Memos – Military Law Task Force

Our Memos library is currently being revamped. This page is provided to offer links to existing documents, some of which may be outdated and in the process of revision. If you have questions, please contact us.

Most recent memos:

Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for Gi’s

Facing War in the Middle East: A Test of Conscience for GIs

Military Criminal Law

Military Policies on Servicemember Dissent

Adjustment disorder discharge

Military Transgender Policy

Military Medical Policies

CLE: US Army AWOL – Tips for civilian defense attorneys

Military Psychiatric Policies and Discharges – An Introduction for Attorneys and Counselors

Challenging Military Sexual Violence

Article 138 Complaints: Servicemembers’ Tool for Redress

Discharge Upgrades

Representing Servicemembers in Involuntary Discharge Proceedings

The following are not yet updated and/or converted to our new formatting:

● AWOL in the Army version 3 (October 2011) by James M. Branum
Tagged: absent without leave, Army, civilian legal representation, gi resistance, gi rights hotline, unauthorized absence

● AWOL in Canada Counseling Memo – 2006 memo written for MLTF by Gerry Condon

● Command Influence Memo (2005) by Bob Harmon

● The Individual Ready Reserves, a Primer by Teresa Panepinto

AWOL https://nlgmltf.org/downloads/memos/awol.v3.pdf

AWOL in Canada https://nlgmltf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/AWOL_in_Canada_Counseling_Memo2006.pdf

Command Influencehttps://nlgmltf.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Command-InfluenceMemo20050812.pdf

https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2009/memo-command-influence/

IRR Primerhttps://nlgmltf.org/downloads/memos/IRRArticle.pdf

Dissent/ Free Speech/Whistleblowers

https://nlgmltf.org/leaflets/GI_Rights_free_speech.html https://nlgmltf.org/leaflets/GI_Rights_legal_demonstration.html

https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2013/servicemember-rights-under-military-whistleblowers-protection-act/

https://nlgmltf.org/leaflets/GI_Rights_active_GI.html