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# J06 Office of the Staff Judge Advocate 

***Key Appointments ***

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***Front Office Contact ***

**Phone**:  +1 (808) 477-6378 |  **Email**: j06.pacom@pacom.mil

 

#### **About the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate**

The Office of the Staff Judge Advocate (OSJA) delivers full-spectrum legal support to integrated deterrence, legal force readiness, and counter-lawfare in support of COMUSINDOPACOM’s Theater Campaign Plan.  In keeping with COMUSINDOPACOM’s objectives, the OSJA upholds USINDOPACOM’s commitment to the Rules-Based International Order and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, and actively seeks to strengthen relationships with Allies and Partners through direct collaboration and information sharing. 

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#### **Counter-Lawfare**

Counter-lawfare is a cross-functional concept managed by the OSJA. It encompasses a range of functions centered on the law and enhancing legitimacy of USINDOPACOM’s activities while exposing flawed legal narratives and illuminating activities of those who challenge the rules based international order and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.  Counter-lawfare features two main lines of effort:
                        - Information  – Emphasizing USINDOPACOM’s adherence to the rule of law across the information environment and publicizing behavior by adversaries that undermines the rule of law.
                        - Partnership  – Integrating and coordinating with partner-nation legal offices and academia on efforts to promote and uphold the rule of law.  

USINDOPACOM’s counter-lawfare program supports integrated deterrence in accordance with the National Defence Strategy and is nested under the COMUSINDOPACOM Theater Campaign Plan.

 

**Bi/Multi-lateral Memos:**
                        - Bi-Lat Memo - (IPC-JJS) - Air Intercepts
                        - Bi-Lat Memo - (IPC - JJS) - DPRK's Ballistic Missile Program
                        - Bi-Lat Memo - (IPC & ADF)  High Altitude Balloons
                        - Bi-Lat Memo - (IPC & JJS) - Maritime Militia
                        - Bi-Lat Memo - (IPC & JJS) - Warning Zones
                        - Tri-Lat Memo - (HQJOC - IPC - JJS) - Legal Cooperation

 

**Legal Vigilance Dispatches:**
                        - Legal Vigilance Dispatch - Issue 6, Winter 2024
                        - Legal Vigilance Dispatch - Issue 5, Fall 2023
                        - Legal Vigilance Dispatch - Issue 4, Summer 2023
                        - Legal Vigilance Dispatch - Issue 3. Spring 2023
                        - Legal Vigilance Dispatch - Issue 2, Winter 2023
                        - Legal Vigilance Dispatch - Issue 1, Fall 2022 

 

**Military Law and Operations (MILOPS):**
                        - MILOPS 2022 - Record of Proceedings
                        - MILOPS 2023 - Record of Proceedings

 

**Presentations/Briefs: **
                        - Counter-Lawfare Concept Overview  

 

**Legal Articles:**
                        - 100 Cases of Legal Warfare (Excerpt) - Wensheng
                        - Law as a Battlefield - Professor Goldenziel
                        - Rules Based Order - Lowy Institute
                        - Summary of Phrases of Concern

 

**Tactical Aids (TACAIDS):**
                        -  Air Intercepts (V2) 
                        -  Defense of Guam & CNMI 
                        -  DPRK "Space" Launches 
                        -  DPRK United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
                        -  Exploitative Belt & Road Contracts 
                        -  Civilian Flight Routes in Taiwan Strait 
                        -  Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) 
                        -  High Altitude Balloons 
                        -  Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Maritime Zones 
                        -  International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) 
                        -  IUU Fishing 
                        -  Lawful Protection of SLOCs & Chokepoints 
                        -  Maritime Traffic Safety Law (MTSL) 
                        -  Naval Mine Warfare 
                        -  PRC's Anti-Secession Law 
                        -  PRC-Bhutan Border Dispute 
                        -  PRC Land Borders Law 
                        -  PRC-Russia Cooperation  
                        -  PRC's Unlawful Restrictions on Innocent Passage 
                        -  Roll-On Roll-Off (RORO) Ferries in Military Operations 
                        -  Sierra Madre and Second Thomas Shoal (V4) 
                        -  Taiwan Strait 
                        -  The Persecution of Uyghurs 

 

 

(as of March 14, 2024)  

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