Military Police contains information about military police functions in maneuver and mobility support, area security, law and order, internment/resettlement, and police intelligence operations.
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MILITARY POLICE . 19-14-2 6 documentation and collection of evidence, and participation in the judicial process. Military police also provide training for special police units, such as family support units, child protective services, special victims units, and military working dog units. Another focus of strategic landpower involves the integration of special operations and conventional forces. The security force assistance mission integrates the capabilities of special operations and conventional forces, focusing on developing the capability and capacity of foreign security forces, including military forces and police, border police, and customs offcials. Military police have experience operating as police mentor teams and police training teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, so they have the critical knowledge and understanding necessary to effectively train and mentor host nation police forces. The U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne) and the Offce of the Provost Marshal General have agreed to further develop the concept of law enforcement advisory teams to assess and develop partner nation security forces in a culturally attuned manner. The effort will include a combination of special operations and conventional forces to support special operations mission objectives and build partner nation capacity for security, governance, and rule of law. Military police specialized expertise can help develop the host nation police force ability to conduct law enforcement raids, high-risk apprehensions, cordons and searches, detention operations, and police intelligence operations. Remaining regionally engaged and building partner forces effectively posture the Nation to react to international crises in a more expeditious and legitimate manner. Army shaping operations can improve the Nation's access to key regions. As stated in the strategic landpower white paper, "The discriminate application of military power—the ability to both build and destroy and the knowledge to know when to build and when to destroy—comes from close and sustained operations among the people." 4 If we cannot prevent with regional engagements, we must be prepared to fght and defeat the threat. Military police provide the ability to defeat the threat by conducting police intelligence operations and providing area security and mobility support. Police intelligence operations are integrated across all military police disciplines of police operations. The criminal element is one aspect of the hybrid threat that military police are specifcally trained to address. Information and intelligence handling will become critical in achieving strategic objectives. Due to the pace of many operations, this critical information gathering is often overlooked and ineffectively accomplished. Military police can investigate criminal and terrorist incidents, conduct surveillance operations, and collect and maintain evidence and operational information. Having military police experts available to focus on collecting and analyzing police information to develop police intelligence products will enable the maneuver commander to maintain momentum in offensive operations and to identify threats across the range of military operations. Military police support to evidence- based operations disrupts the enemy and contributes to the adjudication of cases against personnel who pose a threat to the mission. Threat actors are increasingly operating among the population. Joint force commanders must be able to identify the threat and supporters of the threat. Commanders will not be able to identify the target, whether operations or using lethal force, unless their critical information requirements are addressed. Police intelligence operations can provide actionable intelligence through fusion with other intelligence data. Police intelligence operations enable military commanders to identify connections and correlations between people, locations, events, and physical evidence and can contribute to the disruption of criminal activity. Biometrics and forensics capabilities that military police can provide are critical in criminal investigations, site exploitation operations, and threat identifcation. Situational understanding is critical to the execution of mission command, and police intelligence operations can allow commanders to continuously update their understanding of the military problem and target the threat. Military forces must often enter areas with nonpermissive environments. The military becomes responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment before other external actors can enter the operational area. Security and mobility support are primary missions of military police, who are trained to effectively control the populace and keep the lines of communication open. Military police allow freedom of action for the maneuver commander. Military planners must also be cognizant of the forces and capabilities required for operations. The strategic landpower white paper states that "The absence of U.S. land operations in the conduct of a campaign can reduce or even eliminate the ability of the United States to the postwar situation so as to ensure the national interests that prompted our involvement are protected and that a stable peace is derived." 5 According to the phasing model outlined in Joint Publication (JP) 5-0, Joint Operation Planning, Phases IV and V of the campaign or operation focus on establishing security and enabling civil authority. 6 With their policing and security expertise, military police can establish and maintain a secure environment and transform the responsibility for security to host nation police forces. Tailoring military police force structure within special operations and conventional forces to best support maneuver commanders is critical to unifed action. As the Army develops its operations plans and orders, military police force structure should be considered at all phases of the (continued on page 8)