Misc Pub 27-8 Legal Handbook Commander’s 2019



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4. Updates to PNOK
Releasable information will be provided to the PNOK and other family members designated by the PNOK while the AR 15-6 death investigation is ongoing. These updates are intended to share information concerning the progress of the investigation. The approving authority’s legal office must review each update to ensure that it contains no admission of liability, waiver of any defense, offer of compensation or any statement that might jeopardize the Army’s litigation posture.
The update is provided to the Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operation Center (CMAOC) who will direct the Casualty Assistance officer (CAO) to provide the update to the family.
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5. Preparing the presentation to the PNOK
Once the investigation is complete, the CMAOC contacts the Army command commander and the collateral investigation appointing/approval authority in order to coordinate appointment of the briefer who is most often the deceased Soldier’s colonel or brigade level com- mander.”
The command is ultimately responsible to provide an O to present the briefing as the
CMAOC does not provide briefing teams.
The CAO then follows up with the PNOK to arrange for the presentation date and forward the preferred dates (primary and secondary) to the CMAOC.
6. Briefing Team
At a minimum, the briefing team must consist of the briefer (an O from the chain of command, the family’s CAO, and a chaplain from the mishap unit. The briefer must consider including the SJA or legal advisor or PAO representative when it is apparent that a family has invited, or may invite, the local media or a family legal representative will attend the presenta- tion.
The CAO must work with the PNOK to obtain a list of people the PNOK intends to invite to the presentation to enable the presentation team to determine the family’s intent to invite media or legal representation.

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