FM 3-34.22 - Army Electronic Publications & Forms - U.S. Army

Stability and Civil Support Operations
military sales and international military education and training. Security assistance is a group of programs,
not a mission assigned specifically to Army units. However, Army units and Soldiers participate in security
assistance programs through peacetime engagement activities and by training, advising, and assisting allied
and friendly armed forces.
Humanitarian and Civic Assistance
7-25. Humanitarian and civic assistance (HCA) provides support to the local population with military
operations and exercises by predominantly U.S. forces. Such assistance must fulfill unit training
requirements that incidentally create a humanitarian benefit to the local population. The assistance that
engineers may provide under HCA is limited to the—
� Construction of rudimentary surface transportation systems.
� Well drilling and construction of basic sanitation facilities.
� Rudimentary construction and repair of public facilities.
7-26. U.S. forces (including engineer headquarters) may be tasked to provide the C2 support necessary to
plan and execute the ground portion of any humanitarian assistance operation. Engineers may also be
tasked to provide the logistics support necessary to relieve human suffering or provide forces to secure an
area and allow the humanitarian relief efforts of other agencies to proceed. Due to the limited capability of
engineers organic to the BCT, engineer augmentation is required to provide even rudimentary assistance
(constructing and repairing surface transportation systems, sanitation facilities, public facilities and
utilities). Engineer assistance may also include constructing feeding centers and disposing of human wastes
and hazardous wastes (HW).
Support to Insurgencies
7-27. An insurgency is an organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government
through subversion and armed conflict. (JP 1-02) The following seven elements are common to all
insurgencies:
� Leadership.
� Ideology.
� Objectives.
� Environment and geography.
� External support.
� Phasing and timing.
� Organizational and operational patterns.
Note. See FM 3-07 for more information on the seven elements.
7-28. On order from the Secretary of Defense, Army forces support insurgencies that oppose regimes
which threaten U.S. interests or regional stability. While any Army force can be tasked to support an
insurgency, SOF usually receive these missions. Engineer support to insurgency forces is generally limited
to providing geospatial products and constructing SOF operating bases located outside the AO.
7-29. A counterinsurgency is those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. (JP 1-02) Army forces help the supported government
police, paramilitary, and military forces perform counterinsurgency, area security, or local security
operations while respecting the rights and dignity of the people. They provide advice and assistance in
finding, dispersing, capturing, and destroying insurgent forces. They emphasize the training of national,
state, and local forces to perform essential defense functions. The BCT most often conducts
counterinsurgency operations by providing security for an HN. Security operations include the security of
facilities and installations, defensive operations, and protection of the local population. Organic and
augmenting engineer support to the BCT is similar to that for HCA and may include—
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