joint, multi-national organization responsible for analyzing emerging legal issues arising from military operations, expeditiously disseminating observations, best practices, and legal lessons learned to the field, and providing responsive reach-back assistance to facilitate successful legal support to military operations and to enhance multinational legal interoperability.

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CLAMO POCs

LTC Heidi Steele
Director, Center for Law and Military Operations
Office: 434.971.3130
MAJ Morgan Griffin
Deputy Director
Office: 434.971.3382
LCDR Nicolaus "Nic" Gruesen
USN Liaison
Office: 434.971.3145
Lt.Col Jonathon Griffiths
UK Exchange Officer
Office: 434.971.3290
SFC Angie Trejo
NCOIC
Office: 434.971.3201
LCDR Abby Caldwell
USCG Liaison
Office: 434.971.3143
Capt. Mitchell McCulley
USMC Liaison
Office: 434.971.3248

For more information, contact CLAMO at usarmy.pentagon.hqda-tjaglcs.mbx.clamo-tjaglcs@army.mil.

REFERENCES

NATO on the Map

NATO Structure Land Focused

NATO e-LAWFAS - Legal Advisors Worktop Functional Area System, sponsored by NATO ACO Office of Legal Affairs

NATO Standardization Office - The NSO overwatches NATO’s standardization activities

NSO STANAG List - The NSO provides a promulgated list of all NATO Standardization Agreements (STANAG)

NATOTermOTAN - NATO Terminology Database

NATO JADL - Joint Allied Distributed Learning, NATO’s e-learning platform. For a NATO 101 we recommend the following courses:

  1. ADL 037 Introduction to NATO (2024)
  2. ADL 019 NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
  3. (ADL 119 TOPFAS Fundamentals Online Course)
  4. ADL 131 Introduction to NATO Operations Planning
  5. (ADL 194 Treatment and Handling of Captured Persons)
  6. ADL 224 Introduction to NSO Operational Law Course
  7. (ADL 363 Legal Aspects of Interrogation)
  8. (ADL 420 International Law of Cyber Operations)
  9. ADL 422 (EN) - The NAC, The MC & The NATO Decision-Making Process.