Understanding Legal and Illegal Orders Moral Leadership Training

This class was developed with the primary audience being officers. While many officers encounter blocks of instruction in their formal PME or in informal classes on leadership failures that led to the commission of war crimes, few have that reinforced or are given the opportunity in their informal professional development to look at the primary source documents. This OPD goes beyond just scenario-based discussion to encourage participants to dig into the DOD Law of War Manual, Nuremberg Trial documents, and Peers Inquiry documents to gain a better understanding of the responsibilities they carry as leaders in the United States Army.

Participant Handout

Facilitator Guide - This is basically the same as the participant handout but has some additional notes.

DOD Law of Manual Excerpt Handout - I provided this as a read ahead.

Official Peers Inquiry Report - Good background reading and lots of fodder for additional OPD examples