FM 3-39 — Military Police Operations
FM 3-39 governs operational doctrine for the Military Police Corps Regiment across competition, crisis, and armed conflict.
- Publication number: FM 3-39
- Title: MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS
- Date: 04/21/2025
- Proponent: T2COM
- Status: ACTIVE
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It covers military police support to Army operations, joint and interagency capabilities, combat power, military police forces, planning, sustainment, and battlefield confinement. It describes military police disciplines, organizations, capabilities, and planning processes, including requirements for running estimates and troop leading procedures.
Topics covered
- Operational environment
- Policing principles
- Military police support to operations
- Military police force tailoring
- Detention operations
- Security and mobility support
- Police intelligence operations
- Battlefield confinement
Questions and answers
What does the Military Police Corps provide the Army?
The Military Police Corps provides the Army with Soldiers who are technical experts in their core competencies of soldiering, policing, and corrections and are tactically proficient in detention, security, and mobility support. (paragraph 1-1)
What training does USAMPS provide to military police Soldiers?
USAMPS provides military police Soldiers with professional military training and education, including core, tactical, technical, and leader education for officers, noncommissioned officers, and junior enlisted Soldiers. (paragraph 4-23)
What must joint integration include at all levels of command?
Joint integration does not require joint commands at all echelons, but it does require interoperability and an understanding of joint synergy at all levels of command. (paragraph 2-108)
What must military police personnel be prepared to do during stability tasks?
Military police personnel must be prepared to conduct or support stability tasks by working closely with U.S. departments and agencies, foreign governments and security forces, global and regional international organizations, U.S. and foreign nongovernmental organizations, private-sector individuals, and for-profit companies. (paragraph 2-109)
When do military police company-level and smaller units use troop leading procedures?
Military police company level and smaller units lack formal staffs and use troop leading procedures to plan and prepare for operations. (paragraph 5-23)