Joint Publication JP 3-16 Multinational Operations March 2019

This manual, Joint Publication JP 3-16 Multinational Operations March 2019 does the following:

• Describes the strategic context for multinational operations, discusses the nature and tenets of multinational operations.

• Describes how security cooperation provides ways and means to help achieve national security and foreign policy objectives.

• Outlines command and coordination relationships within national and multinational chains of command.

• Discusses diplomatic and military considerations related to building and maintaining a multinational force.

• Describes how language, religion, culture, and sovereignty considerations effect planning for multinational operations.

• Outlines how land, maritime, air, space, information, and cyberspace operations are conducted in a multinational context.