CHAPTER 2 TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION 4. General Most of the military police support in the COMMZ is accomplished on an area basis, and is closely associated with territorial responsibilities and movements. This requires that each provost marshal in the COMMZ and field army be familiar with command boundaries and the effect that these boundaries have on military police operations when it becomes necessary to cross from one area of responsibility to another. 5. Theater (Area) of Operations a. A theater of operations comprises that portion of a theater of war necessary for military operations pursuant to an assigned mission and for the administration incident to such military operations. b. A theater of operations is generally divided into a combat zone and a communications zone. (1) The combat zone contains the land and sea areas, and air space required for ground combat operations.
DesignationFM 19-3
EditionMay 1964
StatusSuperseded
Pages129
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)