1-1. Purpose a. The purpose of this manual is to provide field commanders and staff officers with doctrine and guidance pertaining to military police support and operations in the theater of operations. b. It is a guide for the organization, training, and employment of field army military police units in the combat zone and military police units assigned to the theater army support command major subordinate commands. c. It sets forth detailed information of interest to military police commanders, their staffs, and others directly concerned with planning, supervision, and direction of military police support operations in the theater of operations. Figure 1-1 shows a schematic diagram of a theater of operations. 1-2. Scope a.
DesignationFM 19-4
EditionJun 1969
StatusSuperseded
Pages192
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)