JAG CORPS METL - The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School
JAGC METL Presentation
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JAGC METL & SCT Cross-walk
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JAG CORPS METL DOCUMENTS
The JAG Corps Mission Essential Task List (METL) assists field offices and legal sections with prioritizing training and assessing readiness. The JAG Corps METL is not staffed and approved through the Standards for Training Readiness Advisory Group (STRAG) validation process because it is not associated with a particular TDA or MTOE unit.
As of April 2024, two legal units have STRAG validated METLs. These are:
1. Legal Operations Detachment – Multifunctional (LOD-M)
2. Legal Operations Detachment – Trial Defense (LOD-TD)
These U.S. Army Reserve units should use their specific METLs for training and readiness reporting.
As of April 2024, HQDA has exempted seven legal units from having an approved METL. They are:
1. Legal Operations Detachment – Judicial (LOD-J)
2. Legal Operations Detachment – Expert (LOD-E)
3. Senior Special Victims Counsel Team
4. Field Special Victims Counsel Team
5. Regional Trial Defense Team
6. Senior Trial Defense Team
7. Field Trial Defense Team
These organizations should use the JAG Corps METL to inform their training plans.
The JAGC METL consists of 14 mission essential tasks (METs), 42 supporting collective tasks (SCTs), and 56 training and evaluation outlines (T&EOs). In the METL Cross-walk, the SCTs align with the METs and our legal functions. The T&EOs describe the references, tasks, conditions, standards, evaluation criteria, and performance steps and measures for each MET and SCT.
The JAGC METL aligns with the warfighting functions and the decisive action standardized METLs at the Corps, Division, and Brigade HQs. The 14 METs represent the legal support provided to the essential tasks executed by the warfighting functions in these HQs.