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To receive publishing updates, please subscribe at http://www.apd.army.mil/AdminPubs/new_subscribe.asp. *FM 3-39 Field Manual Headquarters No. 3-39 Department of the Army Washington, DC, 26 August 2013 Military Police Operations Contents Page PREFACE.............................................................................................................. iv INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... v Chapter 1 MILITARY POLICE AND THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT .................... 1-1 Military Police View ............................................................................................. 1-1 Operational Variables ......................................................................................... 1-3 Policing Principles .............................................................................................. 1-5 Capabilities Across the Range of Military Operations ........................................ 1-6 Support Spanning the Levels of War .................................................................. 1-8 Escalation of Force ........................................................................................... 1-10 Chapter 2 ORGANIZATIONS AND CAPABILITIES .......................................................... 2-1 Section I – Military Police Corps Regiment ................................................... 2-1 Office of the Provost Marshal General ............................................................... 2-3 U.S. Army Military Police School ........................................................................ 2-4 U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command ...................................................... 2-5 U.S. Army Corrections Command ...................................................................... 2-6 Military Police Operational Force Capabilities .................................................... 2-6 Section II – Unified Action: Joint/Interagency/Multinational ...................... 2-13 Joint/Interagency/Multinational Capabilities ..................................................... 2-14 Integration of Capabilities ................................................................................. 2-15 Section III – Military Police Force Tailoring ................................................. 2-16 Force Organization ........................................................................................... 2-16 Multifunctional Organizations ........................................................................... 2-17 Chapter 3 FOUNDATIONS OF MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS .................................. 3-1 Military Police Functional Organizations ............................................................ 3-1 Military Police Disciplines ................................................................................... 3-3 Police Intelligence Operations .......................................................................... 3-24 Chapter 4 MILITARY POLICE SUPPORT TO ARMY OPERATIONS ............................... 4-1 Support to Combined Arms Operations ............................................................. 4-1 Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM 3-39, 16 February 2010. i Contents Application of Military Police Combat Power Through the Warfighting Functions ............................................................................................................. 4-2 Other Considerations ........................................................................................ 4-13 Chapter 5 PLANNING, PREPARING, EXECUTING, AND ASSESSING MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS .................................................................................................... 5-1 Planning .............................................................................................................. 5-1 Operational Considerations ................................................................................ 5-2 Staff Planning at Each Level of War ................................................................... 5-2 Army Planning Methodologies ............................................................................ 5-3 Command and Support Relationships .............................................................. 5-11 Other Responsibilities ....................................................................................... 5-12 Operations Process........................................................................................... 5-14 Military Police Support to Decisive Action......................................................... 5-15 Chapter 6 SUSTAINMENT PLANNING FOR MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS ............ 6-1 Responsibilities ................................................................................................... 6-1 Considerations .................................................................................................... 6-3 Chapter 7 U.S. ARMY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION COMMAND ..................................... 7-1 Organization ........................................................................................................ 7-1 Investigative Mission and Specialized Capabilities ............................................. 7-4 Other Operational Capabilities ............................................................................ 7-6 Chapter 8 U.S. ARMY CORRECTIONS COMMAND.......................................................... 8-1 Mission ................................................................................................................ 8-1 Support to Unified Land Operations .................................................................... 8-3 Emergency Planning and Investigations ........................................................... 8-13 Rules of Interaction ........................................................................................... 8-13 Use of Force ...................................................................................................... 8-14 Escape .............................................................................................................. 8-14 Transportation ................................................................................................... 8-14 Transfer and Disposition of U.S. Military Prisoners .......................................... 8-15 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... Glossary-1 REFERENCES .................................................................................. References-1 INDEX ......................................................................................................... Index-1 Figures Figure 1-1. Military police support to decisive action ....................................................... 1-2 Figure 2-1. Notional examples of tailored divisions ....................................................... 2-18 Figure 2-2. Notional military police support to a division ............................................... 2-19 Figure 2-3. Corps as an intermediate land force headquarters ..................................... 2-20 Figure 2-4. Notional military police support to a corps ................................................... 2-21 Figure 2-5. Notional theater military police command ................................................... 2-22 Figure 3-1. Police intelligence operations and the operations process ......................... 3-25 Figure 4-1. Application of military police combat power .................................................. 4-3 ii FM 3-39 26 August 2013 Contents Figure 4-2. Military police reconnaissance capabilities ................................................. 4-10 Figure 4-3. Aspects of counterinsurgency ..................................................................... 4-16 Figure 5-1. Military police planning at each level of war ................................................. 5-3 Figure 5-2. Notional military police operations in the offense ....................................... 5-17 Figure 5-3. Notional military police operations in the defense ...................................... 5-19 Figure 5-4. Notional military police operations supporting stability ............................... 5-21 Figure 5-5. Notional military police operations during DSCA ........................................ 5-23 Figure 6-1. Force beddown and basing continuum ......................................................... 6-6 Figure 7-1. USACIDC chain of command and coordination ............................................ 7-2 Figure 7-2. Sample CID element organization and capabilities ...................................... 7-3 Tables Introductory table-1. Rescinded Army terms ...................................................................... vi Introductory table-2. Modified Army term ........................................................................... vi Table 2-1. Military Police Corps Regiment across the components ................................ 2-2 Table 3-2. Military police integrated function ................................................................... 3-2 Table 5-1. Military police considerations in the military decisionmaking planning, preparation, execution, and assessment processes ...................................