Chapter 4require detailed advanced planning to prevent the degradation of operational momentum while providing a safeand secure environment for prisoners. U.S. policy mandates that all individuals captured, interned, evacuated,or held by U.S. armed forces are treated humanely. This policy applies from the moment they are under thecontrol of U.S. armed forces until they are released, repatriated, or resettled.4-121. The Army MPs are tasked with coordinating shelter, protection, accountability, and sustainment fordetainees. I/R functions, though under the sustainment WFF, address MP roles when managing detainees anddislocated civilians during operations.4-122. <strong>Sustainment</strong> to I/R operations involves a wide range of support including logistics, personnel services,and medical treatment to detained persons. It encompasses providing all classes of supplies and materiel, healthand personnel services, and general engineering support. General engineering provides horizontal and verticalconstruction, as well as repair and maintenance of the infrastructure (see <strong>FM</strong> 3-34.400).• Personnel services include the <strong>FM</strong> of negotiable instruments of applicable detainees. They also coordinatefor payroll, disbursement, and repatriation settlement processing (see <strong>FM</strong> 1-06).• The Judge Advocates monitor the treatment of detainees ensuring that U.S. Soldiers are adhering to theapplicable standards for detainee treatment.• The chaplain or unit ministry team assists the commander in providing religious support forI/R operations. The chaplain or UMT: serves as the chaplain for detention facility personnel,which does not include detainees, advises the commander on detainee religious issues andsupport, serves as a moral and ethical advisor to the Detention Facility Commander,exercises supervision and control over Retained Personnel religious leaders within thefacility, and is prohibited from privileged communications with detainees.”• AHS support ensures personnel in U.S. custody receive medical care consistent with the standard ofmedical care that applies to U.S. armed forces in the same area. Medical personnel are responsible for thehealth care of the interred and resettled population. Preventative medicine personnel inspect water forpotability, conduct pest management activities, ensure food service facilities meet sanitation requirements,inspect facilities for sanitation, and monitor communicable diseases.ASSESSING THE SUSTAINMENT OF OPERATIONS4-123. Assessment is the continuous process that occurs throughout the operations process. <strong>Sustainment</strong>commanders and staffs monitor and evaluate the current situation and the progress of the operation andcompare it with the concept of support, mission, and commander’s intent. Based on their assessment,commanders direct adjustments to sustainment operations, ensuring that they remain focused on the missionand commander’s intent.4-124. The primary tools for assessing are the staff running estimates (see <strong>FM</strong> 6-0). A running estimate is astaff section’s continuous assessment of current and future operations to determine if the current operation isproceeding according to the commander’s intent and if future operations are supportable (see <strong>FM</strong> 3-0, <strong>FM</strong> 5-0,and <strong>FM</strong>I 5-0.1).4-125. During planning, assessment focuses on understanding the current condition in the operationalenvironment and developing relevant courses of action. During preparation and execution, it emphasizesevaluating progress toward the desired end state determining variance from expectation and determining thesignificance of these variances.SUMMARY4-126. Integrating the many elements of sustainment into operations is essential for mission success. Theoperations process of planning, preparation, execution, and assessment applies to sustainment in support of fullspectrum operations.4-127. <strong>Sustainment</strong> commanders integrate and synchronize sustainment with the operations plan.<strong>Sustainment</strong> commanders across all levels of war prepare to effectively execute the plan. Commanders mustfollow procedures to prepare for the execution of the operation. One of the means for preparation is sustainment4-20 <strong>FM</strong> 4-0 30 April 2009
Integrating <strong>Sustainment</strong> into Operationspreparation of the operational environment. This may entail host nation agreements, cross-servicearrangements, and contracting. Other preparations include prepositioned stocks, facilities, ports, medicalpreparations, and an array of rehearsals. The execution of sustainment includes the deployment and distributionprocesses.4-128. Integration of sustainment into operations optimizes operational reach and endurance. Distribution isthe largest single process in the execution of sustainment operations and is controlled through distributionmanagement centers and in-transit visibility enablers. The continual assessment of sustainment operationsensures mission success and allows commanders to adjust to changing situations as required.30 April 2009 <strong>FM</strong> 4-0 4-21
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