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Joint Functions III-39 all operations, contracted support must be properly planned, integrated, coordinated, and managed to ensure accurate, timely, and effective support to the deployed joint force. For more detailed information and guidance on contracting, refer to JP 4-10, Operational Contract Support. (7) Disposal Operations. Disposal is an important link in the logistic chain. Disposal is a consideration throughout planning and execution, and until forces redeploy. Inadequate understanding of disposal operations may cause violations of public and international law, confusion over roles and requirements, increased costs, inefficient operations, and negative health implications. Defense Logistics Agency support to the CCDR’s component commands includes the capability to receive and dispose of materiel in a theater. The Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service element in theater establishes theater-specific procedures for the reuse, demilitarization, or disposal of facilities, equipment, and supplies, to include hazardous materiel and waste. (8) Legal Support. Legal support is important across all joint functions. Many decisions and actions have potential legal implications. The JFC’s staff judge advocate (SJA) provides the full spectrum of legal support through direct and reachback capability. A key member of the JFC’s personal staff, the SJA provides legal advice on the laws, regulations, policies, treaties, and agreements that affect joint operations. Legal advisors actively participate in the planning process from mission analysis to execution, an essential function given the complexity of the operational environment. Legal advisors provide support on fiscal activities, operational limitations, international law, and many other factors that can affect operations. Further, the JFC should integrate HN legal personnel into the command legal staff as soon as practical to provide guidance on unique HN domestic legal practices and customs. For more detailed information and guidance on legal support, refer to JP 1-04, Legal Support to Military Operations. (9) Financial management encompasses the two core processes of resource management and finance support. The joint force comptroller is the officer responsible for providing the elements of finance operations. The resource management process normally consists of costing functions and the effort to leverage appropriate fund sources. Finance operations provide the necessary funds to conduct contracting and limited pay support. The joint force comptroller’s management of these elements provides the JFC with many necessary capabilities, from contracting and banking support to cost capturing and fund control. Financial management support for contracting, subsistence, billeting, transportation, communications, labor, and a myriad of other supplies and services, particularly in distant, austere environments, can be necessary for successful mission accomplishment. For more detailed information and guidance on financial management support, refer to JP 1-06, Financial Management Support in Joint Operations.