Forged in the Fire: Legal Lessons Learned During Military Operations 1994 - 2008:

This United States Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School Center for Law and Military Operations (CLAMO) lessons learned book, Forged in the Fire: Legal Lessons Learned During Military Operations 1994 – 2008, is organized in the standard format for JAG Corps after action reports (AARs). The format is based upon the six core legal disciplines, 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.