Theater Army Operations - BITS

1 FM 3-93 (FM 100-7) 1 15 July 2010 (Final Draft) 2 Theater army Operations 3 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION. The material in this manual is under development. It is not approved doctrine and 4 cannot be used for reference or citation. The approved FM is current used for reference or citation until this draft is 5 approved and authenticated. Upon publication, this manual will be approved for public release; distribution will be 6 unlimited. 7 Headquarters Department of the army 8 9 i Field Manual No. 3-93 (100-7) Headquarters Department of the army Washington, DC, 15 July 2010 (Final Draft) Theater army Operations 10 Draft Not for Implementation 11 Contents 12 Page 13 PREFACE .. 1-1 14 PURPOSE .. 1-1 15 SCOPE .. 1-1 16 APPLICABILITY .. 1-2 17 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION .. 1-2 18 INTRODUCTION.

2 I 19 Chapter 1 Theater army .. 1-1 20 Service (Military Department) Responsibilities .. 1-1 21 army Operational Headquarters In An AOR .. 1-2 22 Redefining ARFOR Responsibilities .. 1-2 23 Theater army as army Service Component to a GCC .. 1-6 24 Theater army Enabling Commands/BDEs (TEC) .. 1-7 25 Theater army Commander .. 1-11 26 Theater army Headquarters Organization .. 1-12 27 Options For Forming A Joint Task Force Staff .. 1-14 28 Training Implications .. 1-14 29 Chapter 2 Theater army Contingency Command Post Employment .. 2-1 30 Example Number 1: Operation Desert Shield .. 2-1 31 Employent Of Theater army In Desert Shield And Similar Scenarios .. 2-3 32 Example Number 2: Operation Assured Response Liberian Neo .. 2-4 33 Employent Of Theater army In Operation Assured Response And Similar 34 Scenarios.

3 2-5 35 Example Number 3: Hurricanes Georges And Mitch Disaster Relief/ 36 Foreign Humanitarian Assistance .. 2-6 37 Chapter 3 Theater army Main Command Post Organization .. 3-1 38 Chapter 4 Theater army Contingency Command Post Organization .. 4-3 39 CCP Roles & Missions .. 4-4 40 Capabilities .. 4-4 41 Limitations .. 4-5 42 Dependencies .. 4-5 43 Contents 15 July 2010 (Final Draft) FM 3-93 1-3 Chapter 5 Theater army Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion .. 5-1 44 Chapter 6 Theater army Command Group .. 6-2 45 Chapter 7 Theater army Personal Staff .. 7-1 46 Chapter 8 Theater army Special Staff .. 8-1 47 Chapter 9 Theater army Intelligence Cell .. 9-1 48 Chapter 10 Theater army Movement and Maneuver 10-1 49 Chapter 11 Theater army Fires Cell .. 11-1 50 Chapter 12 Theater army Protection Cell.

4 12-1 51 Chapter 13 Theater army SUSTAINMENT CELL .. 13-1 52 Chapter 14 Theater army Mission Command Cell .. 14-1 53 Chapter 15 Theater army Contingency Command Post Organization .. 15-1 54 Chapter 16 Theater army Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion Command and Staff55 .. 16-1 56 Appendix A Command and Support Relationships .. A-1 57 Appendix B Sample army Service Component Directive .. B-1 58 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-59 .. 2 60 REFERENCES .. References-61 .. 1 62 63 Figures 64 Figure 1-1. Theater army Command and Support Relationships (Sustainment) .. 1-4 65 Figure 1-2. Theater army Command and Support Relationships (Medical) .. 1-5 66 Figure 1-3. Theater army Enabling Commands .. 1-8 67 Figure 2-1. Kuwaiti Theater of Operations (KTO) .. 2-1 68 Figure 2-2. Central Command (CENTCOM) Command and Control (C2).

5 2-2 69 Figure 2-3. NEO Operation: Operation Assured Response .. 2-4 70 Figure 2-4. NEO Operations Monrovia, Liberia .. 2-5 71 Figure 2-5. Disaster Relief/Foreign Humanitarian Assistance .. 2-6 72 Figure 2-6. Hurricane Georges 15 .. 2-6 73 Figure 2-7. Hurricane Mitch 22 OCT 98 .. 2-7 74 Figure 2-8. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Funded DoD Air Assets .. 2-8 75 Figure 3-1. Theater army Main Command Post Organization .. 3-1 76 Figure 4-1. Theater army CCP Organization .. 4-2 77 Figure 5-1. Theater army Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion Organization .. 5-1 78 Figure 6-1. Theater army Command Group .. 6-2 79 Figure 7-1. Theater army Personal Staff .. 7-1 80 Figure 8-1. Theater army Special Staff .. 8-1 81 Figure 9-1. Theater army Intelligence Cell .. 9-1 82 i Figure 10-1.

6 Theater army Movement and Maneuver 10-1 83 Figure 11-1. Theater army Fires Cell .. 11-1 84 Figure 12-1. Theater army Protection Cell .. 12-1 85 Figure 13-1. Theater army Sustainment Cell .. 13-1 86 Figure 13-2. Theater army G-1 .. 13-2 87 Figure 13-3. Theater army G-4 .. 13-4 88 Figure 13-4. Theater army G-8 .. 13-10 89 Figure 13-5. Theater army Engineer Element .. 13-13 90 Figure 13-6. Theater army Surgeon Section .. 13-15 91 Figure 14-1. Theater army Mission Command Cell .. 14-1 92 Figure 14-2. Theater army G-6 .. 14-2 93 Figure 15-1. Theater army Contingency Command Post Organization .. 15-1 94 Figure 16-1. Theater army Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion Command 95 and Staff Organization .. 16-1 96 Figure A-1. Normal Distribution of army Administrative Control A-3 97 Tables 98 Table A-1.

7 army External Support to Other Services and Executive Agent 99 Responsibilities .. A-4 100 101 Preface 102 Doctrine provides a military organization with unity of effort and a common philosophy, language, and purpose. 103 This manual discusses the organization and Operations of the Theater army headquarters, including its role as the 104 army Service Component Command (ASCC) to the Geographic Combatant Commander (GCC) and the 105 relationships between the Theater army headquarters and the Theater enabling commands. The manual also 106 discusses Theater army Title 10 functions and responsibilities, generally referred to as the Combatant 107 Commander s Daily Operations Requirements (CCDOR), as well as the operational employment of the Theater 108 army s contingency command post (CCP) to directly command and control limited types of Operations .

8 109 PURPOSE 110 FM 3-93 serves as a guide for organizing the Theater army headquarters and its command posts, training the 111 staff, and conducting Operations as directed by the Combatant Commander. 112 SCOPE 113 FM 3-93 has sixteen chapters and two appendices. 114 Chapter 1 discusses the Theater army s role as the ASCC and the joint context in which it operates. It discusses 115 Theater army s responsibilities to support the Combatant Commander s Theater campaign plan across the GCC s 116 Area of Responsibility (AOR), hereinafter referred to as the Theater army s AOR-wide support responsibilities. 117 It also discusses Theater army s role in Theater opening, including reception, staging, onward movement, and 118 integration (RSOI) of army and joint forces provided to the Joint Force Commander (JFC) in joint Operations 119 areas (JOA) opened within the AOR, and the Theater army s dominant role in sustaining army and joint forces, 120 as directed, across the AOR.

9 Chapter 1 also discusses the sustainment concept of support and the modification 121 of responsibilities of the army Forces commander (ARFOR) within the JOA. Finally, Chapter 1 discusses the 122 Theater enabling commands (intelligence, sustainment, medical, signal, and aviation) and their command or 123 support relationships with Theater army and the ARFOR operating in JOAs within the AOR. 124 Chapter 2 discusses how the Theater army employs its contingency command post (CCP) to support 125 joint/combined training exercises and other Theater security cooperation activities and to directly command and 126 control limited types of military Operations within the AOR. 127 Chapter 3 discusses the organization and functions of the Theater army s Main Command Post (MCP).

10 128 Chapter 4 discusses the organization and functions of the Theater army s Contingency Command Post (CCP). 129 Chapter 5 discusses the organization and functions of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion which 130 provides administrative and sustainment support to the Theater army headquarters staff. 131 Chapters 6 through 14 discuss the organization and functions of the Theater army Command Group, Personal 132 and Special Staff, and the Warfighting Functional cells (Intelligence, Movement & Maneuver, Fires, Protection, 133 Sustainment, and Mission Command (emerging doctrinal change from Command & Control). 134 Chapter 15 discusses the organization and functions of the Theater army CCP, and its capabilities, limitations, 135 and dependencies.)