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FM 46-1
Field Manual
FM 46-1
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC, 30 May 1997
Public Affairs Operations
Contents
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 1 PUBLIC AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Information Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Information Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Commanders and Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2 PUBLIC AFFAIRS PRINCIPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Principles of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Public Affairs Principles. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3 PUBLIC AFFAIRS CORE PROCESSES . . . . . . . . . . 20
Public Affairs Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Information Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Media Facilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Public Affairs Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Community Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Chapter 4 PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ARMY OPERATIONS . . . . . 29
Levels of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tenets of Army Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Elements of Combat Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Force Projection Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Multinational Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Joint Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sustaining Base Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
* This publication supersedes FM 46-1, 23 July 1992.
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