Joint Publication 3-28 Civil Support 14 September 2007 PREFACE 1. Scope This publication provides overarching guidelines and principles to assist commanders and their staffs in planning and conducting joint civil support operations. 2. Purpose This publication has been prepared under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It sets forth joint doctrine to govern the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in civil support operations and provides the doctrinal basis for interagency coordination during domestic civil support operations. It provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by combatant commanders and other joint force commanders (JFCs) and prescribes joint doctrine for operations, education, and training. It provides military guidance for use by the Armed Forces in preparing their appropriate plans. It is not the intent of this publication to restrict the authority of the JFC from organizing the force and executing the mission in a manner the JFC deems most appropriate to ensure unity of effort in the accomplishment of the overall objective. 3. Application a. Joint doctrine established in this publication applies to the Joint Staff, commanders of combatant commands, subunified commands, joint task forces, subordinate components of these commands, and the Services. b. The guidance in this publication is authoritative; as such, this doctrine will be followed except when, in the judgment of the commander, exceptional circumstances dictate otherwise. If conflicts arise between the contents of this publication and the contents of Service publications, this publication will take precedence unless the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, normally in coordination with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has provided more current and specific guidance. Commanders of forces operating as part of a multinational (alliance or coalition) military command should follow multinational doctrine and procedures ratified by the United States. For doctrine and procedures not ratified by the United States, commanders should evaluate and follow the multinational command’s doctrine and procedures, where applicable and consistent with US law, regulations, and doctrine. For the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: WALTER L. SHARP Lieutenant General, USA Director, Joint Staff i Preface Intentionally Blank ii JP 3-28 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. vii CHAPTER I FRAMEWORK • General ...................................................................................................................... I-1 • Homeland Defense, Civil Support, and Homeland Security Framework ..................... I-1 • The Civil Support Operational Framework ................................................................. I-4 • Homeland Security Directive ..................................................................................... I-6 • Incident Management ................................................................................................ I-8 CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT • General .................................................................................................................... II-1 • Requests for Assistance ............................................................................................ II-2 • Immediate Response ................................................................................................ II-7 • Roles and Responsibilities ....................................................................................... II-8 • Command and Control .............................................................................................. II-18 • Interagency Coordination .......................................................................................... II-21 • Information Environment ............................................................................................ II-23 • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-yield Explosives Environment .......................................................................................................... II-25 • Legal and Policy Considerations ................................................................................. II-25 CHAPTER III OPERATIONS • Categories and Types of Operations ........................................................................ III-1 • Domestic Incident Management Response Operations and Considerations .................... III-11 • Operational Phases .................................................................................................. III-11 • Civil Support Planning Considerations ....................................................................... III-13 CHAPTER IV SUPPORTING AND SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES • General ................................................................................................................... IV-1 • Public Affairs .......................................................................................................... IV-1 • Religious Support ................................................................................................... IV-2 • Logistics ................................................................................................................. IV-5 • Intelligence Support .............................................................................................. IV-12 iii Table of Contents • International Support ............................................................................................... IV-15 • Personnel ............................................................................................................... IV-15 • Financial Management ............................................................................................. IV-17 • Safety Support ....................................................................................................... IV-17 • Legal ..................................................................................................................... IV-17 APPENDIX A Reimbursement for Civil Support Operations ..................................................... A-1 B Standing Rules for the Use of Force for US Forces ............................................. B-1 C Base Support Installation/Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration ................................................................................................. C-1 D Overview of the National Response Plan and National Incident Management System ........................................................................................ D-1 E Department of Homeland Security....................................................................... E-1 F Key Civil Support Legal and Policy Documents .................................................. F-1 G References ......................................................................................................... G-1 H Administrative Instructions ................................................................................ H-1 GLOSSARY Part I Abbreviations and Acronyms .................................................................... GL-1 Part II Terms and Definitions ............................................................................... GL-6 FIGURE I-1 Notional Relationship Between Homeland Defense, Civil Support, and Homeland Security Missions ......................................................................... I-3 I-2 Relationships for Homeland Defense and Civil Support .................................. I-4 II-1 Request for Assistance .................................................................................. II-4 II-2 Request for Assistance Process Decision Matrix ............................................ II-5 II-3 The Adjutant General Roles ......................................................................... II-13 II-4 Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Chart ............................ II-20 III-1 Civil Support Operation Categories and Operational Types .......................... III-2 III-2 Examples of Critical Infrastructure .................................................................... III-9 III-3 Critical Infrastructure Protection Framework ................................................... III-10 III-4 Five Phases of a Civil Support Operation ....................................................... III-12 B-1 Continuum of Force Levels .............................................................................. B-3 D-1 Federal Response ........................................................................................... D-3 D-2 Emergency Support Functions Descriptions .................................................. D-7 D-3 Designation of Emergency Support Functions Coordinator and Primary and Support Agencies ...................................................................................... D-11 D-4 National Incident Management System Framework..................................... D-15 D-5 Typical Incident Command System Structure ................................................... D-17 D-6 Joint Field Office Established for a Natural Disaster .......................................... D-20 iv JP 3-28 Table of Contents D-7 Joint Field Office for a National Special Security Event ..................................... D-23 D-8 Joint Field Office for