This version of FM 3-39 aligns with FM 3-0 and describes how military police units are manned, equipped, and trained to enable the Army's ability to conduct prompt and sustained land combat to defeat enemy ground forces and seize, occupy, and defend land areas. Military police support the combined arms employment of Army capabilities to create and exploit relative advantages that achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces, and consolidate gains for the joint force commander. While the overwhelming majority of operations conducted by Army forces occur either below the threshold of armed conflict or during limited contingencies, Army readiness focuses on large-scale combat operations. Large-scale combat operations are more intense and destructive than limited contingencies, often amassing heavy casualties.
DesignationFM 3-39
EditionApr 2025
StatusActive
ProponentTRADOC
Pages208
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionCurrent Doctrine
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM 3-39, dated 9 April 2019. HEADQU