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DAFMAN 51-203 — Law Records of Trial

DAFMAN 51-203 is listed as current Current
in the AF e-Publishing catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2021-04-21 — 5.3 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.

A Guidance Memorandum dated 2026-07-14 modifies this publication.
DAFMAN 51-203 is still the current edition and its publication date has not changed — a GM is issued against an edition, takes effect immediately, and is normally folded into the next rewrite. The official PDF includes the GM at the front; if your saved copy predates 2026-07-14, download it again.

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Branch	U.S. Air Force
Series	DAFMAN
Publication date	2021-04-21 (5.3 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	AF/JA
Source of record	AF e-Publishing

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What this publication covers

This manual establishes Department of the Air Force procedures for the preparation and assembly of ROTs, ROT attachments, and ROT allied papers. Standardization ensures ROTs, ROT attachments, and ROT allied papers meet basic legal requirements while adequately preserving the court-martial proceedings for appellate review. Article 54 requires that a ROT be prepared in each general, special, and sum mary court-martial. Rule for Courts-Martial (R.C.M.) 1112 identifies the content of the ROT and the contents attached to the ROT for post - sentencing and appellate review.
— DAFMAN 51-203, paragraph 1.1, p.13, quoted from the official PDF

Publications that cite DAFMAN 51-203

DAFI 51-201 — Law Administration of Military Justice Current 19 mentions

If DAFMAN 51-203 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

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