FM 31-55: Border Security and Anti-Infiltration Operations

FM 31-55 Border Security and Anti-Infiltration Operations

FM 31-55

Border Security and Anti-Infiltration Operations

Army · FM · Mar 1972 · 80 pages

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Section I. GENERAL 1-1. Purpose This manual provides doctrinal guidance for com- manders and staffs at all levels, to carry out bor- der security operations involving combat, combat support, and combat service support units. Throughout this manual, the term "border secu- rity" also applies to measures taken to provide security along seacoasts. 1-2. Scope Border security operations are discussed with general applications of doctrine to unit operations when the infiltration threat is less than 300 peo- ple. The planning and the conduct of border secu- rity operations and the modifications of units and materiel allocations necessary for operations in specific environmental areas are addressed.

DesignationFM 31-55

EditionMar 1972

StatusSuperseded

Pages80

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 40

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