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Command and Staff Roles 07 December 2020 ATP 5-0.2-1 361 Legal advice and support across the core legal disciplines. Legal advice and support in decisive action. Legal advice and support in military justice, administrative separations, command policies, and other issues related to the good order and discipline within the command. Administration of military justice for the command for the general court-martial convening authority. Legal assistance services (including Soldier readiness processing) for the command consistent with all applicable laws, regulations, rules of professional responsibility, and requirements of the command’s mission. Ethics counseling for the commander. M-63. A basic list of doctrinal resources available to the staff judge advocate includes— AR 27-1, Judge Advocate Legal Services, January 2017. FM 1-04, Legal Support to Operations, June 2020. FM 6-27/MCTP 11-10C, The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Land Warfare, August 2019. Manual for Courts-Martial United States, 2019 edition. Command Surgeon Duties and Responsibilities M-64. The surgeon coordinates health assets and operations within the command. This officer provides and oversees medical care to Soldiers, civilians, and enemy prisoners of war. Battalion and higher echelon units are authorized a surgeon. M-65. The commander generally needs to know the following from the command surgeon: Assessment of the health of the command. Medical workload requirements (patient estimates). Status of casualties in the Army health system. Eligibility for medical care in a U.S. Army military treatment facility has been determined, in conjunction with the staff judge advocate and the chain of command. Recommended medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) policies and procedures. Monitored medical regulating and patient tracking operations. Recommended disposition instructions for captured enemy medical supplies and equipment. Emergency medical and preventive medicine measures. Location and capabilities of unit and higher medical services. M-66. A basic list of doctrinal resources available to the command surgeon includes— FM 4-02, Army Health System, August 2013. ATP 4-02.1, Army Medical Logistics, October 2015. ATP 4-02.2, Medical Evacuation, July 2019. ATP 4-02.3, Army Health System Support to Maneuver Forces, June 2014. ATP 4-02.5, Casualty Care, May 2013. ATP 4-02.8, Force Health Protection, March 2016.