The U.S. Army Claims Service recently posted claims training materials on the JAG university link of JAGCNet, the web site of the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. (1) JAG university is an on-line training resource of The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. The claims training materials include information on deployment claims, affirmative claims, receiving claims and interviewing witnesses.

Those who wish to settle claims in deployed areas, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, are required to review the material on deployment claims. (2) Claims from foreign nationals in these areas are typically settled under the Foreign Claims Act. (3) Those who settle these claims, known as Foreign Claims Commissions, require a special appointment, generally issued by the Commander of the U.S. Army Claims Service at Fort Meade. (4) Staff Judge Advocates may request appointments of Foreign Claims Commissions by sending a memorandum to the Foreign Claims Branch of the U.S. Army Claims Service. (5) The request should include the name, rank, social security number (last four numbers only), unit, unit mailing address, e-mail address and DSN number of the person to be appointed. The request also should indicate whether the person will be appointed as a one-member or three-member commission. (6)