Founded in 1988 at the direction of the Secretary of the Army, the Center for Law and Military Operations (CLAMO) is a joint, interagency, and multi-national organization responsible for:
(1) collecting and synthesizing data relating to legal issues arising in military operations,
(2) managing a central repository of information relating to such issues, and
(3) disseminating resources addressing these issues in order to facilitate the development of doctrine, organization, training, material, leadership, personnel, and facilities as these areas affect the military legal community.
To fulfill its mission, CLAMO examines military operational issues that impact core legal disciplines for judge advocates, whether those issues arise in combat, stability operations, humanitarian and disaster relief missions, or during defense support to civil authorities in domestic operations. CLAMO also serves as the central repository within The Judge Advocate General’s Corps for data, documents, and after-action reports pertaining to legal support to operations. CLAMO supports judge advocates by analyzing all data and information collected from foreign and domestic operations, developing lessons learned across all military legal disciplines, and by disseminating those lessons and associated documents (authorities, guides, templates, etc.) to the Army, and other services, through publications, instructions and training modules. CLAMO supports judge advocates in the field by responding to requests for assistance, by engaging in a continuous exchange of information with the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) and their judge advocate observer coach / trainers (OC/Ts), and by partnering with the professors at the TJAGLCS to create operational law training material.
CLAMO invites contribution of operational legal materials and suggestions, including legal after action reports (AARs), ideas from the field, comments about its products, and requests for information, assistance, or publications.
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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:
ADL 037 Introduction to NATO (2024)
ADL 019 NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
(ADL 119 TOPFAS Fundamentals Online Course)
ADL 131 Introduction to NATO Operations Planning
(ADL 194 Treatment and Handling of Captured Persons)
ADL 224 Introduction to NSO Operational Law Course
(ADL 363 Legal Aspects of Interrogation)
(ADL 420 International Law of Cyber Operations)
ADL 422 (EN) - The NAC, The MC & The NATO Decision-Making Process.
CLAMO provides support to deploying judge advocates from the active component, reserve component, National Guard, and joint services. Please contact us directly if you are preparing to deploy. We can provide you with current resources, connect you with subject matter experts, and help identify training opportunities to get you ready for your mission.
For more information, contact CLAMO at usarmy.pentagon.hqda-tjaglcs.mbx.clamo-tjaglcs@army.mil.
