FM 100-5 Operations - Survival Ebooks Military Manuals Survival ...

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMOPERATIONShigher echelons, commanders must engage in jointplanning with the State Department, relief agencies,and host nation officials to prepare for a smooth andrapid transition to host country rule.Army forces are extremely well-suited forpostconflict operations. The Army has the skills andstaying power to control prisoners, handle refugees,mark mine fields and destroy unexploded ordnance,provide emergency health service support, providehumanitarian assistance and support the social needsof the civilian population, provide emergency restorationof utilities and other civil affairs, and perform otherrequired humanitarian assistance activities. During thepostconflict stage, commanders emphasize those activitiesthat reduce postconflict or postcrisis turmoiland help stabilize the situation until other US, international,interagency, or host nation agencies assumecontrol.The postconflict stage may be interrupted by theresumption of hostilities. Thus, units must rapidly consolidate,reconstitute, train, and otherwise prepare toremain in theater should fighting resume. During thistime, force protection is vital in order to prevent isolatedenemy individuals or forces from engaging indestructive operations.REDEPLOYMENT AND RECONSTITUTIONThe objective in this stage is to redeploy assets nolonger needed. Postconflict requirements have a directimpact on the redeployment flow. The extent ofthis impact is dependent upon the amount of disruptioncaused by the crisis and the measures andforces required to resolve it. Commanders contend withthe same challenge as in deployment, balancing thefactors of METT-T against available lift assets. Forcesand materiel not required for subsequent operationswill redeploy to CONUS or their home theater andprepare for future missions. Redeploying forces mustalso prepare for deployment to areas other than homestations on short notice. Protection of the force duringredeployment is as critical as during deployment orany other stage of the operation. Planners mustalso consider the significant resources required forpackaging and preparation. Successful redeploymentmay require contractor and host nation support.Reconstitution activities can begin in the theaterprior to redeployment. These include rebuilding unitintegrity and accounting for soldiers and equipment.These activities continue after arrival in CONUS orhome theater, with focus on the reconstitution of unitsto premobilization levels of readiness, the regenerationof logistics stockpiles, and the accountability ofmobilized equipment and supplies.DEMOBILIZATIONDemobilization is the process by which units, individuals,and materiel transfer from active to apremobilization posture or to some other approvedposture. Although the overall focus of demobilizationis generally on units and individuals, the demobilizationof logistics also requires significant resourcessuch as supplies, materiel, and support activities.3-12