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Protection Status: Current 06 Apr 2026

ADP 3-37

Protection

A manual aligned with ADP 3-0 that provides authoritative guidance for planning and executing protection in support of Army operations across competition below armed conflict, crisis, and armed conflict. It establishes the doctrinal foundation for operational and foundational protection to preserve combat power and enable freedom of action across all domains.

Protection Current 09 Nov 2021

ATP 5-19

Risk Management

A systematic process to identify hazards, assess tactical and operational risks, and implement physical, educational, or hazard elimination controls to preserve combat power and ensure mission success.

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Protection Current 22 Dec 2020

FM 3-01

Air and Missile Defense Support

Coordinating active and passive defense measures to defeat, nullify, or reduce the effectiveness of enemy aerial threats, including missiles, rockets, mortars, and unmanned aircraft.

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Protection Current 23 May 2020

FM 3-11

CBRN Operations

The employment of specialized capabilities to assess vulnerabilities, protect friendly forces, and mitigate hazards (including toxic industrial chemicals) to retain freedom of tactical action.

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Protection Current 30 Jan 2023

ATP 3-12.3

Electromagnetic Warfare Techniques

Provides doctrinal techniques for electromagnetic protection, emission control, and spectrum deconfliction to protect friendly communications and prevent threat detection and targeting.

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Protection Current 26 Mar 2026

ATP 3-39.30

Security and Mobility Support

Providing civil security and control to separate noncombatants from combat operations, execute curfews, restrict movement, and support dislocated civilian processing.

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Protection Current 16 Jul 2019

ATP 3-13.3

Army Operations Security

Identifying and protecting critical information and observable indicators of friendly actions, preventing enemy systems from deriving actionable intelligence from unclassified indicators.

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Protection Current 25 Aug 2021

FM 3-12

Cyberspace & Electromagnetic Warfare Operations

Securing and defending the Department of Defense Information Network–Army (DODIN-A) utilizing defense-in-depth, cybersecurity activities, and internal defensive measures.

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Protection Current 02 Sep 2014

FM 3-50

Army Personnel Recovery

Military efforts taken to prepare for and execute the recovery and reintegration of isolated, captured, or missing personnel back to friendly military control.

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Protection Current 24 Aug 2021

ATP 3-39.10

Police Operations

Integrating policing and law enforcement tasks to maintain order, investigate crime, shape civil safety, and preserve combat power both in theater and at home station.

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Protection Current 07 Aug 2019

FM 6-27

Law of Land Warfare

Summarizes the law and practice under LOAC, establishing operational guidelines for the conduct of hostilities, humane treatment of war victims and detainees, and rules for armed conflict.

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Protection Current 26 Mar 2026

ATP 3-39.30

Populace and Resources Control

Regulatory measures to control the movement, consumption, and production of local natural or man-made material resources to deny support to adversaries and enforce public order.

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Protection Current 28 Jun 2024

FM 4-02

Army Health System

Continuous medical prevention, dental support, stress control, veterinary services, and public health measures designed to prevent disease, mitigate stress, and conserve force fitness.

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Protection Current 09 Nov 2021

FM 3-81

Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Operations

Provides doctrinal guidance for employing the Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) across unified land operations, including support area operations and synchronization of protection tasks.

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